Florida Fishing Reports

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 8/24/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey There are three trips to report on this week. Here’s how it went. My old friend David Bernot and his son Chris were first up on Tuesday. We had a good looking tide, and a breeze from th more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - The trout have been feeding well on pigfish and mullet and we have been taking several gators in the mix with a lot of slot size fish. Fish the flats drop offs and the clinker islands. I like fishing the clinkers when the tide is moving. Watch out fo more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Just Right It was another perfect week to spend the mornings on the water. Prevailing winds out of the east remained consistent. Winds have been light and the tides were favorable. This combination made for some good action this week. Schools o more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Boca Grande, Florida Fishing Report - Charlotte Harbor Fishing Report The weather is hot and fishing can be hit and miss with the best times early in the morning or late in the afternoon. Redfish that have schooled up can be found today and gone tomorrow. The tarpon seem to making one more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 08/27/02 August fishing continues to be good. The action and the place to be is on the reef. There have been a decent amount of sailfish caught. We have now caught a sailfish on every trip this month. The kingfish bite has also been pretty good more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Submitted by George, Imagination Bassin Guide Services Date Fished: 8/21/02 Water Temperature: 89 Water Clarity: 2-3 feet The heat is bearing down on us with tenacity and the water temperatures are raising quickly. At daylight yesterday the sur more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Tampa Bay - South Shore - August 26 Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report The Southshore flats of Tampa Bay are alive with redfish and snook in late August. On a trip with Capt. Nick Winger last Wednesday, we caught about a dozen reds, all of which were over the 27-inch ma more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - This past week its been giant tarpon every day we've fished for them along the coast north and south of the Shark River area. Our largest of the week was about 100lbs on 15# spinning gear. At the boat the fish had the audacity to smack the guide in more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Offshore, Grouper fishing has been consistent way out to the deep south. It is the typical late Summer pattern with water temps in the mid eighties. Go out into at least 100 feet of water and prospect your favorite live bottom with live bait. As a more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - Variety is the spice of life and we must be spicy this week. Friday we fished live frigate bonitos on the down rigger and flat lines and got 5 nice king mackerel, 4 barracuda a 80 pound hammerhead shark and a false albacore. On the same trip we al more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami