Captain Chase Krutzky, like many local fishing captains, hasn’t been as busy in 2024 as he was in years past. “This time last year I had more trips in January and February,” explained Krutzky, who ...

The fronts are picking up some steam. When they pass through, winds climb, rain falls hard for about 20 minutes and if you're caught on the water, you may feel a little vulnerable. But the good news ...

Sheepshead, a three-part series. Part 1: catching sheepshead (and walleye, because when you're fishing for walleye you catch sheepshead - and when you're fishing for sheepshead, you catch walleye).

January is our coolest month with water temperatures the lowest of the year around Southwest Florida. Just how cold ...

A few weeks ago, Captain John Gunter was seeing sheepshead in odd places around the bay. “There was one day they were mixed in with redfish around an oyster bar in Terra Ceia Bay,” said the ...

After weeks of tossing back perfectly fine but out of season sea bass, anglers can start keeping them Tuesday, when the fall season begins. Several party boats will target them. There will be breezy ...

I, along with many others, chuckled at a social media post this week: "Sheepshead bite is on fire at the the South jetty now ... bring fiddlers ..." It was a post made in jest during the middle of a ...

Hello folks, today we're jigging up a less-common, yet still fantastic fish, the freshwater sheepshead. We're drifting along ...

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck, “Travels with Charley: In Search of America” Steinbeck must have loved catching bluefish because ...

Big bull redfish stack up in the outside bays this time of year, and they're a breeze to catch on days that aren't blowing like a tropical storm. (Photo by Jacques Laboureur) Catching fish is always a ...