May 18, 2015
I’ve had a break the last week or so from the offshore boat as it’s undergoing some maintenance. That gave the family the opportunity to get out on the bay boat for our first try at tarpon this year. The morning started great with everybody up and out of the house before 7 am. We launched the boat out of Punta Rassa and followed the boats to the Sanibel Causeway Span that everyone was catching bait at. After just a few throws of the cast net we had enough tarpon sized threadfin herring fo... Continue reading...
Posted by Captain Bill Curtis. Posted In : Fort Myers
April 14, 2015
The last couple of weeks have seen the best fishing of the year so far for us aboard the Fish n Tales.
The winter cold fronts have subsided and the weather has been great allowing us to run almost every day. The red grouper bite has been excellent on our 10 hour trips with us catching limits on just about every trip. A good percentage of the fish have been over 25” up to about 30”.
An 8 hour trip also saw us catch a limit in the last week. The water temperature is definitely warming which... Continue reading...
Posted by Captain Bill Curtis. Posted In : Fort Myers
February 3, 2015
The weather has made it a little tough on a few trips over the last week, but the fishing continues to be excellent. Our focus continues to be filling the fish box with red grouper on our 8-10 hour trips.
We are also able to get out far enough to where the Amberjack are on our 10 hour trips. The Amberjacks definitely prefer a nice live bait, so be sure to have a bunch in the livewell if you are going to target them.
We have been catching good numbers of red grouper up to 32” except for one ... Continue reading...
Posted by Captain Bill Curtis. Posted In : Fort Myers
January 12, 2015
I had a fun trip last week with a diehard group of returning fisherman for their third consecutive year fishing inshore with me. The only day they could fish just happened to be the coldest day of the year for us so far, with temperatures in the upper 40s, and the wind blowing at 20 for our 7am start. And still one of the guys showed up in shorts, those guys from up north can be nuts at times. With numb hands I baited their hooks with live shrimp at the first stop where we caught a few whiti... Continue reading...
Posted by Captain Bill Curtis. Posted In : Fort Myers
