The morning started out with some thick inland fog... It was much lighter and patchy once we got outside the pass...Our group of 4 got comfy in the back as we pushed out into the 2-3 ft seas. pulled back the throttles as we got around 110 to hit our first spot... it lit up great, but the fish just did not want to chew...  We managed a few small hits, and one decent sized American red snapper that had to be turned back due to being out of season. 
We bounced to a few more spots and it was much of the same... great shows on the screen, but nothing wanting to chew for us.
We made a couple mile move and it was light a light switch, the bite was on!  We picked up some short red grouper, a couple different species of snapper, and 2 Goliaths- one around 40 lbs and the second well over 100. 
We had a few other good hits that rocked us up.... and then the bite tapered off...

We moved again and the next spot was our money hole.  We fired down baits and were rewarded with 6 plus size red grouper keepers, several of them 30" or better.  High fives all around!  We got several more big hits that rocked us up and broke off, surely some jumbo grouper.

We put down a couple bigger bloody cut baits and we hooked into two different sharks, an estimated 10 ft nurse shark, and a 6 ft sandbar.  
That wrapped up our day and the crew will certainly enjoy some fresh fish for the entire week they are down here!

November is notorious for being some of the BEST Fishing of the year and this year was no different! 

Our inshore fishing provided lots of opportunities for the big 3: Snook, Redfish and Trout. We received our first cold front of the year which dropped our water temps and got our fall bite really going.  We have seen lots of bluefish, ladyfish, jacks, sharks and other predators hot on the tail of the bait. 

Nearshore, spanish macks, kingfish and our annual run of cobia kicked off.  The sheepshead have also started to make their appearance with some studs being caught on live shrimp over our inshore and nearshore structure. 

Offshore, The red grouper bite has been fantastic! Some true stud size fish with some of our biggest of the year coming over the rails. We are also seeing some really quality size Lane snappers moving in a little shallower as well.   Many of our nearshore wrecks are seeing African Pompano and Cobia, both great bycatch when we are wreck fishing for amberjacks and Goliaths for that great photo worthy picture! 

December should be another amazing month to fish as we get great weather windows in between the cold fronts. 

Nearshore fishing in SW Florida can be pretty amazing when everything lines up. We got on a pretty solid permit bite which was a blast on light 3000 and 4000 size @pennfishing reels. Live crabs paired to mustad jigs kept us tight. Give us a call to get your date booked! 239-878-4736

March is always a great month to fish when you have the weather... We hit a limit of red grouper then moved onto a wreck to see if we could find some thing else to pull on our lines and boy did we! Check out the jumbo cobias we caught! Epic day!

The smiles say it all!  Great trip!

January always produces some great fish! This gorgeous red grouper will make for some great meals! 

Our lady angler killed it today!  Check out that jumbo fat red grouper! Congrats on your great catch!

Saturday was a great day out deep. A 6 man limit of red groupers, a 6 man limit of American Red Snapper, mangs, lanes and porgy. Doesn’t get much better! @captdanielmedina #fishthebeast #saltyfishingcharters @furuno_usa @engelcoolers @worldcat_boats #redsnapper #redgrouper #sanibel #capecoral #fishing #gulfcoastfishingchartersllc #catching #summer #fortmyers #margaritaville #matlacha #pineislandstrong #gulfofmexico #charterforhire #tarpon #inthemeat 239-878-4736 www.saltyfishingcharters.com