HAMMERHEADS!!! Had some great trips this past week with awesome guests and some surprises!  Juvenile Hammerhead Sharks provided some awesome action on light tackle and made for some memories for our guests.

Big Snook continue to move inland towards Cape Coral and Fort Myers but still plenty of fish along Pine Island Sound and Matlacha.  Bait is all over the place with huge bait pods inshore and offshore.  

Some decent Redfish are showing up around Sanibel and Captiva.  The late morning/early afternoon high tides made for some great action along the mangroves!

Capt. Jay Rod
Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Sanibel Fishing Charters
(239) 707-3756

We’re back!  Salty Native Charters has returned to the beautiful waters of Southwest Florida after our summer in the Florida Keys and we’re picking up right where we left off!

The Snook bite has been unbelievable!  We landed some quality fish this week from the passes around Sanibel and Captiva Islands as well as the the mangroves along  pine Islands Sound on the late afternoon high tide.  Found some decent fish along the shores of Cape Coral and Fort Myers on the Caloosahatchee River during the early morning outgoing tide.

Should be a great week of fishing with strong incoming tides and solid weather!

Capt. Jay Rod
Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Sanibel Fishing Charters
(239) 707-3756

The summer snook action had been as hot as our weather!! Better bites have been coming in the early morning hours with the higher tides pushing the fish deep into the bushes. 

Now that we’ve entered our typical summer weather patterns with rainy afternoons, the water temperatures drop just enough to create a fantastic late afternoon bite!

Capt. Jay Rod
Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Sanibel Fishing Charters
(239) 707-3756

Can you say AMERICAN RED SNAPPER!!  Recreational Red Snapper season in state and federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico began on June 4th and we wasted no time putting our clients on some big fish!

We ran three Captain for Hire offshore charters  this past week and all three achieved limits of ARS, Red Grouper, Big Mangs and more.  

Water temperatures remain a bit cooler than this time last year allowing for a shorter run to the snapper grounds.  Live bait worked very well for these delicious monsters as did dead bait.  

American Red Snapper are some of the hardest fighting fish in the gulf.  Not to mention they are amazing table fare.  

Do you have an offshore boat?  Let’s go get some!  Season closes July 29th.  Call us today and ask about our Captain for Hire services.  We provide everything you need to get on the amazing fish!!!

Capt. Jay Rod
Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Sanibel Fishing Charters
(239) 707-3756

After a week of sitting at the dock due to high winds, we were back in action this week with daily inshore trips from Cape Coral and Fort Myers.

We picked up right we’re we left off with a hot inshore bite along Sanibel Island and Captiva Island.  The Snook have really been active along Pine Island Sound near the passes on the afternoon high tide.  Had some great trips this last week including a pair of lady anglers that are now addicted to the action!

The Redfish have been very active at the peek of the high tide along Matlacha and Pine Island with cut bait being the bait of choice.  

Calm winds forecasted for this week will be blessing for our offshore fisheries including the start of America Red Snapper!  Give us a call and ask about our Captain For Hire so we can show you how to catch these amazing fish on your boat! 

Capt. Jay Rod
Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Sanibel Fishing Charters
(239) 707-3756

The Red Grouper bite was red hot this past week!  The break in the winds allowed us to run three Captain For Hire trips out to the beautiful waters of that Guide of Mexico.  

Leaving from Sanibel Island and Captiva Island, the calm seas allowed us to reach the grouper grounds in no time.  New Florida residents from Illinois, Minnesota and New York all were pleasantly surprised with limits of grouper and snapper on their own boat! 

With so many new boaters moving to Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Pine Island, now is the time to book a Captain For Hire charter with Salty Native Charters.  Our instructional fishing charters provide all the bait, tackle and experience you need to catch big fish all on YOUR boat!  Call today for more information on every service we provide.  

Capt. Jay Rod
Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Sanibel Fishing Charters
(239) 707-3756

The inshore fishing here in southwest Florida can not be ignored!  While the Tarpon fishing has been hot and cold, the Snook and big Redfish bite has been amazing in the Cape Coral and Fort Myers area.

The Snook were in full transition mode and biting during the early morning incoming tide in Pine Island Sound along Sanibel and Captiva Islands. The big bull Redfish remain strong in Matlacha along the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River in Cape Coral and Fort Myers.  

We’ll see what the winds allow us to do this coming week but it will be hard to pull away for some of the best inshore action we’ve had for a while!!!

Capt. Jay Rod
Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Sanibel Fishing Charters
(239) 707-3756

The inshore  bite in southwest Florida is red hot with strong numbers of Tarpon moving into Pine Island Sound along Sanibel and Captiva Islands. The Snook are in full transition to spawning mode and they are hungry!  This weeks trips continues to average over 20 releases of Snook per trip.  We found big fish in Matlacha Pass just down the river from Cape Coral and Fort Myers.

The hottest bite this last week was by far the big bull Redfish.  We found good number of big fish in the passes and along the deeper cuts near open water. Expect this amazing action to continue through the month of May with bigger fish showing up later in the month! 

Capt. Jay Rod
Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Sanibel Fishing Charters
(239) 707-3756

The temperature and the fishing are heating up in southwest Florida and the big Snook were by far the hottest bite last week.  We found good numbers of fish all along Sanibel Island and Captiva Island on the strong incoming tide as well as some nicer fish showing up along the river in Fort Myers and Cape Coral.  

We were fortunate to have multiple charters seeing 30 to 40 Snook releases with some landings of 30+ inch fish.  

We continue to see some good numbers of Redfish along Matlacha Pass as well as some nice fish.

Capt. Jay Rod
Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Sanibel Fishing Charters
(239) 707-3756

We took full advantage of the pre-front Snook bite this past week with anglers hooking up with all sizes of fish including some double hook ups!  

The best action came in the late afternoon high tides in Pine Island Sound near Sanibel and Captiva Islands.  The Caloosahatchee River along Cape Coral held bigger fish that couldn’t resist fresh live bait.  

We also managed to find some upper slot Redfish in the mouth of the river along Fort Myers and Punta Rassa.  

Tarpon have returned to the area and will be the targeted species when requested by our guests.  

Capt. Jay Rod
Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Sanibel Fishing Charters
(239) 707-3756