Florida Fishing Reports

Learn to Catch More Fish with Frank Sargeant's Line-Up - Well folks, I am back after a long [but much appreciated] winter off. I always love to kick off the season and get into the mood for guiding anglers to Homosassa's redfish, trout and tarpon with the 18th annual Tampa Tribune Outdoors Exposition host more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

It Was a Week of Juggled Days, Fog, High Pressure, & Poor Tides - Problems with fog continued into the first of this week, prompting some schedule changes. My friend Andy Mount and daughter Rachel and I sat at the dock waiting on the fog to lift until around 9:30 Sunday morning, which was altering my plans for fis more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Naples report chilly bite - The backwater bite in Naples this past week has been just about as cold as the water. Water temperatures in the mid to upper sixties have had a lock jaw effect on the snook it seems until later in the day when the temperatures rise right around 70. T more...
Capt. Pete Root - Naples

Come on Spring!!! - We are still having some cold weather and quite a bit of wind this past week in North Florida. I'm looking for the Sheepshead to turn on when the water warms a little. Right now for me they are a little spotty… Still plenty of Trout and Blue fi more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Hot Fishing Continues! - Fishing in South Florida continues to be as good as it gets with a few ex captions as always as long as you are willing to put the time in and be a bit patient. Pretty much every charter I have had has had some decent fishing at one point or another more...
Capt. Alan Sherman - Miami

Winter Trout - Busy busy weekend for Captain Steven and Chris. We fished Ft. Desoto and Tierra Verde areas all weekend. Armed with shrimp and soft plastic jigs we departed Oneals Marina looking to take advantage of the large trout roaming the deeper flats. It was n more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

February Action Aboard Knot Nancy - February has flown by very quickly with lots of fishing action. Recently, kingfish have finally made the showing that we've all been waiting for. Sailfish action continues to be strong as long as we have north current. Throw in some dolphin, a few more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Big Gator Trout going down on Yo-Zuri Lure - Ah yes fellow fish fanatics. How about that for a headliner? There is good news in this report and bad news. As always, it comes with a 100% no BS guarantee (and BS does not stand for Bachelor of Science). No bull is my best clue. Redfish have be more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Good Fishing Gets Great...Still No Snow - Good Fishing Gets Great In late February and March I have found bigger than life Tarpon back in the Gulf when all the factors come together...water temperature, wind, sun and bait. West has been IT for me. There are big barricudas and cobia more...
Capt. Paul Ollariu - Key West

Fast Fishin' in the Slow Season - The middle of February, traditionally the coldest, slowest part of a fisherman's year. While the good weather days aren't as frequent as they will be soon the fishing remains way beyond good. The weather patterns this time of year usually give more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin