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Gregg
Join Date:
2011-10-17
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1. Pine island Angler
Fishing reports and news from the waters of Pine Island and all of Southwest Florida.
Tags: flats fishing, fly fishing, Florida, tarpon, Pine Island
Latest Blog Posts
- Cownose Ray Migration In Chartlotte Harboron May 17, 2013A really cool sight from today was a huge school of cownose rays just off the Burnt Store Bar in Charlotte Harbor. There were easily over a thousand of them swirling around in what was probably a spawning ritual. These mid-size rays are c...
- Tailwalking Tarpon In Charlotte Harboron May 16, 2013 in Pine Island Fishing Guides fly fishing tarpon Wildfly Charters Tarpon Season Pine Island TarponI finally got a decent shot of a jumping tarpon late yesterday afternoon. This fish ate a lime green Toad fly and then launched itself into some stunning aerobatics worthy of the Blue Angels. Unfortunately we didn't land this tarpon&...
- 2008 Beavertail BTX For Sale, Tampa, FL.on May 15, 2013 in Beavertail BTX Beavertail SkiffsThis is one of the most popular first generation Beavertails and only a couple dozen were built. They don't come up for sale often and the owner of this skiff did some excellent work restoring this boat to like-new condition. Below are so...
- Great Video: Fly Fishing The YucatanHat tip to Bonefish On The Brain for showing me this absolutely excellent video from Leland Outfitters. I haven't been down to Mexico in a long time and this has me itching to book a trip back there soon. For all you aspiring film ma...
- Pine Island Fishing Report: Cobia On FlyWhen the tarpon don't want to bite you'll throw your flies at anything on the flats. It's an added bonus when those targets turn out to be big cobia. Local angler Dan Pontius scored this 27 incher just south of Burnt Store Marine this mor...
- Bull SharksYou know that summer is coming when these guys start to show up in the shallows. I took this photo yesterday of a six foot bull shark in less than three feet of water near Cabbage Key. This is just one of the reasons I don't go swim...
- Getting Back To Normalon May 9, 2013Winds are calm in the mornings and the temps are crawling back up towards 80 degrees so that's great news. Angler Zach Bruner took advantage of this yesterday and scored a nice inshore slam in Pine Island Sound. ...
- Tying The Tarpon ToadWhile you're waiting for the wind to calm down and the water to warm back up, tie some Tarpon Toads.
- Coming Soon...The rotten west winds that have ruined tarpon fishing for that last three days should be gone soon and the big migratory schools will be moving up the beaches. Stay tuned.
- Pine Island Fishing Report: The Rain Stopped And The Wind Startedon May 4, 2013Bob Monti completes his Slam. I'm banging my head against the wall right now. After two days the rain finally stopped late Thursday and Friday was beautiful. The fish were a bit lock-jawed but my anglers managed to land...
- Tarpon Season So Far...There are a lot of them out there and my anglers are putting a few in the air, but the cruddy weather has been relentless over the last week. I'm staring out the window at a driving rainstorm right now which caused me to cancel two trips today.
- The Tarpon ToadA selection of Tarpon Toads tied by Colorado trout guide Chad Pettrone I've always been skeptical when I hear about an amazing new and formerly "secret" fly that becomes all the rage in saltwater. These flies are usually nothing more than sli...
- Beavertail Skiffs Water Camoon Apr 26, 2013 in Beavertail BT3 Wildfly Charters Beavertail Vengeance flats boats Beavertail SkiffsThis is one of the custom paint jobs currently coming out of the Beavertail shop on a brand new BT3. It's called water camo and it looks like this on a finished boat. Very cool stuff. They can do almost anything up there in Palmetto.&nb...
- Gear Review: Royal Wulff Bermuda Shorts Fly LineTwo years ago I tried Royal Wulff's Bermuda Shorts fly lines for the first time and they've been my favorite lines ever since. The Bermuda Shorts are part of their Triangle Taper series and have a 22 foot head making it incredibly quick to load and...
- Some More Big Pine Island RedfishWe're still crushing the big trout and redfish out in Pine Island Sound. And yes, the tarpon are here but I don't have any good shots of them this week.
- Pine Island Fishing Report: We've Got Some Bug Snook Down Hereon Apr 20, 2013 in Pine Island Fishing Guides Matlacha Fishing Guides Pine Island snook Wildfly Charters Georgia angler Bob Francis came down to Matlacha last fall and got outfished by his wife on their first afternoon on my boat. This morning he made up for that by landing this hog of a 35" snook in Pine Island Creek. ...
- Pine Island Fishing Report: We've Got Some Big Snook Down Hereon Apr 20, 2013 in Pine Island Fishing Guides Matlacha Fishing Guides Pine Island snook Wildfly Charters Georgia angler Bob Francis came down to Matlacha last fall and got outfished by his wife on their first afternoon on my boat. This morning he made up for that by landing this hog of a 35" snook in Pine Island Creek. ...
- The World's Best Redfish CevicheMy anglers have been landing so many great redfish lately and while catch and release is great, every once in a while you gotta toss one or two in the cooler. Here's one of my favorite things to do with redfish besides slapping them on the gril...
- Some Recent Catches Off Pine Islandon Apr 17, 2013...
- Fifty Feeton Apr 15, 2013Now that tarpon season is here it’s time to think about casting distance with a fly rod. A lot of “experts” will tell you that you need to be able to make at least an eighty foot cast in order to catch anything on the flats. You’ll occasional...
