Florida Fishing Reports

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Well we have gone and done it again for the second time this year. We broke the 200-pound mark on tarpon. I must say this is shaping up to be the best tarpon season ever for me. Robin Eby boated a tarpon that was 8ft long. With certainty Robins fish more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 2, 2001 by Capt. Butch Rickey My work week was shortened to three days by the Memorial Day holiday, and a no-show. The first day back at work was a very tough one. Tom McFadden, and his four year old son Jake, and more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Miami, Florida - Offshore - If you want dolphin, get ready for a ride. They have been out 15 to 20 miles. Schoolies have been the bulk of the action with fish mostly in the 4 to 6 lb. range. However, the action this week has been welcomed over the action the past couple of w more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Goliath grouper Surely this weekend, not many of us got out to fish but we have had some of the best fishing of the year until the rain came. We had plenty of kingfish action about a half mile SW of M-7. Many were short but we also caught so more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Snook, Tarpon, Trout I know its been almost three weeks since my last report but fishing almost every day is taking it out of me and getting on the computer feels like more work than throwing my 12ft cast net a dozen times. It’s been a strange few more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - Well, summer time is here and the inshore fish know it and they are in their summer time pattern for feeding. This means you need to fish early in the morning or in the afternoon after one of the rain storms that we are having. TROUT - Summer ti more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the past couple of weeks, the fishing in Islamorada has been very good. In the big blue the word has been DOLPHIN--Dorado. There was a dry spell a week ago, but they are back on track again. Earlier this week, we hit them 10 miles out. One drawb more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Key West and Lower Keys - Red Hot Tarpon Action Continues! June continues to provide RED HOT TARPON FISHING. The Silver Kings are still streaming across the flats and collecting in the channels and basins. We have been jumping Tarpon daily and landing some too. These fish more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Lots of Dolphin Fishing the Underground contracters tournament out of Ocean Reef today we found lots of Dolphin in 600 ft. and only a few fish over the 10 pound limit. But I quess there were not many fish in the large size range out there today. O more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Tarpon Eat Fly(s) in Homosassa So far June has been a pretty good month for numbers of tarpon biting the fly. First timer, Steve Ferrell of Oklahoma came to Homosassa to catch a silver king. Before Mr. Ferrell arrived, I sent him 2 instructional more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa