Florida Fishing Reports

Sailfish are here!!! - Sailfish season if definitely among us. For the first part of January it was a hit or miss. Some anglers were traveling way north or way south in order to find good current and clean water. With the multiple cold fronts passing through, conditions more...
Capt. Hector Mesa - Miami

Fort Myers Fishing Report - After 9 days of almost unfishable weather we got a reprieve just in time for a full week of charters. This week i have been focusing on very shallow water. The water temps dropped into the lower 50's after the last cold front and its been gradul more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Biscayne Bay February 2009 - The weather last week kept me off the water and I had no choice but too cancel and reschedule several days of bonefishing due to bad weather. Randy with a fat 15 lbs snook Randy with another nice 12lbs snook Fishing the past two weeks has been more...
Capt. Raul Montoro - Biscayne Bay

Winter Time at Its Best - Whitewater bay and points north in inside have been producing tarpon, snook, goliath, and trout. Get a full tank and prepare to run-depending on the wind and tides. This area is usually fished best with lures. You tend to cover more water. Jigs a more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo

Winter Weather Makes for Mediocre Fishing - Cold weather, lots of wind and some unusual rain have made fishing an unlikely proposition this past week. Capt. Danny Guarino of Ruskin reported slow fishing last weekend for snook and redfish on Southshore Tampa Bay. He said he saw no bait anywh more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

More Fish but More Rules - I guess the biggest thing to report this week isn't the fishing but the fish o crats latest attempt to show how little they understand reality. As many of you know the Feds have severely cut back on snapper fishing, both recreational and commerciall more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Frozen Flamingo Bite - Bye, bye cold fronts and Hello Springtime! ... Or at least that is what every inshore Fisherman in South Florida is hoping. While the Groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter, Mr. Weatherman is professing the opposite... For once, I hope he is r more...
Capt. Benny Blanco - Flamingo

Jacksonville Offshore Fishing Report - You'll hear no complaints from me on the weather today for a change. It was absolutely beautiful. We headed offshore wide open, fished all day, and headed in wide open. You couldn't ask for a more beautiful day! We caught several snapper but we had t more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Marlin to Trout - Its was great to get back on the waters of Tampa Bay, Florida Sunday after a week fishing the Pacific for Blue Marlin off Maui. Unlike Maui's marlin fishing our Tampa Bay is greatly effected by weather, all my local Captain friends explained last wee more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Tarpon Fishing - Rich Schuster from Del's Bait and Tackle caught 2 tarpon of 30 and 90 lbs fishing Haulover Inlet last Tuesday night fishing with live shrimp on a jig head. Since the recent cold front, it seems the tarpon have moved to warmer waters. However, with co more...
Capt. Carl Ball - Biscayne Bay