Florida Fishing Reports

Catching fish in cold water months - The winter months can always be challenging with the cold water setting in. Our approach has been fishing with larger shrimp,pinfish and scented jigs. when the fish get cold they get lethargic,which means your approach has to change. When more...
Capt. Brian Dopirak - Clearwater

Key Largo-Hot Winter Mutton Snapper Fishing Continues - Got out 2 days last week when the wind laid down. Lately clients have been wanting the Mutton Snappers and have not been into the Sailfish or Wahoo fishing. Had 1 client fished 2-1/2 days(Weds and Thursday). Each day he got is 5 per person Mutton Sna more...
Capt. Ryan Van Fleet - Key Largo

Pompano near New Pass and Blind Pass - Fishing remained very good despite the cooler than average temperatures. Trout were concentrated into deeper canals with slightly warmer areas. Nice trout averaging 16-20 inches. There were a few redfish caught around the docks from the Manatee Ri more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria

Fearless Fishing Report for Jan. 20 (#Islamorada, FL): - Today we fished a full day and we caught some live bait and then put out the kites. We were able to catch one out two #Sailfish and a nice #Blackfin #Tuna. We then caught a few #Barracuda on the #Reef before heading in. Wind was northeast at 15 knots more...
Capt. Joe Hendrix - Islamorada

January Has Been Cold but the Fishing is Still Good! - In the past three weeks we have experienced some chilly weather in Florida, with a couple strings of days with nights in the 30s and 40s, dropping water temperatures into the low 50s. With the lower water temperatures we have been focusing our eff more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton

Fishing Fort Lauderdale Sailfish/Shark Deep Sea Charter - Fort Lauderdale Fishing with Top Shot Sportfishing Charter Boat and Capt. Zsak The Sam and Lorraine Evans and their son, Ben, were having a family vacation celebrating Ben graduating from college. They decided to make fishing a part of their cele more...
Capt. David Zsak - Fort Lauderdale

Sheepshead best bet in Sarasota - A series of cold fronts moved through the area, dropping the water temperature into the low to mid 50s. This scattered the fish off of the flats and a switch in tactics was required. On my Siesta Key fishing charters this past week clients fished w more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sheepshead Reluctant but the Trout were Hungry - Tuesday, Jan 23rd, 2018, Ken Akin and I caught around 40 Speckled Sea Trout in the Mondongo Island area West of Pine Island. All catches were made on live shrimp, under a popping cork on a chartreuse, 1/4 oz jig head tied to a 4' mono leader on the e more...
Capt. Russ Walker - Cape Coral

Fishing Charters in Ft. Lauderdale with Wahoo and Sailfish - Gone is that latest cold snap and a light jacket to break the wind and take a slight chill away when offshore will keep you warm. Walking around town shorts and a t shirt should work just fine for most anyone. That light jacket to take the edge off i more...
Capt. John Logan - Fort Lauderdale

Stuart Redfish Bite - The redfish bite the past 5 years seems to get stronger and stronger. Lots of slot sized reds (18 - 27) since September with a few up to 33. With the water warming up from our recent cold snap, look for more redfish around area bridges and inlets more...
Capt. Bob Bushholz - Stuart