Florida Fishing Reports

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 2/22/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a good week of fishing, but the catching was not always great. The front that came through Monday seemed to really shut things down, and bait became very tough to catch. I did have more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - This past week has gone by like a whirlwind. Between fishing and the Bass Pro Shop Spring Classic, my days and nights have been long and lots of fun. Inshore, the tarpon continue to be plentiful at Haulover Inlet. Live shrimp is the ticket and we more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Marathon, Florida Keys - Offshore Bites The offshore fishing off of Marathon and the middle Keys has seen some mixed results the last few days. The Sailfish action on the reef edge in 100-200ft has been spotty with a few pods of fish being raised and caught near Sombrero more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Red Hot Today was another day to remember on the Cutting Edge. Started off with 3 Dolphin on a Hawk, only five minutes into the day. Next we dropped on the Sir Scott to catch only a amberjack and a cuda. Then we we off to find something that look more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - Spring must be approaching. The weather is warming, were catching tarpon day and night and sailfish and dolphin make the days fun. Yesterday with 20 knot NE winds we chose to fish the bay. We got a snook, several barracuda and 2 out of 4 t more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 02/24/03 It was a very busy last 15 days. As typical with the Boat Show in town, I fished everyday for the past 15 days. The action was great almost every single day. Sailfish cooperated on a daily basis. . Our best day was 7 for 9 on the sailf more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Submitted by George, Imagination Bassin Guide Services Date Fished: 2/24/03 Water Temperature: 72 Water Clarity: 0 The fishing remains very good and should only get better as we move towards the summer. The south end of Farm 13 is still your be more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Light spinning tackle on the Homosassa flats has finally improved after a long cold winter. The fish were tearing it up for my clients this past Friday. We caught everything under the sun that day. My guests were the Terrells’ from upstate New more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Central Indian River Lagoon - Capt. Ron Bielefeld's Indian River Lagoon Report - Sebastian Area The water has warmed up into the low to mid 70s and the trout and reds appear to be feeding more heavily and more often. When the winds have not been so strong as to hinder fishing more...
Capt. Ron Bielefeld - Indian River Lagoon

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - With spring comes Wind! The good news is that spring like conditions are becoming more prevelent which means tarpon, snook and sharks are on the move. The bad news is that early spring is usually windy. This year seems to be just that. I fishe more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers