Florida Fishing Reports

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound, Florida - Most fish are in their summer pattern. Redfish are starting to school in good numbers. They can be found on or near the flats and against the mangroves. Flies, artificials and bait all are working well for these beautiful strong fighters. Average s more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Fall fishing is right around the corner. Although you wouldn't be able to tell with the mid day temperatures, the mornings have been a couple of degrees cooler. Baitfish have been pretty easy to find. The inlets, beaches, piers and local patch ree more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - This wasn't the best week for fishing in our area. Monday and Thursday were the best days with the rest of the week making for hard fishing. SNOOK - The big news this week was the opening of SNOOK season at 12:01am on September 1st. It has been c more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Indian River Lagoon & Banana River - This week's report on the upper Indian River and Mosquito Lagoon from Spotted Tail, updated 8/31 Monday my neighbor Karl Dienst and I went out. We launched at Scottsmoor. Since we didn't see anything (and we spent some time looking) in the Ind more...
Capt. John Kumiski - Titusville

Miami, Florida - Offshore - West and Southwesterly winds have shut down the Dolphin fishing this past week. What few Dolphin were around, have virtually disappeared with the backward breezes. However, when the winds turned around to the east and southeast, anglers found occa more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Round The Corner The kids are back in school. The mornings are cooler. The fishing action is heating up as we round the corner for another fall season. I love fall fishing. I think that most seasoned anglers would agree. It is always a time o more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Offshore The Snappers are back! Not only are there lots of 'em but the size is the best it's been since April. There seems to have been a movement of a few groupers along with the snappers also. Most of the spots that hold groupers during the wint more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Almost, But no Cigar. This week all of my focus was on Charlotte Harbor tarpon. I ran all three trips out of Punta Gorda. I was hoping to find some large schools of adult tarpon feeding on ladyfish and sardines in the mouth of the Peace and more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Time to fish the Great Barracuda Now is the time to get in on some great summertime fishing. Most barracuda are probably caught while trolling for other species and are unwanted by most fishermen who have their sights set on something grander. more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - FOR BIG FISH HIT THE GULF By Capt. Dave Pinkham For those of you anglers that desire to catch the big one, you really don't have to travel halfway around the world to do it. Just west of local area beaches, beneath the seemingly harmless placi more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice