FT MEYERS FLORIDA..

[sportfishingusa]

ANY WEST COAST FLORIDIANS AROUND!?

think the wife wants to visit her grandmother the snow bird down in fort meyers beach in march and i got to find something to do down there and she gave me the go ahead to leave her the cc and go fishing!!

where do i start?! see they got a ton of bottom fishing boats but dont want to get shoulder to shoulder on a bottom fishing party boat..

any suggestion without spending an arm and a leg for a charter boat!?

[Shortfin]

Ft Meyers Beach area pm Logan9581 he is dialed in

In addition I have another buddy that runs a flats boat all over that area ,, We have had some wild back country sight seeing and fishing to places that only Yaks belong !!!!

Ran up the peace river one time and it was as backwoods as i have ever seen,

http://www.flyfishsalt.com/index4.html

Chris

[sportfishingusa]

thanks short!! appreciate it.. think i might hit the back country this time.. never done it.. seems like a freakin awesome time!!

[Logan9581]

ANY WEST COAST FLORIDIANS AROUND!?

think the wife wants to visit her grandmother the snow bird down in fort meyers beach in march and i got to find something to do down there and she gave me the go ahead to leave her the cc and go fishing!!

where do i start?! see they got a ton of bottom fishing boats but dont want to get shoulder to shoulder on a bottom fishing party boat..

any suggestion without spending an arm and a leg for a charter boat!?

I used to run a boat in Fort Myers.

Red Grouper is closed until March 14th. Gags until the end of March. You can go pull on some AJs and maybe get into some mangrove snapper. Kingfish should start running about that time too. If you want offshore, you could get on with Capt Rick Featherstone http://www.magichook.com/ He runs a centerconsole and can get you out there faster and cheaper. I don't recommend any of the head boats unless you want to catch grunts (they call them grey snapper).

If you want to do some inshore for reds and snook, call Les Achilies 239-671-1819. He or his brother Chris are good guys. Tell them I sent you.

Where on the Beach are you staying?

[sportfishingusa]

man that was fast.. i just sent you a pm. lol

was going to just rent a boat.. is that recommended?

[Logan9581]

was going to just rent a boat.. is that recommended?

Thats fine if you want to cruise around. It would be tough to go catch anything if you have never been there.

Let me know if you need any other info.

[sportfishingusa]

thanks man.. really appreciate it.. wanted to catch some bigger fish but thinking about just renting something and putting around for the day and maybe just hitting any kinda fish i could find.. just a few days on the water..

[Logan9581]

If you want something bigger, talk to Les about catching a goliath grouper off the causeway. http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zerothread?id=821696

[Capt-D]

Fish tales marina 3/4 the way down the beach rents boats. They dont let smaller boats out of the back bays so keep that in mind if you wanna bottom fish in the gulf. I have a set of published numbers somewhere for some gulf spots.

If you wanna fish the back bay areas hire a guide first than rent the boat the next day for some freedom. I tried it blindly the first time down there with not much luck! Hire a guide first than rent!

and because im a nice guy here is the chart pack you would need for the back bays http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/BookletC...art_HomeEd.pdf

if you want the chartpack for the Gulf its 11426 http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/BookletC...art_HomeEd.pdf

-D

[reel fishy]

Capt. Joe Verdino
http://www.captjoeverdino.com/

He is one of your fellow Jersey boys living in South Florida. Tell him Adam from the "Reel Madness" sent you. Joe is a great guy and knows the Ft. Myers offshore bottom. Joe can take you to the meat. Ask him about his WAY OUT trips for the deep water groupers. Only gags, reds and black grouper are closed in Feb and March. You can still do scamp, snowys, warsaw and snapper.