Florida Fishing Reports

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Swordfish and a Blue Marlin! What a week. Last week we were fighting a Hammerhead in 110’ of water and we left the kite up. I saw a boil on the short kite bait and the next thing we knew a Blue Marlin was jumping under the kite. Three hours later more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - I had the pleasure of taking out Bill Prince on Tuesday and Wednesday for what we hoped would be some top water action. We did find a few fish willing to eat our Buzz Baits but for the most part it was all Senko’s, and Rattle-traps. Tuesday proved to more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Key West and Lower Keys - Tarpon and Bonefish Day! Saratoga George had a great day on the flats with his buddy Greg Persbacker (2002 Angler of the Year) today. George landed this 70 pound Tarpon on a Black Death fly. Greg jumped a 50 pound Tarpon in the minutes following more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Reel quick Today Dolphin showed up. Lots of fish in the area of 900 ft. The fish are moving south and feeding on Flying fish. We caught ours on small live baits and Chunks. The fish are 3 to 4 pounds. Only a few large fish have been seen. On the e more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - Flamingo The Gulf coast, north and south of the Shark River area continues to provide great opportunities for every kind of gear and style of fishing. Every day it's steady action with small tarpon from 10 to 30lbs, snook, speckled trout, snappe more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - The summer weather is here and so is the summer fishing. I had 4 charters last week with great catches on each one. We got our limit of trout to 7 pounds while fishing in places like The Moorings, Harbor Branch and Bear Point. The best bite was ju more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Fishing in the Lagoon can be hit or miss if low pressure rolls in. The first drop in the low will be good but after a low sets in it can slow things way down. We had to deal with that situation last week for a few days but I am glad to see it go. We more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 06/10/03 Fishing in Miami continues to be good, with sailfish leading the pack. There were several trips last week that we caught 4 to 6 sailfish per day. Besides sailfish, there have been blackfin tuna, especially south of Fowey Light. Kingfish more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Water Temperature: 81 Water Clarity: 2-3 feet Fishing has been fair to good with our trip average producing 30+ fish. The SW corner of Farm 13 in the heavier hydrilla, the south end of the center ditch, and Twin Palms up on the Stick Marsh s more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Miami, Florida - Offshore - I was getting a little worried that they would never show up! But this week, we found numerous dolphin under birds and boards off the Miami waters. Surprisingly many of the fish were real 5 to 8 pound fish. In fact many of the fish had to be gaffed, more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami