Naples Fishing Report

Daylight savings time signals the beginning of spring and spring break for a host of students. Many of which are coming to Naples for the great charter fishing as well as fantastic beaches and nightlife. Fishing charters going out on the Alabama right now are finding the fishing to be red hot for mangrove snappers, […]

With grouper season closed until April 1 charter fishing parties departing Naples are seeking charter boats that will produce food for the dinner table. Captain Kraig has perfected some techniques that are sure fire ways to trick the wily mangrove snapper. Mangroves have as good of eyesight as any fish we catch here in the

When our fishing charters return every day to our dock in downtown Naples. We are greeted by some of Naples finest fishermen, the brown pelican. While once endangered, the brown pelican has made a prolific recovery and can be found in large numbers around our cleaning table every day. Right now as we are catching

Mangrove snapper fishing on our offshore fishing charters remains very strong. Charter fishing parties aboard the Alabama going out into the Gulf of Mexico are very pleased with our consistent catches of mangroves, gag grouper and porgies. On most charters we are fishing very light line using small hooks and bait to trick the fish

As we move from February to March here in Naples things continue as they have been for several weeks. The weather in Naples continues to be challenging, with cold fronts occurring at a greater rate than is typical. The silver lining in the weather is that the wind causes the water to churn and remain unseasonably

As February sun continues to shine like spring the waters around Naples are finally beginning to warm up from an exceptionally cold winter. Fishing charters going out into the Gulf of Mexico are reaping the benefits of calm seas and warm sun as the fishing continues to be red hot. Limits of mangrove snapper are

Catches continue to be very good on our fishing charters from Port of Call marina in Naples. Mangrove snapper and Amberjack are being caught every day using live shrimp and Pinfish on the offshore reefs and ledges. Gag grouper season is closed in February, and the fish seem to know they will be released, so

Grouper fishing on charter boats out of Naples, Florida offers some of the best offshore angling in the Gulf of Mexico. While possession of grouper is prohibited in February that does not prevent us from catching them. We are targeting mangrove snapper this month, as we always do so the grouper closure is not affecting

Fishing charters out of Naples, Florida continue to find great success offshore. Our charters have been catching large numbers of Mangrove snapper while fishing in 40 feet of water over reefs and wrecks. Shellie Davis of Jeannette, PA was recently on a fishing charter with us and her party caught several gag grouper, all of