Florida Fishing Reports

Tampa Bay Mix - Sunday's fishing was cut short as the winds once again raised its ugly head. Our goal Sunday was to get on the bite early as the forecast for increasing winds loomed large. Heading out of O'Neill's Marina it's a short ride to Pinellas Point. We have more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

A Decent Alternative to Redfish - Catching the Redfish's Cousin The day started out as a spot tournament for redfish. Following many days of windy weather the light 5 to 10 mph winds were a welcome relief. I was taking my grandson fishing in the Fishing for Spots redfish tourna more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Big Trout Starting to Show... - Another front moving thru North Florida today hopefully want stick around long or change the progress the fishing has made. By the end of the month the weather should stabilize for good. There are still plenty of Spanish and Blue fish in the river more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

King Fish, Tarpon, Snook, And Redfish - I have been busy the last several weeks and the fishing has ranged from good to bad to ugly, depending on the conditions. The wind has been has bad as I have ever seen with some of the windiest days of 2009 last week. The wind has limited my ability more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

Bull Reds and Big Macks - Spring has finally arrived and all signs are pointing to another fantastic fall fishing extravaganza. Acres of bait are covering the flats and most of the mangroves and lush turtle grass beds have already filtered the water enough to turn the local more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Boca Grande 6April 09 - Boca Grande, Fl. 6 April 2009 Tarpon are here. Not in great numbers, but they are showing all around Boca Grande and Pine Island Sound. Strong winds have made catching them tough. The best time is just at daylight before the wind comes up. When more...
Capt. Pete Greenan - Boca Grande

Hernando Beach Inshore report - Every week seems to be a constant battle against mother nature to try and find a day when the weather will allow us to go fish. The winds for the last month have blown so much that out of the past 30 days we have had a small craft advisory for nearl more...
Capt. Keith Tomlinson - Hernando Beach

Long Paddle in Banana RIver Yields Little - Fishing Report from Spotted Tail 4/5/09 I was tying tarpon flies when I realized I hadn't written the report this week. Speaking of which, I'm trying to fill holes in my calendar for tarpon dates. I've got May 20-24, 28 and 29 open, as well as Jun more...
Capt. John Kumiski - Titusville

Double Espresso, with some specs and spanish. - Did we get some rain last week? Was able to fish one day. Caught those big trout that you saw in my last report. The bay is the color of a double expresso from Starbucks, but that doesn't mean you can't catch fish! After all of the rain drained ou more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Monster Reds - With the water temperatures at a glorious 72 and bait flooding the lower Tampa Bay area you know the Mackerel would be gorging themselves. Mackerel once located are almost always a sure thing. Spanish Mackerel are voracious, opportunistic carnivores. more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay