Florida Fishing Reports

Marathon, Florida Keys - Loaded Weedlines! Nice to catch Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi) in the winter months as they are normally considered a spring and summer time fish, but yesterday was just like a summer day! A beautiful large weed line wandered in from offshore of Marathon and more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Winter Tarpon Have Arrived in Miami!! The question on the minds of many tarpon anglers is: are the tarpon in yet? I am happy to say that the answer is a big YES!! This evening we fished Haulover Inlet using live shrimp. We didn't see any s more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Slammer Seatrout on the surface is a spectacular game. Winter is one of the best times to target trout on top. The one caveat is the February closed season in the Northeast and Northwest regions of the Sunshine State. So, for the hard-core trout a more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Submitted by George, Imagination Bassin Guide Services Date Fished: 12/19/02 Water Temperature: 67 Water Clarity: 2-3 feet I had the day off yesterday so off to the Marsh I went. The weather was gorgeous, with temperatures that weren't too hot, more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Saturday was another bait fishing lesson, how to fish the baits, and knot tying. The herring were quite cooperative at Government Cut. Fishing from my customer's boat, he learned how to identify bait schools on his recorder. Once bait was accompli more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report For December 18 December fishing on the Southshore of Tampa Bay was predictably slow last week. Snook season ended on December 15 with a whimper, and I didn’t a keeper snook on the cleaning table at the more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Jupiter & Palm Beach Offshore Saltwater Fishing Report - Mugged by Mahi! Incredible dolphin(a.k.a. mahi mahi) fishing has been the highlight of Palm Beach's offshore fishing over the last few weeks. Decent weedlines, well defined rips and current edges have been very common in and around 150-300 feet. more...
Capt. Rob Mazzei - Jupiter

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Double D Charters 12/16/02 Fishing on the edge has been productive. Again, same as last week, as long as you were in the right area. The dolphin fishing on the edge, between 300 and 100 foot of water has been very good. The dolphin have not bee more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Where are the Sails??? Now that the cold fronts are coming through, the Sails have been scarce. We have managed to catch one here and one there, but not like we expect this time of year. Friday (12/13/02) we went out of Port Everglades. The wi more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - Biscayne Bay nights This past weekend we fished one night for baby tarpon. It was a bit slow. We jumped three fish from 20 to 30lbs. The water temps were surprisingly high, from 71 to almost 74 degrees. We never saw any shrimp moving at all, a more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo