Florida Fishing Reports

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Bull Reds are biting in the Apalachicola Bay. Mullet are back and high jumping, the laughing gulls are laughing and nesting, the magnificent Bald Eagles are feeding newly hatched chicks and Spring is springing on the unforgettable Panhandle coast of more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - I have been on the water for the last eight days with great results catching reds especially. We have been tossing shrimp at them for the most part but after we catch a couple out of the school we will go to soft plastics. I have been using the new X more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - Inshore fishing has been red hot for trout. The best trout action has been from first light until about 8:00am and try using a top water bait. After that try free lining a live shrimp. The early anglers have been reporting trout to 8 pounds. Some more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - The big story this past week has been the spring tarpon fishing at Flamingo. We haven't stuck any over 100 this week, but some each day up to that mark on lures and flies. Ron Weber and his son Michael were down from Kansas City for two days. They more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Miami, Florida - Offshore - This past week we saw a screaming current to the north of Key Biscayne with fairly good cathces of sailfish. Dolphin were hitting early in the morning. The fish were moving south very fast and some schools were hungry while the others wouldn't hit a more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 3/18/02 Two exciting events occurred this past weekend – the sailfish really turned on and I received delivery of my new 34 ft SeaVee Openfisherman. Starting with the boat - what an awesome machine. 34 ft long with a 10 foot beam, powered by twin more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Flamingo - Everglades National Park - Break a Pole for Good Luck Whoever said you had to break a leg to be lucky? How about a push pole? I am not superstitious nor do I follow horoscopes that make predictions but this is one true fish story. After a long day of fishing for snook more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Fresh Start Consistent eighty-degree weather has made the water temperature climb into the upper seventies. That makes everybody happy. Bait has started coming into the beaches and islands. Attention is turning from trout to snook, redfish and more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Inshore, the red and black drum bite is hot and so is the early Spring weather. This week several charter groups hammered the redfish and black drum on the Saint George Island bridge. Fishing both sides of low water with large, frisky shrimp, the b more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Central Indian River Lagoon - Indian River Report - Sebastian Area Sorry for the long period between reports but my computer decided to take an unannounced vacation. However, I am now back on line. So what’s been going on on the water? Warmer weather has caused fish to beco more...
Capt. Ron Bielefeld - Indian River Lagoon