Florida Fishing Reports

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Snook season has finally arrived and we did well on opening day. We decided to do something a little different this year. Instead of using the boat, we walked the beach on Jupiter Island in Hobe Sound. It was a picture perfect morning as the sun came more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - With the passing of Katrina, the wind and seas have calmed down so that running anywhere you want is a pleasure. A word of caution though. There is still plenty of debris in the water ranging from coconuts to large pieces of wood and bamboo, so kee more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - All kinds of snapper: Bonita beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 70 pound goliath grouper, released on a recent offshore trip. I fished Thursday, after the swells from Hurricane Katrina’s effects had subsided. Fishing in 40 feet out of New more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Jacksonville Fishing Report for Amelia Island & Mayport - Capt. Dave Sipler's, September Out-look Dang, it's September already! I can't help feeling bummed out though. Just thinking if I was a fishing guide over in Louisiana, what life would be like or quickly become. Because, of Hurricane Katrina. I more...
Capt. Dave Sipler - Jacksonville

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Two Georges Slam The Redfish in Homosassa Florida Today after the 6 am news, I finished preparing my boat. Last night I could not find my key or the spare to the ball hitch lock on my trailer. Here it was almost dark and even the locksmith could more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - Sept. 2, 2005 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - Inshore fishing has been good for trout and redfish. You need to fish early in the morning and around the islands and bars to the north of Vero. Look for the snook action around the bridges, docks or in the Seb more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Before the storm; tarpon were still around the bridges. Chumming with live baits or dead bait will produce results. In the backcountry, there are still big snappers in the cuts; and trout on the grass flats. A lot of short fish; but some nicer ones m more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - Hot Night Fishing We have had some really good fishing the last two nights. We took out some guys from the MTV awards show on Tuesday night. They only had two and a half hours to fish. In that time we caught bait ( not very easy at the time), exec more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Narrow Miss Fishing up to the advent of Hurricane Katrina had been fair to excellent. Bait was starting to come to the beaches of the Marco island area. We were starting to see bait come into the secluded coves of the Ten Thousand islands as well. more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

South Indian River, Port St Lucie & Fort Pierce - South Indian River Fishing Report August 31, 2005 INSHORE: The word out on the street is Snook Season opens at midnight Wednesday night! You can bet that lots of anglers will be hitting the water Wednesday evening to stake out their favorite s more...
Capt. Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie