Florida Fishing Reports

September brings fall bass patterns, hopes of winter crappie. - The bay and gulf fishery is great and getting better. There is, however, another fishery here in the panhandle that will attract fishermen from all over. I grew up fishing Deer Point Lake, Gap Pond, Porter Pond and the Sandhill Ponds. Bass fishing more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

live baiting muttons - We fished a half day on Sat. and caught a nice well full of cigars and spanish sardines. With no bites on top all of our bites came on the bottom as expected. Our bottom rod consists of 65lb. PowerPro with a 40 turn Bimini and 70 ft. of 50lb. Ande pi more...
Capt. Bruce Burnette - Miami

Naples Tarpon Fishing 9/6/09 - The tarpon fishing has been out of control the last two weeks in Naples. Big schools of glass minnows have invaded the beaches and big fish are hungry. Tarpon, sharks and mackeral are putting on a show. I have even seen some 20lb kingfish skying on b more...
Capt. Chris McCubbin - Naples

Sight-fishing for snook in the surf - Fishing slowed somewhat during the last week, but we still managed respectable snook catches along the beach. Mostly fly fishing, we landed snook to 31 inches on assorted flies. The top producer, of course, was my D.T. Special (variation). more...
Steve Gibson - Englewood

September in the Florida Keys - Video report from the last couple of days on the flats, fishing with my friends. Fishing here continues to be epic. The last week or so has been very warm with little or no wind. Glassy smooth conditions make it easy to spot rollers, tailers and wake more...
Capt. Scott Yetter - Little Torch Key

Redfish Arriving Right On Schedule - As summer winds down the fall redfish schools are arriving right on schedule. We ran into a couple schools this week in northern Pine Island Sound and Charlotte Harbor. All the fish were big averaging about thirty inches and were schooled tight worki more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Mullet, Mullet Everywhere - Mosquito Creek Outdoors Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, September 3, 2009 By Captain Tom Van Horn First, let me wish all of you a happy and fishful Labor Day weekend. Labor Day traditionally marks the end of summer for most of us, so more...
Capt. Tom Van Horn - Indian River Lagoon

Reds and Specks Still Biting For Us - The redfish and speckled trout have been cooperating with us for the past couple days. The trick is to get past all the bluefish that have flooded the bay for the past few weeks. The bite should remain strong on the flats throughout the fall...and more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

CLassic species - Jacksonville's river report - 9/4 - Target species, Catch species Had the pleasure of having Vic C. on board. He was an attendee of my Float-rig fishing seminar at Dicks Wings sports bar on Beach Blvd. a few weeks ago. And his buddy Mark. Vic's an avid reader here, so he k more...
Capt. Dave Sipler - Jacksonville

Night Fishing A Cool Summer Alternative - Slow fishing continues to keep the catching at a minimum. Average water temperature in the Gulf of Mexico has stayed at 89 degrees for about a month and a half. That makes daytime fishing expectedly slow. Night fishing is a good option, particula more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay