Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - My 2nd Most Favorite Time of Year is here! The Nearshore Trolling has been truly amazing. 3 Limits of Gag Grouper within 3 miles of shore. 22FT of water in and around The May Reef. How hot is it? It is so hot I'm givin' you some boilin' water!!! Gi more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Smoker Kings Arrive Greetings, We are leaving tomorrow morning for Biloxi MS to compete in the SKA Nationals as part of Team Gottim’ ON. Fishing is very good right now. Smoker kingfish are in the area. We caught several yesterday wit more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - The Man In the Grey Suit! Greetings, I just love this time of year when the big decision of the day is what to fish for! The fall pelagic run is in mid migration making it really fun to be on the water. Little boats, big boats and even k more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Snook, Reds and Mackerel! The fishing the past two weeks has been solid but not quite as hot as the first half of October. We are still seeing a good baitfish migration thoughout the area and good catches of migratory fish can pop up at anytim more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - A Major Freshwater Release from the C-hatchie River has the Gulf of Mexico looking like Expresso Coffee BUT THE ACTION IS STARTING TO PICK UP. So, just how hot is the action in the Ft.Myers/Sanibel/Pine Island area? Snook: Some major linesiders c more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Lots of Action! Its fly rod time! Greetings, If you want to catch a fish, now is the time. We worked a variety of targets this week and found good success at them all. From Spanish mackerel and bluefish, bull redfish, snook, and a few tarpon nea more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Fall Migration The fall bait migration is underway in Southwest Florida and the preditors are not far behind. I have been spitting my time between the upper 10,000 Islands and Pine Island Sound. Charlotte Harbor is still very fresh from the r more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Back In Action! Greetings, Hey fishing friends I have good news. The sky’s are clear, the Gulf is calm and I just had two great days offshore. Even better I have a real CATCHING report! We fished twenty five to thirty five miles out both days more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Sky's are clear! Greetings, Okay four storms came and left, but the skys are clear now! Another hurricane and another miss by hurricane Jeanie this weekend was thankfully just a day to stay indoors here. The wind and rain over the weekend more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Before and after these darn Hurricanes, the fishing has been on fire. But enough already with the Hurricanes. The feeling has been like waiting for the Governor to say Yes or No to your death sentence. Unreal to say the least. October is almost up more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers