Florida Fishing Reports

Summer Like Fishing Last Week - Snook season ended Wednesday and I failed to put a keeper in the box, despite seeing quite a few fish along the mangrove in front of Sand Key. I did catch a 22-inch redfish on the flats in front of the island, and that fish went home for dinner. It h more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tarpon is King in May at Homosassa - Surely as the sun comes up everyday, so do the tarpon come up or in from deep water. As an angler, I would be so excited to lay a fly in front of a laid up or cruising poon. Instead, my job is to give clients shots on fish from all over the cou more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Times Have Changed but Fishing Remains the Same! - As much as things have changed in the last 40 years they have also stayed the same as far as fishing in Jacksonville Florida. My father taught me a lot about fishing as I was growing up. He was an avid Trout fisherman that could catch Nice Trout almo more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

As the weather changes, so does the fishing - My gosh! Frontal systems in May, 30 knot north winds, 76 degree water on the flats, major algae blooms. What in the world is going on? Off shore, the Gulfstream remains well to the south. Although the water color looks great the sailfishing remains f more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Tarpon Bite HOT! - The Tarpon have moved into the middle Keys in good numbers and nice sized fish are abundant at all middle Keys locations. The 7 mile bridge where I fish most of the time has been great in the mornings on the incoming tide lately with the big Tarpon b more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Tarpon Hit or Miss in the 10,000 Islands - On April 24 I took Sal out from New York. We were in the backwater and saw juvenile tarpon roll. We hooked on 2 and got a 6 foot spinner shark that we fought for 3 hours. On the 25th and 26th I took out a Fishing Club out of Sarasota through Eve more...
Capt. Jeff Buckley - Ten Thousand Islands

It was one tough week out there! - This was an abbreviated work week, and a very tough one. Beside having a lot of wind to deal with again for a good part of the week, the fish have just been absolutely not interested in eating. The worst is that I, nor anyone I've talked to, has a more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Nearshore in 25 Knots; Redfish in the Bay - Ron Musick and Eddie Alfonso fished with me Monday, 4/28, when we were hoping to beat the weather front predicted to arrive late Monday night. We had originally planned to fish on Tuesday but we rescheduled once we heard the forecast. Seas were predi more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Hot Banana River Trout Action on Rip Tide Plastics - Get Out Your Plastics for Spring Trout Three days on the water and three windy days. The wind has continued to blow like it was still March; nevertheless there were some trout to be caught. All week long the Rip Tide Mullet, Rip Tide Curtaile more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

South Indian River Fishing Report - May 2, 2008 INSHORE: May continues to be a transition month here on the Treasure Coast. Weekly weather fronts moving across the state and water temperatures working their way towards the mid to high 70's signal that spring has arrived and summ more...
Capt. Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie