Florida Fishing Reports

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - The Big Three All the players have stepped into the ring. Snook, redfish and tarpon have been the main attraction. This past week dished out some excellent fishing. The wind has been a major deterrent but veteran anglers have become accustomed to more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Since the last report the fishing has improved. Most recently; I had Joe and Susan Cohen from Boston, Mass. out for three days. On each day, we had a Sailfish on and got two of the three to the boat. In addition, they caught kingfish, Dolphin, Cero M more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Breezy Yesterday was about as rough as I like to fish. With winds in excess of 30 mile per hour I felt like I was on a roller coaster. Seas were at least 10 ft. with some larger. But on a Good note, we had some vikings on board at least for a whil more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Spring as Sprung! Greetings; With the Easter holiday and perfect weather combination that we experienced this past two weeks, there was lots of fishing and catching. For me things have moved into a pure spring and summer pattern. Backwater an more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - I can?t believe it?s already April, where did March go to? It was an awesome month and I would have to say we closed it off with a bang and opened April with an even bigger one. Here is a description of the past few days. At 7:30 we left the dock, more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Anglers enjoyed terrific offshore fishing off the Miami area this week. Conditions were a little on the rough side Saturday and Sunday, but non the less, results were good. We fished the 2002 Yamaha Contender Miami Billfish Tournament and were able t more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - With winter gone and the time change in effect it is official, spring is here! This is one of the best times of year to fish this area as it is in many areas. The fish are heading north and swimming right through our waters. The canals and ICW are more...
Capt. Andy Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - This time of year Flamingo is the place to be and that's where I've been day after day. Every day for the past few weeks we've had tarpon biting and most of the time staying attached to our lures, flies, and anything else we've thrown at them. This more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Central Indian River Lagoon - Indian River Report - Sebastian Area As the winds continue to blow, and I mean blow, larger fish continue to hold in shallow water of a foot or so. Reds, trout, and jacks have all been hitting top-water plugs over the shallow grass. When the wat more...
Capt. Ron Bielefeld - Indian River Lagoon

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - The flood gates have opened. The cobias, spanish, bluefish, jacks, and bait are all coming down the bar. Natures oddities are mixed in too. I saw 3 ocean sunfish(headfish) and lots of turtles this past week while cobia hunting. I also saw more pompan more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin