Florida Fishing Reports

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Dolphin, Dolphin & more Dolphin The Dolphin have been everywhere. Lots of schoolies and a few gaffers. Weedlines & debris from 120' to 600' of water. The Sharks are still biting. Hammerheads, blacktips and even a mako was weighed in this week. more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Summer Heat, Summer Rains This past year has dealt us some very erratic weather. We had warmth when it was unusual, cold that was unbearable, and winds that would scalp your mane. Summer is upon us and the heat and afternoon rains are predict more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - This past week saw pretty decent fishing. The guys livebaiting on the edge did fairly well. Early in the week, there were some boats fishing on the deeper side (~500 ft), and caught several dolphin over 30 lbs. The kingfishing has slowed down, exc more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Date Fished: 6/18/2000 Water Temperature: 89 Water Clarity: 1 foot The paving is finished and the parking lot looks great. Lines to indicate parking should help a lot. Fishing started up in the exact spot that it left off a week ago. Top wate more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Miami, Florida - Offshore - While everyone has been hunting Dolphin, a few anglers have been enjoying a small run of Sailfish off the Miami shoreline. The GulfStream has had a hard north current for the past week, and it produced a very nice color change along the edge of th more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - The inshore fising this past week has been very slow except for the trout. The trout are on all the flats in the river and quite a few caught have been over the slot limit. The afternoon rain (which we needed) and the strong winds have not helped w more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - OFFSHORE The weather has ruled small boat fishing the past 10 days. With TD #1 in the SW gulf last week and an upper level low in the NE gulf this week it has been to rough to go play more often than not. As I tell all my clients it's supposed t more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Working Hard No matter where you fished this past week, you had to work hard to get your fish. Offshore we had Spanish mackerel, king mackerel, little tunny, sharks and barracuda and we also had three and four foot seas. Some days only spoons w more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Key West and Lower Keys - Reno Anglers Score on Silver Kings Tarpon are still migrating up the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the Keys and the action is still very hot, weather permitting. Today Don Wilkerson and Mark McVeigh each jumped a big silver king, with Mark landing hi more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Dick's Hatband It has been hotter than Dick’s hatband. That hatband has to be hot because every time my grandfather said that it was ninety in the shade. It has been hot but so has the fishing. We are still catching a few tarpon. Snook, more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island