The first cold front of the fall season has come and brought a second one with it.  With morning air temperatures in the low 50's, our bay water temps have plummeted. This moved my hand into a winter trend last week we'll before I had intended to do so. This means moving off the flats and Fishing jigs in the deep sand channels of the bay.

There are a wide variety of species that forage through these tide troughs in the winter months. The notable ones are, pompano, flounder, trout, and mackerel.

Nearshore, our seasonal crab pots have been deployed for stone crab claws.  Running the trap lines is one of my favorite things to do in the cooler weather months, for a shot of a laid up triple tail.

Combining these two different techniques of Fishing makes for an action packed day on the water, with the chance to take home some really good eating fish.  It's a great time to be fishing in South West Florida!

Capt. Mike Slattery
941-626-6946
www.palmislandoutfitters.com
www.charlotteharborchronicles.com

Well it's fall season in Florida and the Fishing can be down right "SPOOKY"... My attempt at a small joke, but in all seriousness, the fall Fishing season can be the best of the year.  We are staring down the barrel of the seasons first cold front this week.  This means that the fish will start to react to the drop in water temperature with urgency.  Expect for a good bite both inshore and nearshore once the wind slows down a bit.  Inshore our snook bite has been consistent with mixed bags of lots of species when Fishing shorelines.  Nearshore, expect the drop in temperatures to move some larger game fish close to shore.  The weather is beautiful and the fish are biting, it's a great time to be fishing in South West Florida.

Capt. Mike Slattery
941-626-6946
www.palmislandoutfitters.com
www.charlotteharborchronicles.com