Florida Fishing Reports

Fishing Improves as Water Warms - The gulf is still holding Spanish mackerel. I have been fishing for the Spanish for a couple of hours. Then moving to some structure; I would catch some mangrove snappers for diner.on our last trip we also caught a 20 pound jewfish on 12# test line. more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Ft. Pierce Inshore - Offshore Report - FEBRUARY 26, 2009 INSHORE - There has been plenty of action on the bottom with sheepshead and black drum on just about any structure you can fish. A live shrimp or a small crab are the best baits to use. The local bridges are the place to be if more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Lets Go - The Miami Boat Show has come and gone and we had plenty of trips and had great action with sails, kings, dolphin, tarpon and our first blackfin tuna of the season. Luckily we have had plenty of trips after the boat show and the action continues to b more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Water Temps On The Rise - The water warms and fishing heats up. Wow, has the snook fishing been great lately, I mean really good. In the beginning of the week, and despite the cold front that brought the water temps crashing down again, all the way to 58 degrees, but it sti more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

South Indian River Fishing Report - February 27, 2009 INSHORE: In spite of continuing windy conditions out on the water, the fishing has remained good around the Treasure Coast. With March looming ahead of us with its reputation for being another month of traditionally foul weat more...
Capt. Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie

Intracoastal Waterway Jacksonville Report - The past few weeks I have seen more schools of Redfish, than I think I've ever seen. The colder than normal weather has the water very clear in certain areas along the Intracoastal Waterway which in turn has allowed the redfish to naturally congregat more...
Capt. Ron Schurr - Jacksonville

warmer water and better catching. - 2-26-09 fishing report Spring weather arrives and fish start to bite. As the temperatures climbed and waters warmed up our fishing improved. Early week trips were slow. We found fish (both trout and redfish) but they were slow to co-operate. I more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Spring is just around the corner - We are getting a regular dose of high preasure and east winds with little cold in the future. A combination of air temps in the 70s and cool water have made the bite slow at times. The bigger trout are leaving the shallow potholes and are moving into more...
Capt. Gary Clark - Pine Island Sound

Typical Winter Fishing - More typical winter weather this week made for slow fishing on Southshore Tampa Bay. Capt. Danny Guarino told me he caught a single snook in the Little Manatee River this week, and a few trout on the flats in front of Cockroach Bay. He said there was more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Fort Myers flats fishing report - We are starting some signs that spring is near. The trout are string to disperse out of the the extremely shallow flats and scatter out in the deeper runs where the grass grows in deeper water out near the passes. I'm also seeing lots of scattere more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers