Fort Myers Fishing Guide Captain Bill Curtis

June 2015 Land of the Giants Trip

July 6, 2015


More great summertime fishing photos with my boy. We took our longest trip out into the gulf yet into the land of the giants, and we found them. Hope you enjoy!










 

June 2015 Offshore Charter Fishing Report

July 6, 2015
We’ve been getting in some longer range offshore trips over the last couple of weeks, as far as 70 miles, where the fishing has been excellent.



One reason to get out that far is for red snapper. They have been more than cooperative with fish over 30” caught on most any cut bait offered on the right spots.



There have also been some big mangrove snapper schools holding with the red snapper. We have caught quite a few over 20” up to over 25”.



Big porgies and some nice scamp grouper have ...

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Awesome May 2015 Family Fishing Day

May 18, 2015


I’ve had a break the last week or so from the offshore boat as it’s undergoing some maintenance. That gave the family the opportunity to get out on the bay boat for our first try at tarpon this year. The morning started great with everybody up and out of the house before 7 am. We launched the boat out of Punta Rassa and followed the boats to the Sanibel Causeway Span that everyone was catching bait at. After just a few throws of the cast net we had enough tarpon sized threadfin herring fo...

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April 2014 Offshore Fishing and Diving

April 26, 2015
I got a chance to take a break from charter fishing to take my boy out for some offshore action recently.



We spent a day fishing deep water where the big dogs live, and a day diving back close to shore.





We did some spearfishing on our dives with my boy getting to do his first underwater hunting.



He did awesome with 5 fish on his first chance, including a nice hogfish on his very first shot.



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March April 2015 Ft. Myers Offshore Charter Fishing Report

April 14, 2015
We’ve had lots of trips over the last few weeks with excellent results. The red grouper have been very cooperative biting both live and dead baits.



On our 10 hour trips we are bringing back limits of red grouper on just about every trip. Many fish are over 24” and we are getting plenty over 30”.



Results have been similar on 8 hour trips with big numbers of fish brought aboard but necessarily as big.



We made it out to a wreck on a 12 hour trip and caught a bunch of Greater Amberjack betw...

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March 2015 Offshore Charter Fishing Report

April 14, 2015
The last couple of weeks have seen the best fishing of the year so far for us aboard the Fish n Tales.



The winter cold fronts have subsided and the weather has been great allowing us to run almost every day. The red grouper bite has been excellent on our 10 hour trips with us catching limits on just about every trip. A good percentage of the fish have been over 25” up to about 30”.



An 8 hour trip also saw us catch a limit in the last week. The water temperature is definitely warming which...

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Middle of February 2015 Offshore Charter Fishing Report

February 20, 2015
When the weather allows the red grouper fishing continues to be good.



The fish are farther offshore than in their close to shore summertime haunts, but when we find them they are hungry eating dead baits as readily as live baits.



We still always carry some of each to make sure we cover all of our bases.



Some very nice gag grouper continue coming over the gunnels disappointing some clients that they still have to release them, as they are out of season. On some of the rougher days when the gro...

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Start of February 2015 Offshore Charter Fishing Report

February 3, 2015
The weather has made it a little tough on a few trips over the last week, but the fishing continues to be excellent. Our focus continues to be filling the fish box with red grouper on our 8-10 hour trips.



We are also able to get out far enough to where the Amberjack are on our 10 hour trips. The Amberjacks definitely prefer a nice live bait, so be sure to have a bunch in the livewell if you are going to target them.



We have been catching good numbers of red grouper up to 32” except for one ...

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Mid-January 2015 Ft. Myers Beach Charter Fishing Report

January 28, 2015


It's been another great week fishing on board the Fish N Tales. The red grouper have definitely moved farther offshore, but we are catching limits to near limits of fish on our 8 and 10 hour trips.



Many of the grouper are over 24" up to about 30".



The porgies are still biting well when we use the lighter tackle and small pieces of squid. Both offshore and nearshore we are also finding nice mangrove snapper, and most recently we had a great catch of lane snapper. It's been tougher to find a...

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Happy New Year 2015 Ft. Myers Fishing Report

January 12, 2015


I had a fun trip last week with a diehard group of returning fisherman for their third consecutive year fishing inshore with me. The only day they could fish just happened to be the coldest day of the year for us so far, with temperatures in the upper 40s, and the wind blowing at 20 for our 7am start.  And still one of the guys showed up in shorts, those guys from up north can be nuts at times. With numb hands I baited their hooks with live shrimp at the first stop where we caught a few whiti...

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