Squall Fishing

Jason Smith and his "keeper" Redfish after fishing through 40 minutes of torrential rains


Jason Smith and myself left Naples boat ramp on Tuesday the 22nd with the rain coming down. The Best part about fishing through the afternoon squalls is that there is usually no one around who wants to test there skills. We had all off Naples inter coastal to our selves, and the fish were biting. Ja caught a 26 3/4in red fish for dinner and that was in a torrential downpour. The big snook were busting mullet on the mud flat we were fishing so I got the top water plugs out and started walking the dog. It was very exciting getting slammed by large fish over and over. The bugs were thick and it got dark quick so we called it a night and started home to prepare some red fish for our reward for a real challenging trip.

September 10th Predawn Snook and Redfish

Marlene Chaplin and Tom Spencer of Naples and I left Bayshore boat ramp before the sun rose on Thursday the 10th of September. The double header snook bite happened seven minutes after arrival at one of our local fishing holes. I landed a 41 inch female snook in 24 foot of water and Tom's departed after a brief interlude which was captured in a few words of wisdom while I fought my fish for a good couple of minutes. After fishing along Keeywaden beaches for a 1 1/2 hours we landed numerous small snook and lost one huge sideliner. The redfish, five in total, were all over size and still feeding when we left the rock jettie. It was a beautiful morning and I am sure Tom and Marlene will feel there forearms tomorrow!!

Tom Spencer and his Redfish and the Captain With the Release



The Captain and His 43" Oversize Female Snook

Barracuda September 2, 2009

Brian and his 20lb barracuda with Capt.Zeke

Marco Island Snook Season Opening Day September 1, 2009

Jason Smith with 25 Inch Snook and Connor Dunn with 20 Pound Goliath Grouper

The bait and the head pin out of Gordon's Pass yielded enough bait to start the day. Marco Island had a slow out going tide which produced forty pound tarpon, twenty pound jew fish and a few small snook. Time ran out and after three hours of fishing the tide went slack and we made our way North. The Gulf was pretty calm and the water temperature was 81 degrees. It was a good trip and Connor Dunn and Jason Smith of Naples, Florida said they had a great time.