Naples Fishing Reports

Rz's Backcountry Muddler Naples Marco fly of the month August - Better late then never to post a new section we are posting the fly of the month for our area in cyberanglet. The Backcountry Muddler is one of my all time go to flies for all species fresh and salt in our area. I like to tie it in four colors an more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

South West Florida Freshwater Scene for September - September is here and hopefully fall is just around the corner, fishing in the freshwater this month is difficult at best. Lake O levels are still way up and the fish are still deep in cover. Shiners will still be your best bet, unless you can f more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

September Fishing - Fun morning with my crew from Germany today. They really wanted to catch Goliath Grouper, but we got lucky and caught a couple cobia too. Fishing has been great this summer even though it's our slow season. more...
Capt. Ted Gibson - Naples

Steady August Action in the Backwaters - The heat continues on the water, but the fishing has been pretty consistent for our anglers on trips the last week or so. Our annual run of red minnows has begun. These micro baits show annually by the millions in area passes and trigger an am more...
Capt. Todd Geroy - Naples

Blasting the Action - Get out early and you will be amazed at the numbers of fishing blasting things out of the water. Early morning Tarpon action and mid -day snook action can make for an awesome experience. Bait has been getting bigger by the day making catching it a l more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples

South West Florida Freshwater Scene for August - August in South West Florida is not always a pleasant month to fish. Wet, buggy, and unbelievably hot does not make us want to jump out of bed and go running to the water. But for you intrepid die hard anglers there are still plenty of fish to catc more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

Mid-Summer Backwater Success is All About Timing - These are the dog days of summer here in south Florida. This summer has seemed extra warm with heavy rain showers almost daily that only seem to make it feel more steamy. Water temperatures are hovering near 90 degrees along the beaches and even wa more...
Capt. Todd Geroy - Naples

Snapper Fishing - Took my grandfather and his neighbor out yesterday. We started off the day Grouper fishing, but only got one that was big enough to keep in the 3 hours that we tried (lots of short ones). While we were Grouper fishing we did bump into a few nice Mang more...
Capt. Ted Gibson - Naples

July South West Florida Freshwater Scene - Summer JULY, stay inside and soak up the A/C. July and August are two tough months for freshwater fishing in this part of the world. Not impossible but tough with high water and heat and just an overall lack of enthusiasm with both the fish and the more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

Tourney Time - We did a corporate fishing tournament out of the Ritz Carlton, Naples yesterday and ended up catching the biggest fish out of the 10 boats that were in it.  It was a friendly tournament and we didn't win anything…except bragging rights! I asked my cr more...
Capt. Ted Gibson - Naples