Florida Fishing Reports

Great Fishing and Boat Shows - We have been having a week of wind and then a week off, but the fishing has been hot no matter the conditions. Sailfish have continued to move through with at least one fish coming on each of our charters. Sails have been coming off the flatlines a more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

Bait and Switch Amberjacks - We have had many trips the past few weeks fishing for Amberjack. Not necessarily from lack of other fish biting but rather the strict regulations being imposed by the National Marine Fisheries. The grouper bite this year has been phenominal, as has t more...
Capt. Lance Brooks - Tampa Bay

Reds still at the Destin Bridge - Went out on Monday with my brother to locate some fish for a few trips later this week. Though most anglers are starting to turn to sheepshead around this time we decided to start at the Destin Bridge for big reds with the finger mullet we had just more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Gulf Grouper Report, Hernando Beach, Who is on the water fishing - Charter Boat Gulf Grouper Fishing Report Hernando Beach 18 Feb 2009 Grouper fishing has been unbelievable. Yesterday we caught 13 keeper size Gag Groupers and a cooler full of Grunts; 6 of the Gags were way over 10 pounds. Steady action all more...
Capt. Rick Rodriguez - Hernando Beach

SW Florida - Fishing report for SW Florida Feb. 18th., 2009 Redfish: As you all probably know, we have had a very cold winter. The water temperatures for most of the winter was in the 60's. The weather seems to be changing in a more favorable direction. Ge more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Fort Lauderdale Feb 2009 - February 2009 Fishing Fort Lauderdale this month started out with a bang, with a couple of back to back cold fronts sail fishing was on target. However, once the moon was full the fishing came to a halt. We had several tough days with few bites, more...
Capt. Mike Johnson - Fort Lauderdale

Passing Cold Front Gets Amberjack Hitting - This is a great time of year for fishing on the Gulf. All of our shorter trips are producing lots of fish. Right now most of the action is concentrated on the bottom. Some of the species we're catching aboard the Legacy are mangrove snapper, lane more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Flamingo First Timers - Do you remember your first fish?... I can... I can still see the school of Bluegill at the canals edge. My dad tied a small hook directly to the monofilament line on my Zebco Kmart special. He showed me how to form a ball with bread to disguise the h more...
Capt. Benny Blanco - Flamingo

2/15/09 Florida Bay-Strip Strip Strip - The end of this week has ended with some great weather and good fishing to top it off. We fly fished for snook and reds being successful with both species. Some of the fish we came across were being skittish but with a stealthy approach in the skinn more...
Capt. Steven Tejera - Flamingo

It Was a Jam Packed Week Full of Good Fishing and Great Anglers! - It was my first full week in a long time. And, I mean full. Six days! Boy, am I out of fishing shape! It was the first week of good weather following the big cold spell we had, and we had pretty good tides to go along with the weather. Monday more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound