Another great day away from Sanibel & Captiva while in the Keys. Ted Murray, my son Jake and myself went out for a leisurely couple of hours of fishing near Big Pine Key. After checking my pinfish/crab traps we headed to a shoreline on a high incoming tide hoping to find the juvenile tarpon feeding along the mangroves. Like clockwork,…
Dusty Sanibel – Captiva and Pine Island Sound was the venue for a day on the water with Dave Gibson on Monday . Dusty Boe, now 19, has been fishing with his dad, mom and me since he was five years old. Using pilchards, pinfish, and cut bait, Dusty caught 5 redfish, trout to 22 inches, spanish mackerel to 23…
Brandon Dwyer, 16 and his grandfather Dave Fiederlein joined me for a morning on the waters around Sanibel and Captiva islands. After trying for redfish and snook around the oyster bars and shorelines on the out going tide with no success, we decided to get the fly rod out and target some ladyfish. Brandon was anixous to take his first fish…