Regional Fishing Reports for:
Florida Keys and Florida Bay

Tarpon bite - 041408 Dan said his plane arrives at 1100 am and would like to be on the water for as much of the day as we could, I said no problem. I met Dan on South Beach and headed to Government Cut, I knew we could we could catch some fish in the area. The more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Plenty of SLAMS - 040908 Kathy and Rick are here from San Diego, Rick turned 50 today and this was his gift, pretty nice. They love to fishing and every time they come in I try to show them a different part of our fishery, but Tarpon has to be on the list. We start more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Grand Slam Fishing in the Keys Heats Up This Spring. - April 8, 2008. Tarpon have begun to migrate in from the Gulf during March and early April to join resident Tarpon here in the Keys. We have had some giant Tarpon ranging from 150-200 pounds on the line. The trained eye has spotted Bonefish on the more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Beginning of April - The fishing has been good thru March, the one constant we have had is the wind which normally dies @ the 2 week of April. On the days the winds are down and and we can fish around the beaches and Government Cut there have been Tarpon, Permit, Snook more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Snapper bite is on - Sail fishing remains slow; if you put in the time you should catch one. The best plan is to use live bait with a trace of wire to catch some kings while you wait for a sail. Don't forget a deep bait to get a bottom fish. The high winds have caused th more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Spring action begins to pick up - With the Gulfstream pushing well offshore, pelagic activity has slowed. Some early Dolphin activity has been reported along with a few Sailfish, primarily to the east of Pelican Shoal. To the west some Dolphin and Bonito are being taken along with a more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Fishing report, Everglades backcountry - This past week's fishing started off with red-hot giant tarpon action that got broken off by a late season cold front, leaving us scratching for fish when the winds died down enough to get back on the water.... Just before the front I fished the Lop more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Plenty of Snook/Tarpon - 032208 Greg, Mike ad their 2 boys met me at the dock at Flamingo for a catch filled day. I kept the boys busy with Ladyfish, Trout and Jacks while keeping an eye on the storms the were developing just south of us. I had netted some pilchard and i more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Tarpon Time is Here! - The annual run of big migratory Tarpon is rolling into the local waters around Marathon and the other middle Keys and some big fish are showing up at all locations. Tarpon migrate into the keys in March, with April through June being the peak months more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Father & Son catch their first Backcountry Slams. - Fished with father and son yesterday in Flamingo. The anglers were Steve and his 10 year old son Zach. Zach had never fished in Flamingo before but has fished in North Biscayne Bay many times in the past with me. Weather was beautiful. No rain and li more...
Capt. Alan Sherman - Flamingo