Florida Fishing Reports

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Kingfish Just Offshore Of Venice Beaches This is one of my favorite times of the year. As each day that passes grows a little shorter and the nights longer, the air and water temperatures have starting to cool down, thus opening up all sorts more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Steady northeast winds have been bringing large schools of bait to the Miami area. This time of the year, larger gamefish will be following the schools of bait looking for an easy meal. Already, Sailfish and Kingfish are showing up in our area. Th more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - Well, if you have a boat I bet you didn't use much fuel this past week. Both the inshore and offshore were a mess this past week because of the North east winds that were 15 to 25 mph. The wind had the river looking like chocolate milk with a 3 foo more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Grouper, Cobia and Flounder Close In Gag grouper have moved in close and are on the (I) reefs in 25' to 30' of water. Keeper size grouper have also been moving into the bay and it should get better. Cobia action is also picking up along the beac more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Fishing report for week ending 10/8 On Friday the 6th, I had a late afternoon trip for some snappers. I anchored in 60 feet of water and slide the chum over the side. The back of the boat boiled with fish, however, they weren't the large snappers more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Indian River Lagoon & Banana River - This week's report on the upper Indian River and Mosquito Lagoon from Spotted Tail, updated 10/12 Happy Columbus Day! When I lived in New England there would be a release of water from the dam on Vermont's West River every year on Columbus Day week more...
Capt. John Kumiski - Titusville

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - October Lion It is as if October has come in like a March lion. Rain dumped down on our area at the beginning of the week. That forced everybody off of the water. Many fishing trips were canceled or rescheduled. I was sitting on the veranda of more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Just before the wind started to blow again we had some good fishing and nice weather. It looks like it will be a little calmer wind towards the end of this week. We fished today and caught some nice reds up on the flats. They are eating the 12 Fathom more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Heavy rains last week ruined offshore fishing for a while. Tremendous amounts of fresh water ran into the bay, and then over the reefs and then offshore, creating nasty green water out as far as 600 feet. Anglers that did get out after the rains f more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Cold Front Here comes the cooler weather and sure, the front is going to knock down the fishing for a while but it is what we have been waiting for. Already there have been a few kings caught offshore and bluefish on the grass flats. The larger more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota