John Preeg

The big news recently was the announcement by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission that the snook season will remain closed for the west coast of Florida until at least next year.

Well, we have made it through August without any of those big windy things with a name, and September should be the start of our really good fall fishing.

It's day three of the monsoon season for the Naples area, and everything and everybody is getting moldy, so this low pressure can move out ASAP.

With the sun doing its best to cook any angler foolish enough to be on the water, inshore fishing has been a little on the slow side this past week.

Hot and wet describes the weather for the last week which has caused many a fisherman to stay at home either in the air conditioning or in the pool. If you did go out and missed the rain, you probably ...

After returning from an extended trip up north, I was quickly reminded that we in Florida "enjoy" a tropical summer season. My first morning back I was launching my boat at 6 a.m., and already soaking wet, and then it ...

We are coming off of the full moon cycle, and it didn’t seem to hurt the fishing at all.

Set your alarm for "zero dark 30" and get on the water early for the first half of the inshore fishing day. After you have caught some nice snook and a few slot-sized trout, go home and do some things ...

Fishing this last week ranged from very good to just OK in other areas. Water quality varied from really muddy to fairly clear to really clear further offshore.

Get out early and fish quick to avoid the frequent rain and/or the heat. That is the story for this week. While we had a rainfall deficit in May and June, we made up for it already this month. That ...

All the fishermen in Southwest Florida are enjoying normal summer fishing inshore, near shore and well offshore. There is no oil in our waters or on our beaches, yet rumors persist.

It is now officially summer, even though it has felt like summer for weeks now, but the heat hasn't hurt the fishing.

With daytime temperatures regularly hitting well into the 90s and no rain to speak of, the water is clear and hot. At times, you have to remind yourself that you are not in the Keys, and those are mullet, not ...

Hot, hot, hot! With air temperatures in the low to mid-90s and water temperatures right around 90, most catching of fish is being done in the morning and evening hours.

As far as the inshore fishing goes, it seems that the last week in May was how the first week in May should have been.