Regional Fishing Reports for:
Southwest Florida (Cape Sable to Boca Grande)

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound, Florida - Redfish, I've been finding them on the grass flats and against the mangroves at high tide. Some large schools starting to show up on the flats with some very nice fish. When poling the flats for reds, move very slowly and when found you may even cons more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Summer Steam I am sorry that I missed you last week. I had to go out of state for shoulder surgery. It is lucky for me that the surgeon likes to fish. It also makes it real interesting trying to type. It was a beautiful week for fishing. The weath more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon Fever! If you have been wondering what is going on in Southwest Florida, well its tarpon fishing. The last time I reported the tarpon were a little scarce and the bite was slow. Since then the fishing has been consistent and we have sc more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Boca Grande, Florida Fishing Report - Tarpon in shallow water takes practice. You need to know what to look for and devise a plan. After fishing the crowds in Boca Grande Pass for numerous years I have really honed my skills on fishing smaller pods of tarpon in the Charlotte Harbor, the more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Mixed Bag Greetings; Fishing offshore has been a mixed bag this past week. The good news is if you go out looking for a bent rod you have a very good chance of finding it. There has been a lull in the tarpon fishery in the inshore stage t more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - High Pressure The front that passed through gave us a little peace and quiet. Then it did what a lot of fronts do when they come to Florida. It backed up over the lower portion of the peninsula and stalled. That left us with a mixture of gloomy, u more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon or Snook? You'll have to choose. Most of my time for the next month or so will be spent around the Ft Myers to Boca Grande area tarpon fishing. We have also seen a resurgence of large tarpon out of Marco Island since my last report. Als more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Summer Slammin' Mild wind and warm sunshine blessed us this past week. The water temperature climbed past the eighty-degree mark for the first time this spring. That is just as it should be. There was plenty of bait and fish to be had. Almost ever more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Boca Grande, Florida Fishing Report - The weather as finally settled down here in Florida and the winds just quit blowing from the East in one single day. Now we should be in a normal weather pattern for the next few months, if there is such a thing. We have light afternoon sea breezes a more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Tarpon Times Greetings; Fishing in general has been very good for most anything we chased the last two weeks. As normal for me this time of year most of my time has been spent chasing silver kings in the Gulf. Action has been consistent and prod more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers