Florida Fishing Reports

Key West and Lower Keys - Make Tarpon Eat, Then Fight to Win! The big push has not arrived yet, however we are catching Tarpon on fly. With just a trickle of fish showing on the flats, experienced anglers are the difference between skunked days and successful ones. Jonatha more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - There have been some big challenges in our fishing this week. Last Wednesday we fished all 8 and 12 pound tackle in place of our normal 20 pound. We had some rough luck keeping the fish on the hook that day, but did get 1 of 5 sailfish, a 30 pound bl more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Summer is here and the fishin' is easy. While I was sitting on the beach at Grayton this morning waiting for my charter I watched one of the locals get 2 doubles on his surf rig. The first was a pair of pompano and the second was a skipjack and a pom more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Fishing Report for Ft. Lauderdale & Port Everglades - Fresh start In between fishing days I have made time to install some new electronics. We now have updated to Raymarines RL70CRC 7 inch color display unit with a RAYNAV 300 digital gps and a DSM250 digital sounder module. These 3 units make fishing more...
Capt. Cary Hanna - Fort Lauderdale

Central Indian River Lagoon - Capt Ron Bielefeld's Indian River Lagoon Report - Sebastian Area The trout bite has been good the last few days. With the bright moon period past, the early mornings have been the best. Just as it is getting light, top-water plugs have been prod more...
Capt. Ron Bielefeld - Indian River Lagoon

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Fish the wrecks! Wreck fishing has been the keys to most of my good days lately. Offshore wrecks are still holding grouper, jewfish, kings and bonito. Nearshore wrecks are holding snook, trout, cobia, grouper and jewfish. Spanish mackerel are mixe more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - RERORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/24/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a week of very poor tide, and several days didn't fill. I worked Monday and Friday, and spent the rest of the week networking my computers. Terry Ryan, and his lovely wife Michelle more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Chug Bug, Chug Bug, Chug Bug Chug-a, Chug-a, Chug-a Bug And then there is always: Chug, Chug, Chug-a, Chug Bug Today the bite, as it has been for a while now, was top water. We have it on the Marsh and we have it on the Farm. The on more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Indian River Lagoon - Indian River lagoon Fishing Report Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report Mosquito Coast Fishing Charters Fishing on the IRL this week was comparable to the weather. Saturday through Tuesday, both the weather and the fishing were nice. Mid more...
Capt. Tom Van Horn - Indian River Lagoon

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The Dolphin season is in full swing. The fish are between 16 to 24 mile out; birds indicate their location. Their is a lot of nice schoolies, with a few big ones mixed in. Monday, besides Dolphin; we caught a hand full of nice Blackfin tuna. Tuesday, more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada