Naples Inshore Fishing Report

May is finally here and it has the Inshore fishing on fire! I look so forward to this time of year as the winds die off and all of our game fish are moving around looking for eazy meals. The May tarpon immigration is in full effect & starting to see good numbers just off our beaches on the incoming tides.  I prefer a Palm size blue crab free lime just in front of the score of rolling fish wait for your line to come tight and start to real.    Snook have been just about everywhere but I’ve been having most of my success close to the passes & in around the outside islands. I am seeing the first wave of small fry bait showing up on both the incoming and outgoing tides. It’s typical find a lot of Snook ,sea trout, snapper & redfish close to these schools of baitfish.  I’m still using my typical set up which is 40 pound monofilament ,attached to 15 pound braid  with a 2/0 J-hook. The live Baits we see in May are absolutely perfect,  big hearty pilchards and scaled sardines. During some of the slower tide phases it’s best to chum hard to get these lazy fish to fire up. It’s that time of year you wanna be on the water watching that sunrise and looking for rolling tarpon or beating up the trees looking for big snook .  As they say the early bird gets the worm look forward to seeing you on the water!


Capt. Tim Daugherty
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(239) 280-8138