Captain Kraig Dafcik

We took the Fischer family out on Saturday and found the gulf waters around Naples to be very calm. Deep sea fishing for grouper and snapper remains as good as it gets this time of year. Our fishing charters are experiencing strong tides right now due to the current full moon but as the tides […]

Deep sea fishing charters in Naples are successful for those that prepare before venturing into the Gulf of Mexico. To be successful anglers need two things in addition to rods, reels, bait and tackle. They need a good Global Positioning System (GPS) and a fathometer or fish finder. The GPS will allow you to return

Gag grouper fishing continues to be very good. Our deep sea fishing charters going out of Port of Call Marina, here in Naples, are continually catching nice gag grouper, amberjacks and mangrove snappers. Our sportfishing parties are finding that the grouper favor live bait right now over frozen thread herring and squid. We are still

We were on a full day charter today and our party found fishing in Naples to be very good. Red grouper continue to bite as the water is constantly warming in the bright sunny days. In addition to red grouper we all caught several nice mangrove snappers. Charter fishing in Naples will continue improving so

Tip Powers of McLean, Virginia and his crew from Reality Direct had a great day charter fishing 30 miles offshore from Naples yesterday. They caught several nice red grouper and amberjacks. The fish are extremely active right now due to the warmer weather here in southwest Florida. We expect great weather to continue here in

A cold front that passed Naples on Sunday had a cooling effect of the area but did little to slow down the fishing on our charters this week. Grouper fishing remained very good for sportfishing charters traveling offshore to 80 feet deep. Gag and red grouper continued to be caught on live bait and thread

The warm southerly breezes the last few days in Naples, Florida have warmed the Gulf of Mexico waters. The warming of the water has made the fish go a feeding frenzy not unlike what we experience in the summer months in southwest Florida. The Alabama went out 30 miles yesterday to catch amberjack and cobia

Now that we are firmly set in our winter fishing patterns catches have begun to improve greatly. When the waters of the Gulf of Mexico around Naples and all of southwest Florida get as cool as they are now catching fish becomes a challenge. Our boat has been fishing reefs, ledges, wrecks and bottom with

The recent cold weather here in Naples has finally given way to the more traditional, balmy 70 and 80 degree and bright sunny days. While normal fishing in the ocean and back country have been affected with the cold waters we had an offshore surprise recently that was a surprise. Big schools of amberjacks in

The cool waters around Naples Florida continue to present challenges for deep sea as well as back country anglers. Our offshore charters are now targeting mangrove snapper and gag grouper along with amberjack and goliath grouper. We have found the best way to be successful catching mangrove snappers is think small. Light line, small hooks