Fishing Reports by Capt. Bill Russell

Beautiful Days,,Just To Darn Much Wind! - Finally this week the weather cooled down slightly, with the change came strong northeasterly winds that hampered fishing most of the week. Extreme low tides were also encountered as a combination of the moon phase and the stiff winds. To say t more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Warm Weather Keeps The Action Coming - Again this week the open water areas were the place to look for fish feeding frenzies. Charlotte Harbor and Boca Grande Pass were areas where a smorgasbord of predators and bait were found. The primary subjects were Spanish mackerel and bonito, more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Back On Track - Finally got our first shot at cooler weather this week and boy did it interrupt fishing for a few days. It really wasn't that cold but it felt like it on the water after such a long stretch of hot weather. Plus the wind, a strong northeast wind ble more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Good Fishing Ahead Of Cool Down - After what seemed like an endless summer relief has finally arrived. Ahead of the cooler weather fishing was good as both snook and redfish were on a pre-front feed. A fat twenty-six inch red caught in Pine Island Sound Both Thursday and more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

HOT Days on the Water In Southwest Florida - You wouldn't think it was the second week of October, it was down right HOT all week on the water. Beautiful Days, just a little warm for this time of year. With the heat the inshore waters have also warmed back up into the low nineties, this coupled more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

October brings a variety of fish inshore to Southwest Florida - October in Southwest Florida means fish are on the move. With lots of bait and predators all kinds of opportunities present themselves. This week we found success with redfish, mangrove snapper, gag grouper, sea trout and sharks. Everything ex more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

In Southwest Florida Fall Fishing Has Begun - The fall run of redfish continues to gain momentum as we exit summer. Over the week we found schools in northern Pine Island Sound and on bars in open water on the south and eastern perimeter of Charlotte Harbor. They aren't real consistent where th more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Redfish Arriving Right On Schedule - As summer winds down the fall redfish schools are arriving right on schedule. We ran into a couple schools this week in northern Pine Island Sound and Charlotte Harbor. All the fish were big averaging about thirty inches and were schooled tight worki more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

A Variety of fish to beat the heat in Southwest Florida - No doubt about it, August is one hot month in Southwest Florida. Many locals and old timers don't even bother to fish this month or if they do only venture out early or late or on overcast days. Like the air the water temperature is also very w more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Fishing has been "HOT" in Southwest Florida - In one word HOT was the best way to describe fishing over the week. And not so much the fish bite but the heat. Flat calm days with little or no breeze and the lack of our daily thunderstorms have really heated things up during the mid day. Fishi more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound