Fishing Reports by Capt. Eric Anderson

Fort Myers Fishing Is Great After Irma Come On Down - One the weather settled down after Hurricane Irma the fishing really took off! There has been large mixed schools of Ladyfish, Spanish Macs, Pompano, and bluefish busting bait in the passes. The fish have been biting for hours at a time, this is one more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers

Fort Myers Fishing Report - The Summer Bite Is About To Explode - After weeks of wind and abnormal cold fronts it looks like the week of May 15th could be the turning point. If the wind lays down and the water on the flats and in the Gulf clears up the bite will be epic. The erratic weather of the last month has bo more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers

Go When You Can - The Bite Is Going Strong - I haven't posted a report in quite a while, I hate posting the same report all the time. As many of you know I spend nearly everyday from April to October chasing our resident Tarpon. The Tarpon fishing has been consistently good as it usually is wit more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers

Tarpon Still Biting in January - Even though the record warm spell has finally come to an end the fishing continues to be good. The drop in water temperatures from the upper 70s to the upper 60s didn't seem to slow the fishing all that much. In fact last night my father and son c more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers

Tarpon Are Still Biting In December! - Above normal morning low temperatures have helped keep the water warm (73-74)and the local Tarpon are still active at night! By the afternoon yesterday the surface temp was up to 76.3 degrees. We have been seeing several schools of active Tarpon ever more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers

Fort Myers Fishing Report – Red Hot Fishing Right Now - The record high temperatures of the last two weeks see us going into the Thanksgiving holidays with water temperatures around 80 in the Gulf and as high as 85 in the backcountry. The weather feels like July and the bite has been as hot as the weather more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers

Fort Myers Fishing Report - Large Schools Of Jacks Inshore - For reasons known only to the Jacks, I have been encountering large schools of 50 or more fish moving up the local rivers and the backcountry creeks. They act like mullet showing no interest in feeding at all. Even though they are not supposed to spa more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers

Fort Myers Fishing Report - Perfect Conditons For The Weekend - It has been very pleasant to be on the water during the day thanks to cloud cover combined with the tides, although it has been a bit windy. The rain has been great for keeping boat traffic to a minimum. The fishing has been good with most everything more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers

Fort Myers Fishing Report - Great Topwater Action Now - In my last report I encouraged everyone to get out and take advantage of the great top water bite both inshore and off the beaches. My clients yesterday Brian and Katie are experienced top water anglers but had never fished top water for saltwater more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers

Fort Myers Fishing Report - The Best Fishing Of The Fall Is NOW - Despite the high winds and slightly cooler temperatures that occurred the last few days, the fishing continues to be good. Even though we lost a few degrees in water temperature due to the wind cooling the water the fishing overall was very good yest more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers