Florida Fishing Reports

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 08/14/02 Well, if it’s action your looking for, the edge has plenty. Lucky for the bonitas that they are not good table fare. I guess that factor has really made them thick on the reef. Bonitas, in their own right, are great fighting fish. A more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - The fishing north and south of the Shark River area continues to be very good. Every day that we've fished there it's been tarpon, snook, redfish, and trout. Lots of white bait along the shorelines have been easy to obtain. One throw of the net an more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - This past week produced some great fishing. The tides were perfect for the RedSnook tournament. It was the first tournament where every angler in the event caught fish. There were moments when the fishing was slow, but if you poked around enough, you more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Live Bait Can Get Fish Feeding! If you haven't had the chance to get out and do some fishing over the last couple weeks, well then you're missing the boat! This past weekend we managed a half-day fishing trip on the Gulf with great success. The-fa more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Key West and Lower Keys - Look for Bonefish Shadows After a brief vacation off of the flats, Capt. Dexter is back chasing tailing Bonefish, Permit and rolling Tarpon. Bonefish are all over the flats this summer, expecially during early mornings at low tide. Here, a 7 pou more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Central Indian River Lagoon - Capt. Ron Bielefeld's August 10, 2002 fishing report - Indian River Lagoon, Sebastian Area The mainstay over the past two weeks has been trout. There have been mornings when literally every cast was greeted by a strike. When the wind has been up more...
Capt. Ron Bielefeld - Indian River Lagoon

Marathon, Florida Keys - Night Bite Right The Yellowtail action has been excellent lately in the Marathon and middle keys area. Lots of nice sized Yellowtail Snapper have been hanging on the reef edge in 55-95ft. of water. Some of the best areas have been off of Duck Key, more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 8/3/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey Actually, I was on vacation this week, but I did manage to get out on a couple of fun trips with friends. If you’re interested, read on. Sunday, my good friend Lew Joseph and I decided to more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - The inshore fishing has been good with the trout bite coming in the early morning. The big fish are taking top water baits or live pigfish right at daylight. You may want to try places like the Midway Road area, Bear Point, Harbor Branch, Round Isl more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Fishing in the Lagoon has been good on the flats for reds and trout. I had Paula and Allen Alshouse out for their anniversary; there is not a better place to spend a day with your loved one. The setting was perfect slight breeze from the southwest su more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon