Florida Fishing Reports

Spring Smiles! - Things have been crazy lately with great catches and lots of happy anglers. Bait has been tough moving up and down the coast but with some good throws you can load up the wells with some pilchards. I've been hitting a few spots early for trout acti more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples

Reds-Drum Inshore; Grouper-Snapper Offshore - Long-time customer Kari Vilamaa, along with three of his friends, George, Don, and Dick, fished 22 miles west of New Pass with me on Friday, 2/17. The guys used squid to catch a mess of keeper lane snapper, and kept forty of those, releasing an addit more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Rough Waters has us Fishing the Intracoastal & Catching Big Fish - The seas have been extremely rough this week off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. Winds have been 20-30 mph, kicking the seas up and making the ocean rough. We've still been fishing though. A few trips are going deep sea, but most trips have opted more...
Capt. Rod Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Windy weather made things tough but bite still on in Estero Bay - The wind is the story over the next few days and fishing in the blow is a problem. No worries. It will hopefully calm down on Tuesday or Wednesday and we can get back at it. This past week has been interesting with a variety of species. Fishing w more...
Capt. Brad Brown - Fort Myers

March Freshwater Scene for Naples, Marco and the Everglades - March is here and everyone will be looking for bedding bass this month. Whether on lakes or canals the bass should be hungry for forage to sustain themselves through the spawning time on the new moon and full moon. I am a big believer in not messin more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

If It's Blowing We're Going! - The wind has been blowing the last couple days! Small Craft Advisory through the weekend and seas at 3'-5' just a few miles offshore. Last night I called the crew and gave them the option to cancel, but they still wanted to give it a shot. I'm gla more...
Capt. Ted Gibson - Naples

Flats Fishing Early Spring - February has been a great month for fishing on the flats down here in Key West. The weather has been quite warm and the winter winds have not been too strong. The flats fishermen have been able to target: bonefish, permit, tarpon, barracuda and shark more...
Capt. Lenny Leonard - Key West

Snook Season is Open and Bite is Strong!!!!! - Tarpon Springs fishing guide on west central florida gulf coast Capt. John Fischbach reports inshore flats fishing is RED HOT!!! Spotted Sea Trout, Red-fishing and especially Snook Fishing these are both a battle all the way to the boat and make del more...
Capt. John Fischbach - Tarpon Springs

Sailfish and Tuna Season - Tis' the season for sailfish and tuna. At least that's what the waters have been giving us. The weather has been changing a lot every couple of days, so that tends to stir things up. Seems like the ship wrecks are the spot for red snappers and ambe more...
Capt. Tom Ivy - Miami Beach

Blowing Winds Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report - Blowing Winds Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report A small craft advisory was posted Thursday (for Brevard coastal waters) until at least Sunday. So we have a blowing winds Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report. Last week I asked, Did the storms and the ris more...
Capt. John Kumiski - Titusville