Dr Speech goes fishing

Howie Schwartz from Naperville Illinois, gets an early morning start fishing for Redfish and Speckled Trout. Pictured below is a fish caught within the first 30 minutes and then non-stop Speckled Trout action. We were fishing near the Sanibel Island bridge.

Huge Redfish for Sue Novotny

Sue and Bob Novotny from Missouri, went fishing fishing today on a beautiful December day with temperatures in the upper 70's. We fished the shallow grass flats near Sanibel and Captiva Islands using spinning tackle loaded with 8 pound test line. Sue caught more and bigger fish than her husband Bob, which was no surprise to any of us because she always out fishes Bob.
Her big Redfish was too big to keep because it was over the maximum slot size. Releasing that big Redfish brought tears to Bob's eyes.
She and Bob caught numerous trout and she caught most of them too. At one spot they caught trout on almost every cast, even Bob.
It was great day to be fishing and fishing with good people.
Better luck next time Bob.

Sanibel Captiva Island Redfish

Axel Cedarberg took his dad, John, fishing on Saturday and we were looking for Redfish. We were using spinning tackle and using artificial lures. Numerous redfish were spotted on a shallow grass flat near the Sanibel-Captiva Island area. Although dad (John) may have caught most of the fish, it was Axel who caught the biggest Redfish of the day and therefore, the winner.
Nice job Axel.

Trout, Trout and more Trout

Dave Holley of Fort Wayne Indiana, went on a Sanibel Island Fishing Charter today. Dave has never fished in Fort Myers before, at least not in saltwater and he just wanted to catch some fish. Our target was Redfish and some Trout and anything else that would bite. When I say Dave caught some Trout, that would be an understatement. In one particular pothole, Dave made about 50 cast and probably caught 48 trout. Then we left that spot and made some cast to "Tailing" Redfish. Dave caught a redfish on a weedless jig and that fish weighted approximately 6.5 pounds.
Then the wind picked up and we went back to the area were the trout were and he made another 20 cast and probably caught another 18 trout. The trout were caught using DOA Cal lures and DOA's BFL.
Most of the fish were caught near the South Seas Plantation Resort area.
Dave is a good fisherman and that really help out today.

Trout, Trout and more Trout

Dave Holley of Fort Wayne Indiana, went on a Sanibel Island Fishing Charter today. Dave has never fished in Fort Myers before, at least not in saltwater and he just wanted to catch some fish. Our target was Redfish and some Trout and anything else that would bite. When I say Dave caught some Trout, that would be an understatement. In one particular pothole, Dave made about 50 cast and probably caught 48 trout. Then we left that spot and made some cast to "Tailing" Redfish. Dave caught a redfish on a weedless jig and that fish weighted approximately 6.5 pounds.
Then the wind picked up and we went back to the area were the trout were and he made another 20 cast and probably caught another 18 trout. The trout were caught using DOA Cal lures and DOA's BFL.
Most of the fish were caught near the South Seas Plantation Resort area.
Dave is a good fisherman and that really help out today.

Fly Fishing Sanibel Island Causeway

Tom Terry of Chicago Illinois, decided to try fly fishing for Redfish while in Fort Myers after Thanksgiving. Tom caught several Redfish using his 8 weight fly rod. Most of the fly fishing was done within eyesight of the Sanibel Island Causeway bridge. All of the Redfish caught were between 25 to 28 inches in length, or 5 to 8 pounds each.

Mark finally catches a Redfish

Last week Richard Brzeski took his son Mark, fishing and his son caught all the fish. Yesterday Richard finally beat his son in fishing because he left him at home. (Not really, his son just couldn't make it).
Richard made up for his poor fishing performance last week by catching 9 Redfish today and all were caught using artificial lures. Richard even made room for me on the bow and I was fortunate enough to catch 3 redfish myself. Thanks Richard for inviting me to fish with you.
We were fishing on a shallow grass flat adjacent to Sanibel Island Florida.
I really hope to get a chance to fish with Richard, his son Mark and daughter Amy again sometime soon.