To quote one of the offshore captains, "It sure was nice to be able to run some trips instead of sitting on the deck and watching the wind blow."

March is supposed to be a month in which we transition from winter fishing to our warmer water fish. Live bait becomes more available and the fish will actually eat those baits. Also in this transition month, tarpon are known ...

At 6 a.m. Tuesday the temperature was already in the 60s and it just kept getting better and better all day long.

Before moving to Florida I spent 16 years in Georgia, and I’m telling you we are having a Georgia winter. This stretch of cold weather has to end sometime and all of the guides I spoke with vote for now.

All things considered, the fishing has been fairly good this week. With most days being windy and tending toward the cool side it would seem that the fish would be hard to find and harder to catch, but most all ...

Despite something less than "Chamber of Commerce" weather, fishing continues to improve with good reports both offshore and inshore.

Fishing continues to improve as the warmer weather continues. The water temperatures in the back waters are staying in the 60’s for the most part and in the upper-50’s range in the gulf.

The news is not good. Apparently we are experiencing one of the worst cold weather fish kills in many years. Everywhere from Tampa to the Keys -- sport fish, bait fish, and even trash fish were succumbing to the frigid ...

The grouper fishing is the best that is has been in recent years. Limits of both gag and red grouper are being caught, and I actually had so many outstanding reports e-mailed to me this week that I had to ...

The offshore fishing continues to offer the most opportunities for local anglers.

First of all, I want to offer my hearty congratulations to all of those snook who made it safely through last Monday. These survivors are now free to exercise our local anglers without the anxiety of possibly being invited back ...

The fishing has been excellent this past week. The waters have been calm, the weather warm, and there is bait all along the beaches. Bonito, Spanish mackerel, sharks and tarpon are all enjoying this easy meal. Keewaydin Island appears to ...

The best fishing seems to be offshore. The red grouper bag limit has been raised to two fish per person this year, and many captains are catching their limits in a morning’s fishing, and then still having time to check ...

There were extreme low tides last week, brisk winds over the weekend, and a cold front is predicted to move through this week, and yet, the fishing has remained quite good through it all. Snook continue to feed. Redfish might ...

There is an entire menu of fish being caught right now, but this week’s special has to be cobia. Everyone with whom I talked mentioned cobia at some point in the conversation.