Hello fellow anglers! Peak season for Hurricanes this month so it is very important to keep a eye on the weather. I have 2 local TV apps for radar. I have 1 that is for pilots it is called MyRadar it has been very helpful when those afternoon T Boomers get started. You can zoom in and see where the storm is going and make a safe decision as what to do. Some anglers have radar on there boats and you can use that to keep an eye on the storm. Keeping an eye on the weather when you plan those long runs offshore searching for those bigger fish specimens for the dinner table.  NOAA has a several for our coast like from Bonita Beach to Englewood out 20 or 60 nautical miles. So if you have the means to travel out there around the 80' mark try bottom fishing for red grouper gag grouper mangrove snapper even yellow tail around some good reefs. Maybe even some AJ's too. Depending on the breeze if you like to drift try a chicken rig with a fairly ling line for your hook and about 24" down to your weight. Depending on the breeze as to how much weight you may need to keep your rig on the bottom. I have learned that speed jigs will produce some good catches too. Depending on the depth you match your jig by using the formula one gram per foot of depth. So eighty to one hundred feet 80 to 100 G speed jig. These also work very well at night, I would find some glow jigs and buy a ultraviolet flash light to make it shine. This will increase your production rate a ton. When you are using these style jigs try to keep them close to the bottom, like drop it all the way down and jig and let it flutter down a bit and jig it again only turning the handle like one turn. And keep it close and when you have it ten to fifteen feet off the bottom let it fall again and restart the process. On our coast it has not been very popular because of the shallow depths offshore, but they will produce fish. Be careful if you try this around some wrecks or reefs with a high relief you may snag it and loose a jig. And around those reefs or wrecks is a great place to target the yellow tails and AJ"s chumming and getting them to the top and just use chunks or small live baits and a a fairly long leader and just a hook when you can see the fish in the chum on the surface. And be ready for the tax man in the grey suit. So if you dont have the means or a buddy to take you way out there come into the Passes along the coast and be in search for those big schools of red drum redfish. They come in close to shore this time of year to feed up on the grass flats where there is plenty of food to prepare to return offshore to spawn. Yes there could be fifty in a school or five thousand. They could be from the Venice Jetties as far south as Sanibel, just depending where you fish in S.W. Florida. The tarpon that migrate in the large schools should be going north, and the resident ones working there way back into the estuaries. There should be plenty of snook, reds and trout along the edges of the mangroves trying to get out of the sun in the shade around the little creeks in the estuaries. If you are new to the area and need a training session on your boat or would like to come along with Capt. Bart Marx call 941-979-6517 or e-mail me at captbart@alphaomegacharters.com I would like to help you with the learning curve adjusting to our area. Also always remember singing drags and tight lines make me smile.  <*(((((>{