Florida Fishing Reports

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Wow what a week of catching it has been. The trout thought the catch of the day was pigfish so they have been taking advantage of the entree. Wes and Adam caught some very respectable trout this past Saturday even when they were trying to sight cast more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Flamingo - Everglades National Park - Patience for Permit  This time we had it all to ourselves. Whatever lay beneath or in the vicinity certainly has been keeping the permit well interested. If not tens, then hundreds of them. Circling and moving about actively and movi more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo

Key West and Lower Keys - Father-Son Trips a Bonefish Hit! Father and Son fishing trips are the happening activity this summer on the Key West and Florida Keys flats with Capt. Dexter aboard FlatsMaster Here Kyler and Kris Jones proudly display and 6 pound Bonefish caught more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Permit & Redfish Things have started to look better on the Bay. The last couple of days we spent most of our time fishing the harbor entrances and basins on the west side of the Bay. Using the small live shrimp that are now the only size off more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - The Blackwater Tarpon Return! I have spent the past two weeks fishing the brackish waters of Charlotte Harbor chasing my favorite fish the blackwater tarpon. We have hooking at least one tarpon over 100-pounds almost every day for the past two w more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Surprisingly, a fair amount of dolphin showed up this week. Anglers fishing offshore Miami, have been catching the fish under diving birds in about 1000 to 1300 feet of water. Captains also found the fish under floating debris. A few reports coming more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - The heat has descended upon the Marsh with a vengeance with temperatures going into the mid to upper 90’s and heat indexes above 110 degrees. This will not bother the fishing all that much but you can be assured if you do not prepare for these condit more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Greenhouse Effect It was like fishing inside a greenhouse this past week. Temperatures hit the nineties. There was barely a breath of air on the water and it looked as if the sky and water had no beginning or end. Boat traffic is minimal. Ther more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Scallops Season in Homosassa Opens With Success On the Fourth of July, I talked to Pam MacRae of MacRae's in Homosassa, Florida. I asked her how the scallop season was going. “Most of our guests are getting their limits,” she said with enthusi more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - It was a long slow week. The rain over the last few weeks had scared off all the anglers who normally fish in our area. Fortunately the rain has ended and we are now back to fishing steadily. Friday night we went swordfishing. We put out three liv more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami