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

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Nice sheepshead bayside; nice mangs & lanes offshore: Bonita Beach, SW FL Monday brought rain, high winds and seas, in advance of a cold front, and I was forced to remain in port. Tuesday was very windy, and it was tough anchoring in the bay, bu more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Fall Flush Fishing these past few weeks has been very productive. The fall bait migration started a few weeks ago. There was a mix of scaled sardines, threadfin herring, and hordes of Spanish sardines from the beach to near shore. That means that more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Pine Island Sound, Charlotte Harbor & Matlacha Pass - Windy trip The wind was howling as I pulled up to the dock to pick up my clients.After picking up my clients we took off for what would turn out to be a very bumpy ride.I was thinking this crazy to be on the water on a day like this.But we tried o more...
Capt. Glenn Grimes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 11/19/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a busy week, mostly with old friends. But, we managed to work a couple of new folks in, too. The Talon was ready for business, as my long-time mechanic and friend Danny Fowler, of Fowle more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Cuda got the gag--left us lanes, mangs, yellowtail & sheepies: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 17 inch sheepshead, caught on a recent offshore trip. I fished Monday, at a drop-off about 26 miles out of new Pass. We caught s more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound, Florida - Welcome to Capt. Terry's FISHING REPORT: Nov. 15th, 2005 Snook, The water temperatures are in the 70's and the snook are very active trying to put some weight on before the winter months. We've been catching some more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 11/12/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a full week this week with a mixture of new customers and old friends. It was a fun week. The week began with a trip way up the river to pick up Dr. John Hitt's boat and bring her home more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Goliaths and Lane Snapper: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 60 pound goliath grouper, caught on a blue runner, and released on an offshore trip last week. I fished Monday in 30 feet out of New Pass. We used live shrimp to catch a more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Praise the Lord, Allah, Buddha, or whomever you might worship. Normal patterns of fishing have returned to SW FL! King Mackerel, Redfish, Snook, and Gag Grouper are ON FIRE. This is good news but not the best news. The BEST NEWS is what all these n more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Flats Slam! A little bit of warmer temperatures and calmer winds really turned up the action on the flats this week. We saw a resurgence of snook this week on the flats. I fished Exude plastic jerk baits on a 1/8 oz jigheads with excellent re more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers