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This week’s broadcast of the Chevy Florida Insider Fishing Report will feature baitfish. There’s a wide variety of baitfish used by saltwater anglers in Florida. Some of the same baits are used for inshore and offshore fishing. However th

  The week of Thanksgiving always finds me busy but boy this was another level. I had regular client David and his friend Clay on Sunday for a six hour trip fly fishing for bonefish tarpon permit and then a four hour trip in the afternoon with

Islamorada fishing guide Capt. Jim Willcox fished a full day today on 12/29/11. They ran deep into the everglades all the way up to the cape area of the mainland. The cool weather from the cold front we've had the last day often turns these fish

Well the wind came around from the south this morning and laid down nicely as the day went on during 11/23/11. Wasn't too bad to start out with. We got out for a morning half day and had good conditions tide headed towards the gulf off sprigger

Lisa had booked a trip for her kids to get out and so some fishing.  Well the kids wanted to catch anything that was fun and have a good time.  I have to tell you it was tough not going bonefishing with the perfect conditions we had but it

Fair skies nice temps east winds. Water is choppy stained waves 1-2 temp 77. Yesterday:  Kings Spanish Pompano Lady fish Jack Crevelle Blue Runners Red Drum and Whiting. Today:  Blue Runners Lady Fish Red Drum Blue Spanish and Pompano.

After listening to all the reports of Marlin being caught out on Hannibal Bank last week I finally got out there to see for myself what all the talk was about. First time customer but no stranger to Panama fishing Andrea Gonella and I got out to the

On Wednesday I had two trips.  My morning trip was with Gustavo from New Jersey originally from Argentina.  Gustavo has been fly fishing for a while but never in salt water so today was his first salt water fishing trip ever.  He didn

Sunny clear day nice temps light north winds. Water is flat and clear 0-1 waves temp 80. Yesterday:  Kings Red Drum Spanish Blue Runners Bonito Pompano and Lady Fish. Today:  Kings Spanish Bonito and Red Drum.

I had very cool repeat client David on board today with his 10 year old son Giovanni.  David wanted to keep it light and fun for his little boy so we fished some wrecks and kept the rods bent on snappers and blue runners.  Fishing for shar

We are out here on the island for a few days doing regular maintenance and getting ready for some upcoming clients. So I figured why not go out and see if we can get into them? The weather hasn't been too bad lately and we've got 3 dozen blue

We hosted a few groups of anglers and a group of Spearfishermen the past two weeks here at Propiedad de Paradise Lodge on Isla Paridas. Water temperatures in the high 80's and some unusually strong winds had the "bite" on one day and off

Mike and I always have a great time and these four days were no exception.  We changed it up between Biscayne Bay and Everglades National Park and the theme for the four days was tough slow fishing.  It's incredible how fishing can go

One  of the most commonly asked questions when someone is booking a fishing charter is "What will we catch". During the the late spring and summer months it's fairly easy to answer.  Come fall it's harder to say. Spring and

On todays charter we headed across the bay to fish the grass flat near Pine Island. There we caught a bunch of Ladyfish Jacks Blue Runners and Sea Trout! Please call 239-472-8658 or email captjoefred@gmail to book a Sanibel & Captiva …

Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished Tom and Rick again today for a half day sprigger bank fishing charter. We left out a little after dawn good tide heading into the gulf with gentle east breeze behind it. After arriving at our spot about 45 minutes later we

We fished an afternoon half day trip yesterday and a morning half day today aboard the BNM. The Florida Keys Fishing was productive as usual and everybody was happy. It hasn't been red hot but enough fish to keep us busy. Yesterday we caught a c

Propiedad de Paradise Lodge Isla Paridas hosted another great group of guys..... Peter Dan and Matt Arvan along with their good friend Sean York for a few days of blue water hunting here in the Gulf of Chiriqui Panama. The guys from North Carolina w

Joe and I hadn't fished in a few years but we did today along with his friend Milan.  Milan is a hardcore fisherman willing to wet a line in a street puddle and Joe is much more laid back and just likes to hook up and relax.  These guy

Well the backcountry fishing in Islamorada has been on the slow side the past several days. We had another extreme late cold front and the nightly lows were in the low 50s bringing some of the water temperatures in the everglades down to the high 50