Saturday, June 25, 2016

Now is the Best Time of Year for Big Snook

Since my last report it has been all about the snook on recent trips.  My anglers have been enjoying what is the peak time of year for catching snook as they stacked up during last weeks full moon phase.
Several outings produced as many as 50 fish ranging to 23 lbs. on a half day.  It seems that nearly all of the snook in the area have moved into or near the passes and along area beaches as they carry out full on spawning activity.  Sight fishing has been very good with several of the largest fish being caught by spotting them in shallow channel edges and casting live baits to them.  This is exciting fishing!  I even couldn’t resist heading back to a spot after one trip to catch a 42″ 23 lb. fish myself!
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Dave Sharrock with another big snook released on a morning trip last week with Capt. Todd Geroy.


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Barritt sight cast to this nice snook in less than 2 feet of water.


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Capt. Todd with a 23 lb. snook released last week while sight fishing.


Red fish are scattered about along the mangroves at high tide.  While not being caught in big numbers, with a little effort some very nice fish can be caught
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Dr. David Crane always seems to come out and land quality fish.

A 35 inch redfish made his morning last week!
For those looking for monster fish, tarpon are still showing in decent numbers just off he beaches and big sharks are abundant both in the nearshore gulf as well as the shallow inshore bays.
Water temperatures inshore are very warm right now topping near 90 degrees in some of the back bays and averaging 85 on the beaches.  That being said, the action has been best in the mornings and afternoons are best spent in the pool or air conditioning this time of year.

-Capt. Todd Geroy

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Continuous Action in June

The fishing has rebounded  after a bit of a set back last week as we dealt with rough, rainy conditions with the passing of a tropical storm across the state of Florida.  Now the waters are clear and calm again and we are back on our game putting anglers on some great fishing!

I am still finding some big sea trout in deeper water inside the passes.  Fishing live baits near bottom, we have caught some very nice fish up to 23 inches.  The same spots are producing action with gag grouper as well as some keeper mangrove snapper.

Snook fishing has continued to be red hot!  Snook are stacked up in area passes and all along the beaches.  With the water clearing up since last weeks blow, we have enjoyed some great site fishing.  On yesterday mornings trip 6/15,  I fished with Ted Noethling and 7-year-old son, Andrew.  While moving to a spot,  I spotted a huge school of snook hugging the bottom in about 8 feet of clear water.  The school was huge, with probably 1000 fish.  More than I have observed in my career.  Of course we stopped and presented our offerings.  Ted and Andrew continuously hooked up and boated a large number of fish for about an hour until a pesky dolphin moved in and decided to target any fish we hooked and released instead of picking on any of the congregation of snook in the area.  Andrew was the star of the morning catching some beautiful snook to nearly 14 lbs.  A rewarding trip for this guide who has seen it all.

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There are still some big tarpon in the area, although I have not had anglers wanting to target them.  It is not too late in the season to catch a bucket list fish.  Early morning and late evening tend to be the best time to fish for the silver kings.  I have run across fish both along the beaches, around passes as well as in some of the inland channels.

Sharks continue to be abundant as usual this time of year.  I have several shark trips on my schedule during the next couple of months.  Contact me regarding my popular discounted shark fishing trips offered from July though August.

-Capt. Todd Geroy

Monday, June 6, 2016

June Fishing in Naples Brings Quality Catches!

Fishing action has really heated up during the last couple of weeks.  I have shifted to only fishing mornings as it has just been uncomfortably warm in the afternoon and the action seems to slow down mid-day.

My anglers have been enjoying some great action with plenty of large sea trout ranging to 25 inches.  I have been targeting them in deep channels close to the gulf using live baits fished near the bottom as well as jigs.




Snook fishing has been as good as it gets!  This is catch and release fishing as the season is closed for the summer, but the abundance of fish are providing my anglers with fantastic action using live sardines and soft plastic swim baits.  Many half day trips have been releasing over 50 snook ranging from 22-33 inches.  We have had some hookups with giant fish over 40 inches as well, only to get beat in the cover while using light tackle.

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Anglers have been encountering some nice redfish often showing up in the same areas where the snook are congregating. While not schooled up, the reds we have been catching have all been nice fish ranging from 25 to over 30 inches.
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Now is the time to catch big sharks in the back bays.  Large bull, lemon and blacktip sharks are easy targets right now for anglers wanting a battle with a powerful fish.  Sharks we encounter run from 5 to 8 feet in length.
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– Capt. Todd Geroy