Naples & Marco Island Fishing Report

The inshore fishing around Naples and Marco island offers not just vast fishing opportunities but a variety of species.  Our last cold front passed through a few days ago and that dropped our temperatures and switch the wind direction to a hard NW winds .  When this happens it’s time to leave the outer islands and move deeper into the backcountry & creeks in search of cleaner water.   Big snook have started to move in and what a blast to watch my anglers rod double over and drag start the scream.  It’s very important in that first 10 to 15 seconds to not let that fish get deep into the sunken cover .  Make sure your drags are set to medium heavy and you’re using nothing less than 40 pound leader .  Sea trout have been showing up on the morning falling tides . I haven’t been doing anything different, they have been mixed in with the snook . If you’re looking for some great fish for the grill there have been some good mangrove snapper‘s hiding around the deeper structure. I like to downsize my tackle for them to 25 pound floro carbon leader and a small 1/0 hook with a small pilchard. Nothing beats snapper tacos . Get on the water and get yah Some !!!


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