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

Trout and pompano in the back - Wow, these cold fronts sure do make it tough to get out! I have had to cancel 3 trips in the last week because of the cold. When I do go I have been targeting the good trout fishing in the bays, over grass. The bait of choice has been a 1/4 ounce jig more...
Capt. Pete Root - Naples

It Was a Short Week of Good Fishing With Great Guys! - It was another abbreviated work week, but a week of great fun with some great guys, fishing cold water with artificials. The week began Sunday with John Ford, over from Delray Beach. We'd been blown out by the big cold front that had come through more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Winter Catch; Pompano, Black Drum, Redfish, trout - Sorry, it's been awhile. That is mainly due to the fact that we have bobbing and weaving between cold fronts. These fronts have brought in cool descending air from the north, so water temperatures have dropped dramatically. With water temperature more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Boca Grande Report 2/2/09 - Boca Grande Report 2 Feb., 2009 Fishing this week was rated very good in our area. A break from the cool weather helped make the fish more active. Good tides were produced by the new moon early in the week. Primary species caught were seatrou more...
Capt. Pete Greenan - Boca Grande

Hot trout bite before cold front - Today I am fishing with Greg Erwin, we are fishing potholes in south Pine Island Sound for trout. The last few weeks have been a steady dose of extra low tides early with a lower than average high. We are using soft baits and suspending plugs. In Jan more...
Capt. Gary Clark - Pine Island Sound

Naples Fishing Report - Its been a while since my last report and things have changed quite a bit. Water temps went from the mid 70's to mid 50's rapidly. At first it shut down the snook fishing, but trout fishing improved. The water warmed back in the mid 60's and the sno more...
Capt. Chris McCubbin - Naples

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Snapperfest - Monday, 1/26/09, I fished offshore in 45 feet with Barry Pfleuger and friends. We caught fifteen nice mangrove snapper in the 14 to 16 inch range, two keeper pompano and a keeper hogfish. We released gag and red grouper shorts, porgies, triggerfish a more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Fort Myers fishing report - Fort Myers fishing report for Charlotte Harbor Fort Myers fishing report Capt. Scott Hughes January 26, 2009 Fort Myers - Saltwater Fishing Report I've only been on the water three time in the past ten days. We are just comming off a majore cold more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Gator Trout Alert - 3 Broken Ribs does not prevent me from issuing this news flash. Several Captains and recreational anglers have called me regarding some intense Gator Trout action. I know what you're thinking. Where are the Gator Trout. Shooting over a baited pond ha more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

January 26th Pine Island Sound - Today we are fishing with David Green, Marshall Green and David Lagan. This is two days after the coldest weather of the year, the water is still very cold but warming up. Our morning began catching some schooling trout, ladyfish and small bluefish o more...
Capt. Gary Clark - Sanibel