Florida Fishing Reports

Marathon, Florida Keys - Offshore - Breezy Dolphin The offshore fishing in the middle Keys has been very good if you have the brawn to be out there during all this windy weather. The Dolphin bite has been excellent for the past couple weeks with all the smaller schoolie more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Submitted by George Water Temp: 76 Clarity: 2-3 feet Air: low 80's Weather: Partly cloudy - light winds -high barometer John Grooms from Nashville and his uncle Bill Wesson from Jacksonville joined me yesterday on the Marsh/Farm. more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Fishing Report for Ft. Lauderdale & Port Everglades - The May Dolphin are here! This is prime time to get on the ocean in search for the Mahi-Mahi. Their running anywhere from 80 feet of water to past 400 feet. The schoolies usually run first and the bigger ones to follow but some of the larger ones more...
Capt. Cary Hanna - Fort Lauderdale

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 05/10/04 The fishing off of Miami has definitely improved and for some days it has been very good. There has and continues to be a decent kingfish bite. Most kings are from 10 –20 pounds with some smaller ones and some bigger ones. The black more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Mahi-mahi and Sharks! The consistent East winds have blown in a lot of Mahi-mahi (Dolphin fish). We have had some fish over 20 lbs. and plenty of gaffers. Some schoolie sized fish are around too. Most of the fish have been in 300 to 500 feet of more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Dolphin action is heating up. We were hearing reports in previous weeks about large dolphin on the move south of us in the keys. Well, they have arrived, and we are beginning to see catches of larger dolphin occurring in our area. Many anglers are fi more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 5/8/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey Things slowed down a bit this week. I had a couple of days off because of weather and poor tides. I woke up Monday morning wondering what the status of an approaching front would be. I quickly more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - The good news is that the dolphin are here and they are in close. The bad news is that the wind is still kicking and you need a strong stomach to handle the sea conditions. Throw in some blackfin tuna, kingfish, and sailfish and you have offshore s more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Central Indian River Lagoon - Capt. Ron Bielefeld's Indian River Lagoon Report - Sebastian Area Some big trout and snook have been frequenting the shallows early in the mornings and they have been hitting top-water plugs over shallow grassy flats. We caught trout to 8 lbs and more...
Capt. Ron Bielefeld - Indian River Lagoon

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 5/2 through 5/9/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had good action during the past week on lures and flies, particularly with trout. In addition, anglers caught and released redfish, snook and bluefish while fishi more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota