November is the month of thanksgiving where we spend time with family and eat. And to be thankful that we live and play in SW Florida. November is also the month that we can catch some nice fish. Inshore you've got your red fish, trout, flounder, sheepshead, and snook . Some of these are catch and release so check the regulations before you go for the latest and greatest. They change things and post them and it is our responsibility to know what they are. You will find reds and trout along mangroves and grass beds/flats. Flounder can be found preparing to migrate out to the Gulf so you could find them on sandbars closer to the Gulf and sand holes close to the ICW. Some scattered pompano should be found close to the passes using jigs on an incoming tide drifting in a boat or casting from the bank/beach. Sheepshead can be found near piling structure that has barnacles growing on them, use a small hook with a bit of shrimp to harvest the convicts. And on some of these same structures  you may find mangrove snapper. They have great sight so use as small poundage of  floro as possible 10 / 15lb. to harvest these guys and light weights and small hooks. I like to use a knocker rig, this is where the hook slides down to the hook while you cast and lets the line slide and your bait looks natural if you are using live shrimp or scaled sardines. Looking along the beaches as the water temperatures drop we will see the mackerels migrate south for the winter, kings and spanish. My Pop's always told me, kings at 72 water temperature are lots of fun and the kings are great eating and the spanish are ok too. I like to marinate king stakes in garlic teriyaki over night throw it on the grill-it tastes like more. Also this month you can find the gag grouper in closer to shore along the shallow natural reefs and artificial ones too. I like to troll deep divers to get the job done, they will come up 15 feet off the bottom to attack some of the noisy deep divers. Troll the artificial reefs in 30 to 50 ft. and any natural bottom you have caught them there before. Also offshore now there should be plenty of trap buoys to check out as you travel around, search for triple tail, just cast a live shrimp or small fish close to them and wait, just a line and hook works if you can cast it at least 10 yards as not to spook them off the buoy. If you would like to learn some of these ways to harvest some of these species call Capt. Bart Marx 941-979-6517 or e-mail me at captbart@alphaomegacharters.com  You may come on my boat or if you are new to the area and have your own boat, I can go with you on yours. So give me a call to reserve your Florida fishing adventure. And always remember singing drags and tight lines make me smile.<*(((((>{