Florida Fishing Reports

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - We made it to May. Not much of a winter at all. Just go outside at 8pm and you know you are into summer with the sun still high enough to let you tie knots without the help of a light bulb. This is considered one of our peak fishing periods. Most a more...
Capt. Andy Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the past week the fishing has really picked up. The Dolphin have finally arrived in numbers. After the full moon, the catches have gone up. Saturday, 5/5 the fish were in 350 feet of water along with the dolphin have been a lot of Blackfin tuna. more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound, Florida - Welcome to Capt. Terry's FISHING REPORT: May 4th, 2002 Tarpon, They have ARRIVED! If the weather holds and conditions stay good, we should start seeing more in the coming weeks. I've been finding most of mine on the inside. Fi more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Key West and Lower Keys - Peak Tarpon Season is Here! Toronto Del with a male Tarpon who milted all over us!!! Silver Kings rule the Florida Keys during May and June as thousands of anxious anglers flock to the flats for some thrilling Tarpon action. The fish have been arri more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - All winter we have waited impatiently for Spring fishing to arrive on the Florida Panhandle coast, aka the unforgettable coast and now IT IS HERE!!! All of the fun-to-catch species have arrived and we greet them with open fish boxes. King Mackeral more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Summer species keep anglers working. The temperatures are in the low 90's and the water is in the low 80's already. This means that the fishing is goinig to be in a summer pattern. Snook will start biting early and late and tarpon will start d more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Preperation, and a Keen Eye Reward Anglers Last week in this column we touched on some basic principles that can be applied to fishing. Using simple time proven fishing techniques on a consistent day to day basis will produce fish. Sounds like a b more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Fishing in the Mosquito Lagoon was another roller coaster this week on the numbers wave twelve one day six the next. Greg and son Paul joined me for a half-day on a sight casting extravaganza; reds were the main targets here. While I steadied the Day more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Kingfish Maddness This morning I was expecting some slow action with only a half day to work with and no wind, but to our surprise the Kingfish made a surprise attack. The first two baits to hit the water were taken with out notice. I guess we wer more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 4/13/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week began with six trips on the books, but a cancellation and a no-show left me with four trips to tell you about. My first trip of the week was with a very interesting and fun fello more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound