Florida Fishing Reports

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Over The Hump “The trick is to give your wrist a small snap, just enough to get the jig to hop on the bottom”, I said. We were using tube jigs tipped with shrimp. They are a small piece of surgical tubing slid onto quarter or three eighth ounc more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - February 19, 2004 INSHORE - Snook fishing has been good the first part of the week in the Turning Basin and around the local bridges in Ft. Pierce and Stuart. The best bite has been after dark and at the tide change. Try using a jumbo sized live more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Hot and Cold Weather means Hot&Cold Fishing As long as 3-6 miles off Naples and Bonita Springs is producing like it is, it makes no sense to go anywhere else. As my Ole' Pappy use to say,If he ain't broke, don't try and fix it Peckerwood! God I h more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Indian River Lagoon - Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report Indian River lagoon Coast Fishing Report, February 18, 2004 Mosquito Coast Fishing Charters For the past few weeks my time on the water has been limited due to my obligation to support Coastal Angler Ma more...
Capt. Tom Van Horn - Indian River Lagoon

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - Sails, Swords and Tarpon Good bye Boat Show. This was probably the best boat show ever for me. Spent some quality time with the Browns, who own Dusky boats, the guys from Gladiator autopilots, Lowrance electronics, Eagle Claw, too many people to n more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - fishing Touch and go This week the fishing has been great one day and so, so the next. Yesterday we fished only a half day and had one sail and a few kings. But the boats that fished all day had more. Today the fishing was slow, but tomorrow s more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - I can smell it in the air, spring is right around the corner. If you’re a fisherman I don’t even have to tell you it can be the most explosive fishing of the whole year. Winter fishing conditions are almost over. Shortly the fishing will travel out more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Between the Miami International Boat Show and tarpon fishing in the evenings, I have been on the run since my last report. In general, the tarpon fishing has run the gamut from great to a struggle. One night, Haulover Inlet is hot, the next it is G more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Central Indian River Lagoon - Capt. Ron Bielefeld's Indian River Report - Sebastian Area I have not fished a lot since my last report due to a combination of some poor weather, a death in the family, and jury duty, but when I did get out things went pretty much as they have b more...
Capt. Ron Bielefeld - Indian River Lagoon

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Double D Charters 2/16/04 We had another good week of fishing in Miami. Last Sunday we started the week catching 13 out of 15 sailfish, which has been our best day yet this year. The rest of the week did not disappoint us. We had two day that more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami