Regional Fishing Reports for:
Florida Keys and Florida Bay

Key West and Lower Keys - Tarpon Season is Upon Us! April 11, 2005March and early April has been better for Tarpon than for Permit as evidenced by the many Tarpon catches logged during the last Thirty days. Here is Gordon Culpepper of Alaska with a 90 pound or so Silver K more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - This last week, the shallow water patches have been barren of the great bottom fishing we been experiencing. The water is warming and the fish are moving to deeper water. I fished the reef edge and we did catch some flag yellow tail snappers not the more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - This past week has been a lot more like July than March with high temps and humidity every day. The fish are loving it, and so am I.... Big tarpon have been the story for my anglers almost every day. Early last week local angler Jake Talmage more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Marathon, Florida Keys - Tarpon Tune Up Tarpon season is kicking into high gear here in the middle Keys and some good catches have been reported here this week. Some good numbers of fish have shown up at the 7 mile bridge and at other Tarpon hot spots. Lots of schools of more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Flamingo - Everglades National Park - South Florida and Flamingo Spring Report Spring fishing is in full effect in south Florida, Everglades, and Biscayne Bay. Down at Flamingo there has been a solid seatrout bite. In fact, it has been spectacular. With some awkward winds we are ma more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - Finally the water temperatures are where they should be for this time of year and the fishing has turned on like someone flipped a switch... The giant tarpon are making a strong showing in the interior now and anglers I've spoken with that have been more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Key West and Lower Keys - Permit Staged and Ready to March with Warm Weather! March 11, 2005Fly Fishing for Permit in March is always a wait and see game. Weather has alot to do with the quality of the fishing and this year is no exception to that rule. We have had a long more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - The Gulfstream has moved well offshore again leaving a large area of moderately cool water from the Dry Tortugas to near American shoal where it once again moves in near the reef line. The water within this lull has been from 71 to 73 degrees. Where more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - This past week I only had one day in the 'Glades out of Flamingo. Although the weather had warmed up substantially, the wind and cloud cover concealed any tarpon that should have been in Whitewater Bay... We found lots of speckled trout and other more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The reef action still remains the most consistent. When the condition are right flag yellowtail snappers can be caught in the 80 to 90 foot range. There not the mad dog bite; we will get in a couple of weeks. just enough to keep you fishing. The patc more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada