Florida Fishing Reports

Great day on the water in Pensacola - A break in the weather, finally, so I hit the water bright and early. I met up with Sandy and her brother Jim for a day of fishing. Sandy and Jim are both from up north and they don't get to see the gulf coast very often. We planned the trip for last more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

To Say It Stunk Would Be Putting It Mildly! - To say the week ending April 18th stunk, would be an gross under-exaggeration! You can probably still smell it from where you are! First, it was a week of poor tides, which by Thursday and Friday were reminiscent of a flat-lined heart monitor. I g more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

South Indian River Fishing Report 4/22 - April 22, 2009 INSHORE: It certainly has been a fantastic week on the water without worrying about temperatures, winds and weather for a change. We had some productive days fishing the Indian River and I for one am thrilled that Spring is here more...
Capt. Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie

Sanibel Fishing with Tarpoons.com - Sanibel Fishing with Tarpoons.com The wind and cold fronts continue to mess up the fishing. The Tarpon should be here now. I have seen some POONS but big schools of fish are not here. The water needs to be 78 degrees, just when it gets close we more...
Capt. Greg Hood - Sanibel

Sailfish and Tarfpon and More for April - March certainly roared out of town. We were blown out 7 days in a row. We did get out on the 27th in the evening with Bob and his European friends. They caught 3 tarpon from 75 to 110 pounds on live shrimp. Brooke and Joe brought Kerry and Chr more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Largest snook of the year. - All threw March and up to this point in April,I've been sighting some of the largest snook of the year. Sighting them, and getting them to eat a fly or soft jerk bait is a different story. These fish are in the 12 to 20 plus pound range in the Back more...
Capt. Bert Barkus - Chokoloskee

My favorite time of the year to fish. - My favorite time to fish of the year is upon us. April and May bring the best of winter fishing and mix it with the best of the spring and summer. Sailfish continue to be around, with most charters having at least one shot. If the right conditions more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

April Fun! - The past few weeks have been fairly busy and the fishing has been good to excellent. On the edge there are a lot of sailfish still around as well as lots of dolphin. The big kingfish finally appeared from one day to the next. For the past week and more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Fishing aboard the hooked Up first part of April - Ok so its April fool's day no big deal right? (WRONG) The first time I ever caught a mako shark was on the first of April. I had caught him fishing over a ship wreck. After showing off our catch to everyone at the dock and captains calling me about more...
Capt. Taco Perez - Fort Lauderdale

Miami Bonefish/Biscayne Bay - South Florida's fishing has been good over the last couple months with warmer weather more frequent than the cool weather from fronts. During these months we have fished for Bonefish , in South Florida and the Bahama Islands, Permit and even Ta more...
Capt. John Dickinson - Biscayne Bay