Florida Fishing Reports

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - Miami Mayor's Cup Victory Victory at sea!!! Bouncer’s Dusky 33 with Capt. Bouncer Smith, mates Ron Cook and Glenn Morgan helped top notch anglers Scott Segal and Tom Schramm win the inaugural Miami Mayor’s Cup Sailfish Tournament. The tournament w more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota & Charlotte Harbor, FL Fishing Report for 1/18 through 1/25/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had good action during the past week with trout and reds in Sarasota Bay and Charlotte Harbor. Anglers caught reds to 10 ½-lbs and trout to 4 more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - As I sit and review and compare the fishing and conditions of January 2003 to January 2004, I am amazed at their similarity. Last January we were bundled up for most of the month facing temperatures that went low enough to allow snow flurries in more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Cool Temps means Hot Fishing Action (Naples to Sanibel) 2004 is getting started with some serious GiddyUp. I've had 3 Charters in the last 6 days and everyone went home with fish for the Barbi. Big Redfish: Schools of nomadic Reds have been prowl more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Key West and Lower Keys - Winter's January Thaw is Approaching! Jan. 24, 2003Geoff and Betsy Spillane are two of the nicest people I have been fishing with. Betsy hooked, landed and released this BIG barracuda a few days ago in very cool weather here in the Keys. We have b more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - Everglades Kayak Fishing and More … Crystal Murray and John, as part of an Osprey Bay Kayaks sponsored event, brought a group of four kayak fishermen and women from the Tampa Bay to Chokoloskee. I had the pleasure to be with the four Friday after more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Look for great gulf fishing action in February! The warm weather all of us experienced here along the Southwest coast of Florida this past January was definitely one of the mildest I can remember. Other than a couple of weak cold fronts that pas more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Sunday (1/18) evening tarpon fishing at Haulover Inlet. Stephen Mras and April Wakeman from Fullerton, California were hoping to be able to catch a break in the weather so they could get out and do some swordfishing. Their back up plan was to go ta more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - January 22, 2004 INSHORE - The inshore bite is still not red hot but there are reports of trout down around the power lines at the Nuclear Power Plant. The bite has been an early morning bite and a live shrimp has been producing the most fish. A more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - A special word of thanks. Over the years many companies/people have been responsible for helping me and my charter fishing service grow and flourish. In my hast to make the next trip, write the next report or publish the next article, I sometimes f more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle