Naples Heats Up: Perfect Weather Unleashes Florida's Ultimate Spring Fishing Action

Prime weather in South Florida =s outstanding inshore fishing. 

It’s that time of year where all of our game fish(tarpon/sea trout/snook/redfish) are on my hit list .  In the Naples and Marco island area , we have snook all over the beaches and passes feeding on the small pods of bait fish. If we see birds (snowy egrets / pelicans ) lined up on a shoreline I will always swing in to soak some live baits .  Speaking of live baits the off shore structures (wrecks/rubble piles & beaches ) will be holding some nice big baits this time of year.  When it comes to catching your bait nothing beats Good electronics (simrad/Garmin) are imperative to have , so you are able to  differentiate the structure and the bait that is hovering along side it .  

There have been some Redfish mixed in with the snook and trout so don’t be surprised to hook into some big boys . Tarpon are  starting to make their migration down the beaches and passes .  I like to use live small blue or pass crabs on the beaches but if there in the back bays my favorite is a slimy catfish chunk or mullet.   You have to remember tarpon are scavengers so they will never pass up a chunk of meat on the bottom .  Look for our weather to stabilize even more and the fishing to get better and better . My favorite time of the year is now !! Get on the water and enjoy this awesome playground. 
See you on the water ! 


Capt. Tim Daugherty
www.fishthesalt.com
(239) 280-8138