Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Red Tide is all over us in Southwest Florida. In three words or less, it sucks. Gag Grouper, Snapper, Big Redfish, and Gator Trout are laying upside down in The Gulf and The passes. It stinks literally and the sight of it all is very depressing. BUT, more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Snook are on the move! The snook fishing really picked up this week after a few days of warmer weather. We caught a few larger snook in the Marco Island area and bunches of smaller snook In Pine Island Sound. Lots of trout, redfish and jack crevel more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Pine Island Sound, Charlotte Harbor & Matlacha Pass - The sun had just come up when I dropped the anchor over the side.I had just arrived at my favorite hole for catching bait.After about 10 minutes of chumming I started to fill the live well to the brim with greenbacks and pinfish.With the well fully l more...
Capt. Glenn Grimes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - snapper, sheepshead, and a patch of red tide Monday, I fished 18 miles out New Pass. We caught seventeen keeper mangrove snapper, five porkfish, and released lots of gag and red grouper just short of legal size. Fishing in 35-40 feet out of New more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Pine Island Sound, Charlotte Harbor & Matlacha Pass - Well the cold fronts keep rolling thru but the fishing has been good to excellent between the fronts.The redfish have been good one day and next to impossible to find the next.The reds have been running anywhere from 18 to 25.Nice for the frying pa more...
Capt. Glenn Grimes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Flats Fishing The flats are the best thing going on in Southwest Florida right now. We have been enjoying some of the best winter trout fishing in some time. Most days have producing 40-70 fish up to 5 pounds. There are three distinct places to ca more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Pine Island Sound, Charlotte Harbor & Matlacha Pass - The tide was near the high mark when I pulled in to the shallowest area in Matlacha pass that I know of.I was searching for redfish.I tied on a Cajun Thunder popping cork.I then tied on 16 of 30lb test mono which I attached a D.O.A. shrimp imitation more...
Capt. Glenn Grimes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Shallow Water Sightfishing Winter in Southwest Florida brings some of the lowest tides of the year. Couple that with a hard north or east wind and you'll see almost as much dry ground as water in some places. These low tides make for some exc more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Pine Island Sound, Charlotte Harbor & Matlacha Pass - cold front blues It was windy and cold as we put in to fish the first annual Silver Magic Inshore classic fishing tournament.Sadly to say the cold front combined with low water conditions really made for poor fishing.The fish had lock jaw and more...
Capt. Glenn Grimes - Fort Myers

Pine Island Sound, Charlotte Harbor & Matlacha Pass - It was chilly as my good friend Capt Bob Winger and I launched my 21 ft. SeaPro at the ramp in Matlacha. As we went down the canal to the entrance to Matlacha pass we rigged our poles with jig heads that were bare. We hit the pass and I pointed the b more...
Capt. Glenn Grimes - Fort Myers