Florida Fishing Reports

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 11/30/01 Although I have battling with the flu since Thanksgiving, I still managed to fish most days this week. Until today, the conditions have been less than ideal with blue green water. There has been a steady North Current, which picked up a more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Date fished: 11/27/01 – Time fished: Daylight till 3:00 PM – Weather: mostly sunny with an afternoon breeze – Areas fished: NW area of Stick Marsh, SW area of Stick Marsh, west end of E/W ditch on Farm 13. Baits used: Plastics, Chug Bugs, Buzz Bai more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - The first signs of winter in Whitewater Bay and along the Gulf coast of the 'Glades started showing this week. The first rafts of coot were on the water in Coot and Whitewater bays. The first flocks of the big white pelicans also made an appearanc more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Date Fished: 11/19/01 Water Temp: 71 Clarity: 2-3 feet Today the forecast was good with a 20% chance of rain and winds 5-10 out of the NE. Needless to say the weatherman couldn’t be further off than a rooster could have in predicting conditions. more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Just Right Cool mornings and warm afternoons stayed with us this past week. We had no surprise weather and fishing was good. It seems as if the fall migration is in limbo. That’s just fine as far as fishermen are concerned. It is a time when all m more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Cotee Jig takes trout with ease Spotted seatrout fishing has been really red-hot for about a week. Catches of limits have been made by several top local guides and private recreational anglers as well. In fact, most anglers have been getting thei more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Sailfish Action STarts Up Sailfishing took a turn for the better the last couple of days. Not many people are fishing but the boats that did caught fish. Sailfish are on the edge from 80 to 140 and when the current is running hard they are snapp more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - More Sails! Yesterday, we put out 3 small live bonitas and 10 minutes later we were fighting 3 sailfish! What a great day! We caught the triple header and went on to ccatch a Amberjack, a nice kingfish and a Barracuda. All this on our 1 to 5pm t more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Good Fishing Returns! After three weeks of mediocre fishing the winds calmed down and the temperatures tipped the mid 80’s and the fishing responded as a result. Trips prior to Turkey Day were still the “winter” mode with cool winds and choppy sea more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marathon, Florida Keys - Mackerel Bonanza! The annual run of Spanish Mackerel has started a bit early here in the Marathon and middle Keys area. The bite is ON right now as tons of nice sized Spanish have been coming in from the Florida Bay. Best action has been about 9 more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon