Florida Fishing Reports

Cold Fronts Bring Good Fishing - The fishing has stayed pretty good even with a couple cold fronts blowing by. November proved to be one of my best yet! When the Gulf Stream pushed further offshore anglers stayed busy on the deep reefs and patches catching gag groupers, red grouper more...
Capt. Eric Evans - Key West

Good pompano bite in Sarasota! - The big news this week was the increase in pompano that showed up throughout the area. Pompano are one of the most desirable species, both for their hard fighting abilities and their incredible flavor. Pompano are fantastic eating! Small jigs bounced more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

December in Crystal River - Rained out so here goes a fishing report. Trout bite has really picked up the past few days. Best action I've seen is in 2-4' in the rock grass popping cork and a live shrimp or an aggressively worked paddle tail has been getting it done. You're more...
Capt. Nicholas Warrington - Crystal River

Fort Myers Fishing Report- Estero bay fishing has been great. - The past few days have been great in Estero bay. the sea trout are back in good numbers. We have also been catching a lot of blue fish, spanish mackerel, lady fish, and jacks. On our last trip yesterday caught several blue fish and monster size jacks more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers

Swordfish Bite Is On In Fort Lauderdale - We had a daytime swordfishing charter yesterday, our first one that we've had in quite a while. We got completely skunked the last time we went offshore trying to catch a swordfish, so we were a little skeptical when we headed offshore that we wou more...
Capt. Rod Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Winter Time Bite has been stellar - Although it may be winter here in Tampa, the fish are chewing as if it is still October. Bait can be found on most the flats still and it starting to show up on the markers in the lower areas of the bay. Snook and redfish will continue to be gr more...
Capt. Trajan Rodriguez - Tampa Bay

Light Tackle Fun for all Ages - Steady action the past month for a mixed variety of fish. We have been primarily fishing the patch reefs with light tackle. Live bait has been the preferred method. Most of the trips I have been doing are half day trips with children and families. more...
Capt. Freddie David - Haulover Inlet

Great fishing this week - This week on the YB Normal out of fort Lauderdale, we had some excellent trips day and night, we also had some great clients as well, one trip that comes to mind is a morning trip that we recently had, from a great local family from the parkland flor more...
Capt. Vinnie Sacks - Fort Lauderdale

South Indian River Fishing Report - December Fishing Forecast This year has flown by! Here it is December already and the Holidays are almost upon us. Both inshore and offshore fishing have provided anglers with many great fishing adventures. We managed the hurricane season with som more...
Capt. Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie

Apalachicola Area Fishing Report - Apalachicola Area Kayak Fishing Report Hi Jim, Your decision not to join Mike and I for our Florida panhandle fishing trip was probably for the best. I'll explain why in a bit. I apologize for not posting a report last week. I did get out t more...
Capt. John Kumiski - Apalachicola