Fishing Reports by Capt. Jeff Legutki

Winter Wonderland - Winter in southwest Floridais absolute Paradise. So far it has been a mild winter, pleasent air temperatures calm winds and clear water has been the typical scenario each day. Water temps are in the upper 60's to low 70's. Snook are still very act more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Redfish and Snookj in the shallows - Sightfishing in the 10,000 Islands and the Everglades has been nothing short of stellar! Redfish and snook are warming themselves in the shallows over the soft muddy bottoms. This time of year is probably the best time to sightfish the gamefish o more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Sightfishing in cold clear water - Well the fronts are making their way down and the effects of winter are starting to take place. Lower tides from the Northerly winds, blowing all the water out and all the visibility is fantastic. Cool water, plankton free, clear as gin on the outsid more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Winter is in the Air - Well as I walked outside this morning I could feel the coolness of winter on the way. We are supposed to get our first cold front tonight, they say the air temp will drop to the lower 60's by tommorrow morning. This will be the start of the transi more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Outside Madness - Well the fall is in full swing with the hordes of bait of the beaches. Schools of mullet have been washing in the inlets in numbers compared to the mullet run on the east coast. This past weekend I witnessed millions of mullet balled up so tight more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Feels like fall is on the way! - Well the weather has finally calmed back down to normal.....thank God! The water clarity has been fairly good on the beaches, and still really tannic in the back. Bait is starting to stack up at every inlet, pass, or jetty. Red fish snook and tarp more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

"Hurricane Blues" - Well everyone knows of the weather we have had for the past month. It has been one close call after another with these storms passing so close! To say the least the weather has been a little erratic! Not the blistering hot calm sultry days we are us more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Tropical Storm Fay - Well here we go again, another hurricane season. 10 days prior to T.S. Fay we had onshore winds out of the west giving us higher tides and dirty water. Most of the fish I have been finding are along the outside where the water salinity levels are more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Same Ole Summer Fishing - The heat is on from the temperature to the fishing. Start early end early! Tarpon and snook are all over the beaches! Mackeral and permit as well as cobia are on the inshore wrecks. Pods of bait will give away their positions over any bit of struc more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Summer Rains have started - Well it seems like the sky has opened up and dropped heavy rains on us for the past several days non stop. This has definetly had an impact on he fishing. The salinity levels have changed causing the fish to move. The outside has been consistent more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands