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Rick Setser caught this 12 lb jack crevalle during an outgoing tide on March 9, 2011 in a Cape Coral canal. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Rodney K. in beautiful Estero Bay near the water tower, 2 hours before top of the tide. 3 inch natural gulp shrimp under a popping cork on March 6, 2011. 80% of the time, it works every time! CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Lexi Troha caught this 42 lb amberjack using pinfish on February 24, 2011 near the T Tower Marco Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Rives caught this 40 lb wahoo using ballyhoo on February 22, 2010 off Sand Key. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

David Clapp caught this approx. 2 lb and 16 inch redfish using Gulp New Penny 2 inch Shrimp on February 20, 2011 off Punta Rasa, Fort Myers. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Rob Hudson caught this approx. 5 lb redfish using soft plastic during an incoming tide on February 6, 2011 at Charlotte Harbor. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Amelia Hubbard caught this 2.5 lb bass fishing in a Cape Coral canal just before sunset using a blue and red Culprit worm on February 4, 2011. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Lauren Hubbard caught this 1.5 lb bass fishing in a Cape Coral canal just before sunset using a blue and red Culprit worm on February 4, 2011. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Troy Thornhill caught this octopus while bottom fishing in 45 feet of water 10 miles west of Sanibel on January 31, 2011. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Ben Hunt caught this 8 lb and 31 inch snook trolling a Yozuri lure in a Cape Coral canal on January 30, 2011. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

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A SPECIAL THANKS to Chan Hanson who identifed this fish caught by Joe Thornhill about 8 miles off Sanibel on January 30, 2011 as an ocellated frogfish. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Joe Steiner is caught this 25 inch grouper while trolling with his grandson Tyler off of Sanibel on January 24, 2011. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Tim Guthman caught this 30 inch grouper off Sanibel on January 24, 2011. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Eight year old Tyler Guthman, on his first offshore fishing trip, caught this pair of grouper 29 and 26 inches off of Sanibel on January 24, 2011. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Ron Wartgow caught this 37 inch snook using a White Buck Tail Jig on January 15, 2011 in Venice. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Adam Walker caught this 11 lb and 29.75 inch redfish using cut ladyfish during an incoming tide on January 11, 2011 at Lemon Bay, Englewood. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Dylan Gorton hoists one of 3 nice amberjack caught out of Naples on December 30, 2010. This one topped in at 75lbs. Guided by Captain Glen Smith. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Don Hellein photographed this osprey catching a fish on Sanibel Island during Christmast break 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Diane Parker of Kissimmee, Florida caught and released this 30 inch snook using jerk bait in Boca Grande on December 29, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Melanie Babel caught this 8.5 lb red drum free lining a live shrimp on December 24, 2010 out of the Osprey Harbor Club Marina at the Blackburn Point Bridge. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

John Dunn caught this sheep head off the Sanibel Bridge on December 22, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Justin caught this nice amberjack at the Bayronto Wreck in Venice fishing with Captain Mike Shafer of floridafishingandwatersports.com on December 21, 2010. He also caught three other amberjack and two keeper grouper shown here in the back of his truck. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Erica Orlowski caught this 14 lb and 26.5 inch red grouper using cut ballyhoo during an incoming tide on December 17, 2010 approximately 3 miles off Deer Key while fishing with Adam Walker. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Dave Wimberly caught these two 24 inch gag groupers trolling a Gold Bomber CD25 deep diver in 35 feet of water 4 miles off Venice on December 11, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Jason Jones of Cape Coral with a double header of oversized Pine Island redfish that he caught on December 10, 2010 while fishing with Capt Cory McGuire of Falling Tide Charters. fallingtidecharters.com 239-738-9095 CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Logan Bartley caught this 19 inch redfish using a shrimp on a bobber on December 5, 2010 just south of Coon Key near Goodland Florida while fishing with his Dad. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Scott Miller caught this 14 lb and 31 inch jack crevalle trolling with rattle traps during an incoming tide on December 5, 2010 in the Cape Coral cannels. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Sal D'amico caught this amberjack on November 29, 2010 while fishing with Captain Mike Shafer of Florida Fishing and Watersports out of Venice. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Ric Sears caught and released this 42 inch barracuda using a sardine while bottom fishing for grouper on November 27, 2010 about 15 miles out from Boca Grande. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Eleven year old Charlie Tapper caught this 25 lb cobia using live bait in the Gulf seven miles off Captiva Pass on November 27, 2010 while fishing with Captain Cory McGuire. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Madison O'Dell caught this 37 inch snook using a ladyfish on November 25, 2010 while fishing with her Dad on Fort Myers Beach. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Jacob O'Dell caught this Spanish mackerel using live shrimp on November 25, 2010 while fishing with his Dad on Fort Myers Beach. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Jacob O'Dell caught this flounder using live shrimp on November 25, 2010 off Ft. Myers Beach while fishing with his Dad. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Bob Bodemann caught this 50 inch king mackerel using live pinfish on November 24, 2010 about 5 miles out from Gordon Pass Naples. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Rufus Brewer caught this pompano using a jig and shrimp during an incoming tide on November 22, 2010 off Marco Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Jennifer Carlson caught this 10 lb tripletail using live shrimp during a slack tide on November 21, 2010 off Venice while fishing with Bill Carlson. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Fred Landry caught this amberjack on November 21, 2010 while fishing with Captain Mike Shafer of Florida Fishing and Watersports out of Venice. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Mel Larson caught this 300 lb and 5 foot goliath grouper using mackerel during an incoming tide on November 20, 2010 at 4 am off a Venice pier. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Tom Marks caught this 10 lb largemouth bass using a Yum Dancin Eel on November 18, 2010 in a Pond at Kings Gate. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Erick Reese caught this dolphin on November 15, 2010 in the Gulf off Fort Myers Beach. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Four year old Logan Bartley caught this 14 inch redfish using shrimp on a bobber on November 14, 2010 at Coon Key. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Rob Szawica caught this bonito using a greenback on November 13, 2010 off Venice. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Rich, Dean, and Jody caught these 8 to 20 lb grouper and little tunny using pinfish and squid on November 13, 2010 about 20 Miles off Venice. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Pete Grupe and Tom Austin caught these gag and red grouper using large pinfish on November 12, 2010 out of Stump Pass in Englewood. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Liz Smith caught this 14 lb and 32 inch redfish using shrimp on November 11, 2010 while fishing with Captain Mike Barican off of Naples. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Liz Smith caught this 14 lb and 32 inch redfish using live shrimp on November 11, 2010 with Captain Mike Barican off of Naples. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Francisco Colon caught this 150 lb shark using mackerel from the Venice Pier on November 10, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Beth Hourigan caught this 6 lb trout using live shrimp during an incoming tide on November 10, 2010 at the Sanibel Island Causeway. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Rob Szawica caught this 25 lb and 44 inch king mackerel using mackerel for bait during an incoming tide on November 9, 2010 at the Venice Pier. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

John Hourigan caught this 15 lb grouper on November 4, 2010 while fishing on the SeaTrek out of Fort Myers Beach with Captain Ken Pearson in the Gulf using cut threadfin hearing for bait. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Beth Hourigan caught and released this 24 inch snook in good shape off Sanibel Island on November 3, 2010 using live shrimp on an outgoing tide with her pink light-up fishing pole. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Jamers caught this 5.5 lb and 26 inch redfish using finger mullet on November 2, 2010 at Lovers Key. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Joe Steiner caught this 20 lb grouper on November 2, 2010 off shore near Marco Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Dennis Creedon caught and released this snook using strike king bait on November 2, 2010 at lake near Marco Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Hunter Hampton caught three of the four black drum with live shrimp at the Southbay Yacht and Racquet Club pass to the Intercoastal in Osprey, Florida in November, 2010. His dad only caught one of them! CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Josh Brody caught this 37 lb and 47 inch king mackerel using live pinfish on November 1, 2010 about 20 Miles off Venice with Captain Mike Shafer of Florida Fishing and Watersports. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Erica Orlowski caught this 16 lb and 35 inch amber jack using live pinfish during an outgoing tide on November 1, 2010 off the Tremblay Reef out of Gasparilla Pass with Captain Adam Walker. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Eleven year old Nate Widener caught this 10 inch pinfish in November 2010 using live bait in a mangrove near Pine Island while fishing with Chris Stanford, Pine Island Charters. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Dave Wimberly caught this 23 inch gag grouper using a Mann Stretch big lip diver on October 27, 2010 in 29 feet of water 3 miles off Venice. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Jeff and Sue Keel, Hampton Copeland, and Chris Casper (Team Tampaduilaw.com) took First Place in the Gil Memorial Classic Charity Tournament $2500 award and $550 award for biggest snook 33 inch and 13 lbs using live pilchards on October 24, 2010 in Boca Grande. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Shane Collins caught this 7.2 lb and 26.75 inch redfish using a pilchard on October 24, 2010 at the Gil Memorial Classic in Boca Grande. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Britton McInturff caught this 12 lb and 32 inch redfish using a Tsunami top-water lure on October 24, 2010 at the Gil Memorial Classic in Boca Grande with Guide Todd Gilbert. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Steven Snauwaert caught this 8 lb and 24 inch tripletail north of Wiggin's Pass using a live shrimp on the incoming tide on October 23, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Kevin Gallagher caught and released this 31 inch redfish on October 23, 2010 at the end of the outgoing tide on a full moon off of a canal dock in Boca Ciega Bay. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Jim Tafelski limited out in 30 minutes with these 22 inch red groupers on October 23, 2010 about 40 Miles of the coast of Fort Myers on the Liquid Assets. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Jody and Troy Thornhill caught this grouper and amberjack using pinfish on October 21, 2010 about 20 miles off Ft. Myers Beach. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Rob Szawica caught 3 mackerel and a jack on a Sabiki rig on October 20, 2010 at the Venice Pier. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Rob Szawica caught this 25 lb king mackerel using a ladyfish on October 16, 2010 at the Venice Pier. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Tim Hendrix of Bloomfield, Indiana caught this 72 lb amberjack on October 14, 2010 about 40 miles off of Redfish Pass, Captiva with the Team Shake and Bake. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Logan and Aiden Bartley caught this 5 lb jack using shrimp during an outgoing tide on October 10, 2010 at Cape Romano. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

T. R. Cooper caught this 20 lb African pompano using threadfin on October 10, 2010 off Ft. Myers with Captain Kenny Pearson on the SeaTrek. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Alex Fernandez caught this 12 lb and 26.5 inch red grouper using a tiny live sardine at the beginning of the incoming tide on October 10, 2010 about 26 miles off of Naples. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Berry and John caught this pair of cobia on October 9, 2010 out of Venice while fishing with Captain Bob of Serenity Charters. Captain Bob's email is flacharters@gmail.com CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Cathy Thompson caught this 28 inch redfish using a Mote Jig with shrimp during a high tide on October 9, 2010 in Estero Bay near San Carlos Pass. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Erica Orlowski caught this 20 lb and 40 inch redfish using white bait during an incoming tide on October 4, 2010 near Englewood while fishing with Captain Adam Walker. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Pasquale Riso caught this 26 inch redfish using live bait on October 4, 2010 off Fort Myers Beach bay. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

John Hourigan caught this 20 lb red snapper using threadfin herring on October 3, 2010 while fishing with Captain Kenny Pearson on the SeaTrek out of Fort Myers Beach. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Shag, Linda, Adam and Erica caught these 26 to 26.75 inch redfish using white bait during an incoming tide on October 3, 2010 while fishing with Captain Adam Walker out of Englewood. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Larry, Jeff, and Bob caught their limit of red grouper using live pinfish on October 3, 2010 out of Buttonwood Harbor in North Ft. Myers. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Captain Adam Walker caught this 23 lb and 40.25 inch redfish using cut ladyfish during an incoming tide on October 1, 2010 near Englewood. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Mel Larsen caught this 20 lb and 4 foot barracuda on September 26, 2010 at the Venice Pier. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Connor Leith, age 10, caught this 50 lb cobia using a pinfish on September 25, 2010 while fishing out of Marco Island with Captain Jody Weis. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Josh and Jacob Niesen caught this 10 lb largemouth bass using a banjo minnow on September 25, 2010 in Bradenton. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Mary Baxley caught this 29.5 inch bass using a fluke on September 25, 2010 in Moore Haven. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Bernard Berry caught this 13 lb 4 oz redfish using live shrimp during an outgoing tide on September 23, 2010 on Gasparilla Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Larry Rose caught this 25 inch redfish using a jig during an incoming tide on September 18, 2010 in Estero Bay. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Randy Billingsley caught this 15 lb and 35 inch redfish using fresh cut lady fish during an incoming tide on September 14, 2010 off Marco Island with Captain Billy Jones of Make a Memory Marco Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Russ Crocker & Dan Maxwell caught these 5 to 14 lb hogfish using 48 inch Biller on September 11, 2010 off Captiva Island with Captain Russ Crocker of Buccaneer Adventures. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Michael Woods caught this 25 lb and 30 inch red snapper using a cigar minnow on September 11, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Tom Tierney caught this 40 inch snook using cut mullet on September 8, 2010 at Marco Island with Captain Bill Jones. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

John Hourigan caught this 4.5 lb and 22 inch speckled trout using shrimp during an outgoing tide on September 1, 2010 off Sanibel Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Stash Pawlinski caught this 26 inch redfish using live shrimp on August 21, 2010 in Port Royal. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Russ Crocker & Dan Maxwell speared hogfish, mangrove snapper and grouper on August 21, 2010 near Boca Grande Pass. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Bob Bodemann caught this goliath grouper on August 20, 2010 off Gordon Pass Naples. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Matt Lindey caught this 9 lb and 28 inch redfish using a greenback during an outgoing tide on August 18, 2010 near Lover's Key in Lee County. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Sarah Bryant caught this 17 inch pompano using live shrimp under a popping cork during an incoming tide on August 9, 2010 in Tarpon Bay, Sanibel Island while fishing with Captain Steve Maddix. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Captain Bobby Love of Naples caught this Gag Grouper with a live threadfin August 7, 2010 off of Naples. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

The wild bunch caught a variety of fish using live shrimp while fishing with www.adrenalinefishing.com on August 6, 2010 in Pine Island Sound. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Jack (13) and Joseph (10) fishing on August 6, 2010 at Beer Can Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Ryan Trapani caught this 21 inch blue gill using a plastic worm on August 5, 2010 at 7 Lakes, Collier County. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Veronica Kleinz caught this 6.7 lb and 26 inch redfish with 10 spots using an artificial soft shell crab on August 1, 2010 in Charlotte Harbor. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Sandra caught this sea trout on July 31, 2010 off Sanibel Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Stanley Padfield caught this 10 lb and 28 inch red grouper using frozen finger mullet during an outgoing tide July 31, 2010 about 25 miles off Sanibel Island in 50 feet. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Cory Lindey, 8 years old, caught and released this 5.5lb and 25 inch snook using a greenback during an incoming tide on July 30, 2010 while fishing with his dad near Lover's Key. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Travis Thomas, 9 years old, caught this 31 inch redfish using live shrimp during an outgoing tide July 30, 2010 on a seawall in Port Charlotte. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Troy Lindey, 9 years old, caught and released this 6 lb and 25 inch snook using a greenback during an incoming tide on July 30, 2010 while fishing with his dad near Lover's Key. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Mr. Thomson caught this 23.5 inch redfish on July 20, 2010 using live shrimp under popping corks in Tarpon Bay on Sanibel Island with Captain Steve Maddix. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Austin Gardner caught this 6 lb and 20.5 inch bass on July 19, 2010 using a Jitterbug lure in Naples. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Ryan Brown & Monica Danforth caught this 28 inch American red snapper and 28 inch gag grouper using pinfish on July 18, 2010 in 125 feet of water due west of Venice Jetties. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Alexandrya and Brooke Hoover with Uncle Glen Pooley caught this 10 lb bonita and 21 inch Spanish Mackerel on July 17, 2010 using live greenbacks about 1 mile out of Gasparilla Pass Boca Grande. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Frank Spina caught this 30 lb snook using a live threadfin during an outgoing tide in Caxambas Pass Marco Island on July 16, 2010 while fishing with Captain Bill Jones and Make a Memory Charters. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Kyle Conway caught this redfish free ling finger mullet in Tarpon Bay on July 13, 2010 while fishing with Captain Joe Mirabile. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Christian Taugner caught this hammerhead shark using cut squid on July 6, 2010 off Marco Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Papa Steve caught this 6.7 lb bass using a rattle trap on July 5, 2010 at Lake June. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Tim Sisemore caught this grouper off of Red Fish Pass on July 5, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Captain Mike caught this 9 lb and 29 inch redfish using a penny color Gulp shrimp during an incoming tide in the Myakka cut in north Charlotte Harbor on July 3, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Roger Davis caught this 30 lb and 49 inch cobia using blue & white 35+ during an outgoing tide at Boca Grande on June 27, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Jordan Andrle, age 10, with dad Scott Andrle, caught this 10 lb snook using live pinfish during an incoming tide on June 25, 2010 at Marco Island beach. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Joe Schortz caught this 160 lb tarpon using a jig during an incoming tide on June 24, 2010 at Boca Grande Pass while fishing with Captain Doug Creek. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

6 year old Ethan Carroll (in the middle) caught this 20 lb snook using pinfish during an outgoing tide on June 23, 2010 on Sanibel Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Amy Clifton caught this nice trout in Bokeelia on June 23, 2010 with live bait. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Aaron Flinn from St. Petersburg speared this 82 lb and 52 inch black carbo grouperon June 20, 2010 in 155 feet of water off of Ft. Myers. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Aiden Kidd, from Tucson Arizona, 3 years old caught his first snapper off his grammas dock in Nokomis on June 20, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

John O'Dell caught this 40 inch snook free lining live shrimp during an incoming tide on Ft. Myers Beach on June 19, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Madison O'Dell caught this Florida pompano using live shrimp on Ft. Myers Beach while fishing with her dad on June 15, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Jacob O'Dell caught this 30 inch snook free lining live shrimp during an outgoing tide while fishing with his dad on Ft. Myers Beach on June 15, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Bob Moore caught this 28 inch redfish pitching Gulp 4 inch shrimp under the mangroves in Pine Island Sound on June 13, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Ryan and Mom Lori Brown caught this Great American Red Snapper plus grouper and Maui Maui on June 12, 2010 in 130 feet of water 30 miles off Venice. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Lew Blastic caught this 9 lb American red snapper using live pinfish during an outgoing tide on June 11, 2010 about 50 miles offshore of Sarasota. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Julio caught this 15 lb gag grouper using live pinfish during an outgoing tide on June 9, 2010 while fishing 45 miles out from Naples in 85 feet of water. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Austin Harrison caught this 22 inch snook using white bait in Lemon Bay on June 5, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Jess and Sandra caught this shark on June 4, 2010 near Chino Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Eddie Ordiales caught this American red snapper and 75 lb black grouper in the Middle Grounds off Naples on June 4 thru 6, 2010 trip with Captain Marvel of Naples City Dock. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Macey Harrison caught this mangrove snapper using shrimp during an outgoing tide on June 4, 2010 in Englewood. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Austin Harrison caught this 14 inch redfish using white bait in Englewood on June 3, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

John M. Plocharczyk caught this snook on June 02, 2010 at Key Waden Island off Naples using a small live white bait during an beginning of an incoming tide with 10 lb test with 20 lb floro leader. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Isaac Garner age 14 caught this 54 inch king mackerel using live pin fish on May 31, 2010 while fishing with Uncle Phil off Marco Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Tim and Robin George, Cheryl and Rich Deto and Paul Leaf aboard Knot Mine Hers caught 4 red grouper, 1 lane snapper and 28 mahi (30 to 34 inch groupers and 24 inch mahi ) using squid and sardines 55 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico off Venice on May 31, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

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Rob Ledford caught this 36 lb cobia using white bait during an incoming tide on May 27, 2010 while fishing with Captain Butch Barnhill in Gasparilla Sound, Boca Grande. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Tony Halvatzes caught this Spanish mackerel using a top water plug during an outgoing tide on May 25, 2010 in Captiva Pass. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Debra Antoniak caught this 25 inch snook using live shrimp during an outgoing tide on Lovers Key in Bonita Springs on May 25, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Justin Horton caught this 28 lb snook using a half dead shrimp after a 45 minute fight on 6 pound test on May 23, 2010 at Palm Island Cape Haze stump pass. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Erika caught this mangrove snapper using a greenback during an outgoing tide on May 22, 2010 in Venice. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Dennis Stephenson and friends engage in offshore angler action between Boca Grande and Key West in the Gulf of Mexico on May 21, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Sheri Lee Nelson caught this 140 lb tarpon off Captiva Island on May 23, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Donna Lauria caught this 7 foot 2 inch tarpon while fishing with Captain Bill Conner of RiverRatz Fishing Charters in Charlotte Harbour on May 22, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Kris Lindahl from Blaine, MN caught this 7 foot hammerhead shark using cut bait during an outgoing tide on May 21, 2010 off Sanibel Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Mike caught this red fish out in Punta Rassa, Ft. Myers on May 20, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Lori Canlers caught a grand slam on May 16, 2010 with a 17 inch snook, 14 inch trout and a Mac Daddy 26 inch redfish to polish off the day in Venice. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Susan Escarra caught this oversized snook on May 15, 2010 fishing with Scales and Tails charters and Captain Glen Brownlee in Estero Bay on the east wall using a live threadfin. Captain Brownlee email is capt.glen@embarqmail.com CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Lisa Graham caught this 90 lb tarpon on May 8, 2010 while fishing with Captain Randy Graham off Marco Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Keri Litzler caught this 32 inch Snook on May 6, 2010 in the Caloosahatchee off Tarpon Point in Cape Coral. She caught it on her pretty pink rod & reel, using a baby blue back Rapala twitching minnow. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Lucas Williams of Tallahassee caught this tripletail using a DOA while fishing with Captain Frank Cope on May 6, 2010 off Boca Grande. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Gonzalo Reyes caught and released this Bull Shark on the Marco River with Captain Humberto Del Rio on May 5, 2010. Photo was taken by Victor Ibarra. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Chris Canter, Jr. and friends caught this 220 lb goliath grouper during a 2 hour fight from Ft. Myers Beach the night of May 4, 2010 on ballyhoo. The fish was released in good health. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Wes Bolds caught this 26 1/2 inch redfish drum using a Gold Johnson Spoon during an incoming tide at Matlacha Pass on April 27, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Brit Metcalf caught this 34 inch cobia using live shrimp while fishing with Captain Sheldon Pineo in Pine Island Sound. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Cory and Ken caught these grouper and king on live bait during an incoming tide 15 miles off Venice on April 22, 2010 while fishing with Captain Mike Shafer, Florida Fishing and Watersports. Ken and Jody from H2Only Bait shop in Nokomis went fishing Thursday with Captain Mike Shafer at floridafishingandwatersports.com. We started the day catching live bait on sabikis. They had four keeper Grouper and several shortie we released. The highlight of the day was Jody catching a King in a light spinning rod. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Susie Leiter caught this 19 inch mangrove snapper on a shrimp during an incoming tide 25 miles off Sanibel on April 23, 2010 while fishing on Susies Way with Captain John. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

William Carlson caught this 9 lb 29 inch and 13 lb 31 inch redfish using live greenbacks during an incoming tide on April 17, 2010 in Charlotte Harbor. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Presley Jenkins caught this 10 lb and 26 inch redfish using bait fish during an outgoing tide on April 8, 2010 while fishing with Captain Charlie Coleman in the Intercoastal waterway off of Boca Grande. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Troy Lindey caught this 14 lb drum using live shrimp during an incoming tide on April 3, 2010 while fishing with his dad on Little Hickory Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Samantha Mitizak, age 3, caught her first fish, a 3 lb and 15 inch sheep head, on her Dora the Explorer fishing pole during an incoming tide on April 2, 2010 inside the Venice Inlet. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Therese Dolezal caught this 26 inch slot redfish out of Ft. Myers on April 2nd, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Tami Myers caught this 30 inch gag grouper on cut bait near Sanibel Island on April 1, 2010 while fishing with Captain John onboard Susans Way. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

David Preston caught this nurse shark using 10 lb line and shrimp while on holiday in April 2010 in Gasparilla Pass. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Tim Sisemore caught this tarpon using a bomber in a Cape Coral Canal on March 22, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Captain Ed Johnson caught this 7lb 26 3/4 drum on March 18, 2010 on Blackburn Bay in Nokomis. FishFactor guide ed@fish-factor.com CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

This oversized redfish was caught by Mark McDaniel of Delaware while fishing with Capt. Matt Glass in Lemon Bay. The fish was caught during the afternoon of March 10 on a live shrimp. captmattglass.com. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Scott Miller caught this 14 lb jack crevalle on March 1, 2010 in Cape Coral. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

This big 38 lb king mackerel was caught last March by John Haynes in Boca Grande Pass on trip with Ward Curtis. They both drove down from St Pete for the day of fishing with Captain Van Hubbard. The Big Mack ate a trolled blue runner and took about fifteen minutes to land on twenty pound gear. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Paige Farr caught this 4.5 lb red grouper on September 5, 2009 55 miles west of Venice with Captain Steve Stahl. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Frank Gentile caught this amber jack on a Williamson Benthos 9 ounce pink vertical jig 65 miles off Sanibel Island on July 23, 2010. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Sheri Lee Nelson caught this permit using a crab on July 23, 2009 in the gulf off Ft. Myers while fishing with Chris Rush. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

This snook was caught in bull bay using white bait last March. Cpt. Jason Semeyn, Shallow Water Escape www.shalllowwaterescape.com CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Charley Garcia grandson Kase and Captain Van Hubbard with summer snook and happy guys in Charlotte Harbor. Captain Van Hubbard. info@captvan.com CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Phil Piccolo, age 3, caught his first fish, a pin fish on Pine Island. CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.

Tom Rodgers of South Carolina with big snook we took while filming his TV show a past March. Captain Van Hubbard. info@captvan.com CLICK PHOTO to enlarge.