Ten Thousand Islands Fishing Reports

Southwest Florida - Naples, Marco, 10,000 Islands - Cold snap changes patterns January greeted us with a real nasty cold front. Although it was due, winter was late to show itself. Before the front we had unusual warm water for the time of year. a day before the front the water was 77 degrees, and more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Southwest Florida - Naples, Marco, 10,000 Islands - Christmas Report I want to start off wishing my clients and everyone else a Merry Christmas! Santa has been good to us down here with the mild winter we have had so far! Water is fluctuating from the upper 60's to mid 70's. On the colder days th more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Southwest Florida - Naples, Marco, 10,000 Islands - Cool water transitions As the seasons move along and the water temps continue to drop the species and tactics change. On the warmer, calmer days this time of year we still have phenominal sight fishing. Redfish and snook slide along the shallows more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Southwest Florida - Naples, Marco, 10,000 Islands - Its been a blast along the beach! With the approach of winter amongst us, the migratory species are really making a presence. Bait from the colder northern end of the Gulf are moving south in search of warmer waters. Behind them are the seasonal p more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Southwest Florida - Naples, Marco, 10,000 Islands - Clean water means sightfishing success! With the low tides and Northeast winds the water have been extremely clean and productive for sightfishing The redfish have been spooky as bonefish, but with a low sidearm cast with smooth body movement ca more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Southwest Florida - Naples, Marco, 10,000 Islands - First cold front of the season! Well we just received our first cold front of the season to come. I like the negative tides and northerly winds! It brings clean water and plenty of sight fishing oppertunities! Yesterday I had the pleasure to fis more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Southwest Florida - Naples, Marco, 10,000 Islands - Windy season is on the way! Looks like the fan will be on for the entire week! Windy conditions blowing 15 -25 out of the N.E. will give us negative tide levels in the 10k Islands and the Everglades. Good tides for sightfishing and the dominate wi more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Southwest Florida - Naples, Marco, 10,000 Islands - A change in season! Each morning you can feel a change in the air! Winds have been from the north east every morning, and the water temp is in the low 80's. You can see flocks of birds flying south and the other day I saw my first group of white p more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Southwest Florida - Naples, Marco, 10,000 Islands - Fall Red fishing Fall is here, you can feel the difference in the air! More bait is washing into our area every day. Hordes of bait can be seen on every outside point and pass from Naples to the Everglades National Park. And under these pods of ba more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Southwest Florida - Naples, Marco, 10,000 Islands - Tarpon under the bait pods Fall fishing has started. Large schools of bait are starting to migrate from the north. Each morning you can feel the differece in the air, its less humid and the breeze appears to start earlier each day. This past w more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands