Naples Fishing Reports

South West Florida Freshwater Scene April 2018 - Fresh water fishing in South West Florida has been excellent most of the month of March and looks as if it will continue great right into April. I would expect continued success on both artificial and live bait on all our waters. The canals should more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

March 2018 Fishing - First of all thanks to everyone for making March 2018 such a busy month! We have been doing mostly 4.5 hour trips the last few weeks. We have been catching plenty of Lane and Mangrove Snapper for those looking to catch dinner. The King Mackerel ha more...
Capt. Ted Gibson - Naples

South West Florida Freshwater Scene for March 2018 - March is here and everyone will be looking for bedding bass this month on the lakes. This is one of the best months to fish for bass in South West Florida so everyone should be out having some fun. Cichlid populations took a big hit this year with more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

January Offshore Fishing Report - Went on a full day shared charter yesterday. We weren't sure that we were going to be able to make it happen with the way the weather has been this month. When we got to the pass the seas were surprisingly calm, so my crew elected to go for it. We we more...
Capt. Ted Gibson - Naples

Happy New Year and The Freshwater Scene for SW Florida - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Hope everyone had a great holiday this year and are ready for a new and exciting season in SW Florida. Happy to start another year writing the Freshwater Scene for Coastal Angler and hope to help answer all your questions about ou more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

Christmas Eve Offshore Fishing - Ran offshore 45 miles yesterday with some family that I had in town to try and show them what Naples fishing can be. Day started off on the wrong foot as our pinfish delivery got canceled due to some engine problems on their end. Anyways we ran o more...
Capt. Ted Gibson - Naples

South West Florida Freshwater Scene for December - Fishing Forecast South West Florida Freshwater Scene for December By: Capt Roan zumFelde. Merry Christmas to all and hope your fishing trips are wonderful and fish are plentiful. The winter winds are starting to blow and the coolness i more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

Offshore Fishing Report - Ran out about 45 miles with some friends that were down for covering bait and gas on Monday to check out the offshore bite as the nearshore fishing has been a little slow the last couple of days. Started off drifting for grouper. Picked up 4 keeper more...
Capt. Ted Gibson - Naples

Thanksgiving Week Fishing Report - Fishing as well as the number of people down here has started to pick up. We had a couple good days for kings last week after thanksgiving. It was a little sporty as far as the sea conditions, but the kings were definitely biting. There was lots o more...
Capt. Ted Gibson - Naples

Hot Trout Action - This weeks fishing has been fantastic. Trout, Pompano, Snook and Redfish have been the major players this time of year. Look for Pompano to be in the passes using jigs tipped with shrimp and trout to be taking up residence on the various grass pock more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples