With the warming nights and water temperature the bait has moved into the mangroves and passes more The fish have responded nicely. The spring pattern has arrived.

The bait is all over the now. Reds and snook are taking full advantage of it. Mornings are still the best with afternoons good of you sont mind a little heat Using paddletails , topwater baots and live Pilchards fished along deeper edges with ahallow water close by. Yhe fish will be shollow early then fall back to the deeper pockets later in the day.

Our water here in the Naples /10,000 Islands area got very cold(56-58* ) during the last part of December. With warmer days and nights its rebounded to the upper 60s. With that the bite has improved daily. The Spotted Trout are showing in good numbers and size now . The sheepshead are very pleniful and the ever present mangrove snapper are back to being dependable. The redfish are still a bit off but are getting better with each day. The snook are the only ? Many have moved deeper onto the backcountry. I dont know how many died from the cold water. Not many hopefully. The forcast looks goodand the fishing better We will be fishing deeper into the backcountry as the winter season deepens.

The cold front that hit SW Florida cooled the water but the Sheepshead did’nt mind. The warming trend will have the rest of the fish biting soon .

Inshore slams are common these days. With cooler temps, the fishing has turned on. We've been finding plenty of Reds, Snook, and Spotted Trout on the Gulf edges and inside the mangroves. Great temps and great fishing are what fishing in Naples in December is all about.