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Great Tarpon Fishing In Sanibel by Greg Hood (5/21/2009)
Sanibel fishing with great Tarpon action! Tarpoons.com gets the tarpon hooked up.

Report for the Week Ending 5/16/09 by Butch Rickey (5/15/2009)
I wound up running two trips this week. Both were with my good friend Dr. John Hitt, of UCF, in Orlando. We had progressively tougher tides as the week progressed, and predictably the fishing got tougher, as well. But, we always have a good time out there.

Slams All Around In Pine Island Sound by Butch Rickey (5/09/2009)
I ran three trips this week, and save for still fighting off the flu, it was a great week with old friends, and the fishing was pretty good with Slams all round!

The Tarpon Have Showed Up In Sandibel Island by Greg Hood (5/09/2009)
The Tarpon have showed up and its about time!

Report for the Week Ending 4/25/09 by Butch Rickey (4/28/2009)
It was to be a six day work week, but it seems it's been impossible to get a full week in this season because of the constant fronts. This week was no exception!

Report for the Week Ending 4/18/09 by Butch Rickey (4/22/2009)
To say the week ending April 18th stunk, would be an gross under-exaggeration! You can probably still smell it from where you are!

Report for the Week Ending 4/11/09 by Butch Rickey (4/12/2009)
Another big cold front and a week of full moon tides made this one of the slowest bites I've seen in a long time.

Sanibel Fishing with Tarpoons.com by Greg Hood (4/11/2009)
Sanibel Fishing has been good after this last cold front.The Tarpon will be here soon!

Report for the Week Ending 4/04/09 by Butch Rickey (4/04/2009)
Wind was again a factor this week, as were poor tides toward the end of the week. By Thursday the forecast was for 31 knots, and that's just time to stay at the dock. It was bad enough Tuesday and Wednesday, blowing near 25 knots!

Report for the Week Ending 3/28/09 by Butch Rickey (3/30/2009)
How quickly the weather can turn a full week into crap! We fished for three days is wind gusting to 25 MPH. By Thursday morning the wind was out of hand. Some of us put our boats back on the trailers and went home. Others went out to try to get their trips in, and came back later saying it was just too nasty to fish. And, then. There are those who are going to fish regardless!

Sanibel Fishing Charters by Greg Hood (3/29/2009)
After the storm this weeks fishing near Sanibel Island looks great!

Report for the Week Ending 3/21/09 by Butch Rickey (3/26/2009)
Very poor tides and a trip to Port Manatee to fulfill my TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential) requirement cut the work week a bit short. We caught some nice fish, though.

Report for the Week Ending 3/14/09 by Butch Rickey (3/18/2009)
Save for one day, it was a great week of fishing. The big yellow-mouth sow trout are thick in the right places, and there are some nice snook eating, too.

Report for the Week Ending 2/28/09 by Butch Rickey (3/03/2009)
Constant cold fronts and the wind and high barometer that comes with them, along with cold water, have served to make catching very tough this week.

Sanibel Fishing Charters by Greg Hood (3/02/2009)
Sanibel Fishing this week brings in another cold front. March 1st Snook season opened. Long casts will produce big trouts on artificial bait.

Report for the Week Ending 2/21/09 by Butch Rickey (2/23/2009)
It was a week of schedule changes, cold fronts, fog, high pressure, tough fishing, and great customers!

Sanibel Fishing Charters by Greg Hood (2/18/2009)
Time to book those fishing trips for Spring break! Spring Training for SHARKS!

Week Ending 2/14/09 by Butch Rickey (2/17/2009)
It was a week jam-packed with trips, good fishing, and great customers!

Week Ending 1/31/09 by Butch Rickey (2/02/2009)
It was another abbreviated work week, but a week of great fun with some great guys, fishing cold water with artificials.

Report for Week Ending 01-17-09 by Butch Rickey (1/19/2009)
Multiple cold fronts blew out the bait, but didn't keep the fish from eating!

Sanibel Fishing For Snook and Redfish by Greg Hood (1/13/2009)
Fishing tips for the Sanibel, Ft. Myers area. Great top water action after the last cold front. Nice snook and redfish action.

Report for the Week Ending 12/27/08 by Butch Rickey (1/08/2009)
Fishing for snook and trout remained good during Christmas Week.

Report for Week Ending 12/20/08 by Butch Rickey (12/24/2008)
In spite of numerous cold fronts and cool waters, bait is plentiful and the snook and winter trout fishing is good!

Report for the Week Ending 12/13/08 by Butch Rickey (12/13/2008)
One Great Day of Fishing Ahead of the Front!

Report for the Week Ending 11/29/08 by Butch Rickey (12/01/2008)
The reds are still prowling the flats and eating well!

Report for Week Ending 11/15/08 by Butch Rickey (11/18/2008)
Ladyfish was the key to redfish on cool, windy days!

Report for Week Ending 11/01/08 by Butch Rickey (11/04/2008)
Record cold temps, lots of wind, and a big barometer made things tough and interesting!

Week Ending 10/25/08 by Butch Rickey (10/25/2008)
More trips lost to bad weather up and down southwest Florida coast.

Report for the Week Ending 10-18-08 by Butch Rickey (10/16/2008)
Another great day on the water with old friends.

Report for Week Ending 10/11/08 by Butch Rickey (10/12/2008)
It was another one day workweek, but it was a great day with a wonderful family, David, Jennifer, and son Ted Arthur, over from Ft. Lauderdale.