Florida Fishing Reports

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - Summer “Snook” Bliss I am often asked, ‘What is the best time of year to be here?”. That is always a difficult question to answer. We have a year round fishing season here in the sub-tropics and some species or technique is almost always “h more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Summer is in full swing and so are the summer fishing patterns. Some days are great while on others you cannot find any fish. One day last week we were in schools of peanut dolphin. We had hundreds around the boat an had fun watching them chase Spani more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Orlando, FL - Lake Toho, Clermont Chain & The Kissimmee Chain - Lake Toho Today was a trip out on lake Toho, The last week or so Toho has been producing a pretty fair to good topwater bite first thing in the morning till close to 10AM. After that the bite has switched to a flipping bite, tight to cover. more...
Capt. Tim Fey - Orlando

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - FRIGATE BIRDS OFF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE Yes, you read it correctly. After hurricane dennis (refuse to honor his name with a capital d) blew his mighty fury onto the fabulous Forgotten Coast, I sighted several frigate birds flying inshore and offsh more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The tough summer fishing patter on the Southshore of Tampa Bay is still in effect and will probably continue for weeks to come. Just now, mangrove snapper are providing the best action on the artificial reefs, and all those little secret spots over more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Flamingo & Everglades National Park - Hot, hotter and hottest The fishing in Flamingo has been hot, but not quite as hot as the water temperature and afternoon sun. I've seen water temperatures in the mid 90's!... any hotter and the fish might be cooked before they make it to the boa more...
Capt. Benny Blanco - Flamingo

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - August 5, 2005 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - The bite on the flats has been OK but not great with trout, snook and redfish action just after daylight on topwater baits. The most productive places have been the flats at the Moorings, the flats just south o more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Indian River Lagoon - Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, August 7, 2005 Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, August 7, 2005 Mosquito Coast Fishing Charters As the summertime weather patterns settle in along the Indian River Lagoon Coast, angli more...
Capt. Tom Van Horn - Indian River Lagoon

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Sumertime Fun Greetings, Summer pattern is in full swing in Southwest Florida. We are catching lots of fish every day and almost every day it’s been something new. Versatility is the key and is ready to change it up to keep action in high gear. more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 8/06/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey I only had two trips to report on for the week, but the fishing was about as good as can be expected for this time of year. The heat, nearly fresh water, and typical poor moving summer tides more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound