Florida Fishing Reports

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - July Offshore Forecast July can offer up some excellent fishing opportunities as long as weather conditions allow anglers to safely get offshore. The transition from spring to summer often brings with it long hot days and warm nights. Afternoon th more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - It’s been another good week of fishing on Bouncer’s Dusky 33. Well catching anyway. We had a lot of rain, but in between we had quite a few tarpon, a couple snook and a day of sailfish. Monday was a day to remember for tarpon with strikes on a more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - The trout are back! Tarpon are still moving along the beaches and in the passes. It has been a better year than last year but no free lunch. The average seems to be two per day but sometimes it takes a very long day to accomplish that. With more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Tampa Bay - South Shore - June 22 Fishing Report Summer Fishing Summer officially arrived this week, and most fish seemed to celebrate the event by fasting. The daytime bite on Tampa Bay was pretty slow for everything except catfish. I was catching redfish in the man more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Lots more fish stories and the best thing is- they're all true! Todays folks stepped on the boat at Seaside and the first words out of my charters mouth was we want snappers. OK, not a problem. At the end of our 4 hours we had a limit of reds in more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Today’s trip started with an early morning stop at Middleton’s Stick Marsh Bait & Tackle. Since Joe Middleton has taken over this store it is pretty well stocked and they are now carrying Senkos. Three bags of Senkos, some hooks, weights, and swivels more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Miami, Florida - Offshore - A major turnaround in the dolphin fishing offshore off Miami was a welcome site these past few days. Previous to this week anglers found mostly small schools of peanut sized dolphin. Then, during the Kiwanis tournament of last week in Homestead, angl more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Jupiter & Palm Beach Offshore Saltwater Fishing Report - Rain, Rain, go away. As I write this fishing report the rain is pouring sideways due to gusty winds. That's pretty much how the weather has been down here in sunny Florida. Due to out of town obligations (weddings and birthdays), so much fun, more...
Capt. Rob Mazzei - Jupiter

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - We launched at 7:30am from the ramp and headed straight for the Pump House. Sure enough it was running. With Carolina rigged Senkos we boated 150+ fish up to 4lbs. Fishing next to us was Steve P. a very regular fisherman at the Marsh. He arrived a sh more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - Thursday and Friday last week the fish were biting despite all of the rain. Ted O'Hara, from upstate New York, got a backcountry slam with snook, trout and a redfish. His partner, Bill Hanson, lost a nice redfish at the boat to a shark. When aske more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo