Florida Fishing Reports

Marathon, Florida Keys - Kings Rule!! The King Mackerel action in the Marathon and middle Keys area has been scorching hot lately. Nice sized Kings up to 40lb. have been coming in from the reef edge in anywhere from 50-200ft. of water. Several traditional hotspots have more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Date Fished: 1/26-27/2001 Surface Water Temperature: 58 Water Clarity: 1 foot Friday, as I stated in my previous report, was the day to work the Stick Marsh and the Farm with artificial baits and look for a pattern or patterns that would produce more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Miami, Florida - Offshore - If you love Sailfishing the way I do, then you have to embrace this time of the year, because the Sailfishing has been red hot. Recently the “bite” has been better in the afternoon. Starting at around 3 p.m., the Sailfish have been chewing on bait more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Fish holding offshore Although a few snook, sheepshead and sea trout have been caught on the bay, the action is still offshore. The 40' depth seems to be the starting point on both the artificial reefs and natural bottom. This is due to the cold more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Indian River Lagoon & Banana River - This week's report on the upper Indian River and Mosquito Lagoon from Spotted Tail, updated 1/27 Now booking TARPON trips for May and June for the SW Florida coast! Spotted Tail had another tough week but things are looking up. Monday and Wednes more...
Capt. John Kumiski - Titusville

Key West and Lower Keys - Keys Need Banana(warm)Winds! Every winter we experience period of cold (for the Florida Keys) weather. It usually comes in spurts puntuated by cold fronts, followed by warmer weather. Usually we get a January thaw a two week break from the coole more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Well we have had our share of the cold this year like everyone else I guess, but there is light at the end of the tunnel and the days are to only get longer and warmer. The fishing has been on fire for reds and trout around the Haulover canal aria. S more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Winter Front A front slid through Florida this past week that stalled and left us with rain and lingering heavy breezes. The mornings have been cool and the afternoons have been in the low to mid seventies. It is still warmer than it has been all more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - It seems that everyone is complaining about how cold it has been, however I find my glass half full rather than half empty. As long as the cool weather persists, the winter species will persist. With the passage of the last cold front, the fishing ha more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 12/23/2000 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was another week of unseasonably cold weather by Florida standards. I did manage to fish Monday and Friday, but through the middle of the week, it was just too cold and blowin to fish. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound