Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Fort Myers Fishing Report - Fast Action Off The Passes - It's been a very long time since I posted a fishing report. Since January I have been primarily night fishing or early morning Tarpon fishing and honestly there's not a lot you can write about night fishing other than we caught Snook and Tarpon on f more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers

Redfish are schooling up in Estero Bay, Florida - Sunny weather with the usual afternoon showers greeted anglers this week and made fishing better and easier. All were happy that dodging showers was not in the morning mix. The fishing has been good with lots of different species reported and a good more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

Rainy, frontal weather stimulates bite in Estero Bay - Another rainy week has continued to cool the water off but it looks like we are finally going to have a nice weekend. If you can break yourself away from college and pro football it should be a great time to hit the water and wet a line. Capt. Jon more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

Nice mix of inshore species near Fort Myers, Floriida - Summer is officially over in most parts of the country but not in southwest Florida. As a matter of fact, warm weather will still be with us for another month or two. However, the days are getting shorter and the fish know that Fall is right around t more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

Rain cooled water steps up the bite in Estero Bay - Well, we managed to miss another potential tropical weather event, but we did get quite a bit of rain. The local Gulf water temperature dropped from 90 degrees to 84. That ought to help quite a bit with the bite. Capt. Alex Dolinski of Spot On Cha more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

Redfish Good and Snook Opens - Inshore: Good redfish action across the board with very high tides in the morning and a nice window on the outgoing. The waters have cleared up and bait has returned to the bays. Trout are rebounding well with scented plastics the top offerings and f more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Spectacular Fishing in the Back Bays! - The fish are happy with the amount of bait around the flats. It's that time of the year where the redfish school up on the flats. Look for potholes and oysters that have bait moving along with the tides. Snook fishing is picking up with a few trout more...
Capt. Scott Theis - Fort Myers

Rain cooled Estero Bay gives up great bite - By early in the week we may be in a rainy situation thanks to an approaching tropical storm and the fact that we are still right in the middle of rainy season. The good news is these storms tend to really put the fish on the feed as they approach, so more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

Captains report top notch Estero Bay redfish bite - Warm weather with afternoon thundershowers will continue to be the norm for the next week or so. Early morning is best for the catch, so get out there and wet a line as soon as possible. Once the heat of the day sets in, all bets are off. Capt. Ne more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

Gag Grouper, Goliath Grouper, Pompano, Snapper, Shark - After a solid week of rain, Gulf has started to settle back to normal and the fishing has picked up as well. Goliath Grouper bite has not stopped. Bending rods like pretzels daily. Nice Gag Grouper bite in close on structures. Hitting thread herr more...
Capt. Brett Swenson - Fort Myers