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

A Lesson In How Tides Effect Fishing - After having a benign growth removed from my back a couple of weeks ago, I finally got back to work last Sunday. The rest of this month is quite busy with trips, which is unusual for August. But, as I sit here beginning this report, I wonder what more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

looks like "Fay" will pay us a visit. - 8-17-08 report Fishing takes a back seat to weather. Last week it was rain and wind but this week it gets serious. We were not able to match clients and conditions last week so I stayed busy with home projects. This week Fay is expected to more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Less Tarpon "As good as it gets!" - As we wait for Hurricane Fay, pls allow me to publish a report that is like all others all the time. THE FISHING IN SW FL IS ON FIRE. Redfish, Bluefish, Snook, and especially Redfish. As you all know (by now), my reports contain NO FLUFF and NO BS. T more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Nice Redfish Action; Snapper, Flounder, Spanish - The first part of the week brought lots of rain, and not just the familiar afternoon thunderstorms; it rained early mornings, into late evenings. It was mid-week before I got out fishing. Wednesday, 8/13, I fished Estero Bay with Robert & Roberta Dul more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Double Shift - I have been gone to Jamaica this past week to install new Yamaha motors on my Mom's boat this past week. Let me tell you, one has to think of EVERYTHING when you do a job like that in the third world. All went well and we did our ten hour break in on more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Ten Thousand Islands

Too Much Total BS in Fishing Reports - Has the fishing world gone absolutely mad? Now there is a new website whereby you pay $$$$$$$$ to get insider information as to how and where to catch fish. What a giant loaf of total BS. Before I start this report, pls feel free to copy and paste more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Same Ole Summer Fishing - The heat is on from the temperature to the fishing. Start early end early! Tarpon and snook are all over the beaches! Mackeral and permit as well as cobia are on the inshore wrecks. Pods of bait will give away their positions over any bit of struc more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Crazy Weather But Good Catching. - 8-3-08 report It was a different week with morning rains ever day. I did get out a couple of times last week with a Land-o-Lakes rancher friend Patrick B. We shared a half day trip with his daughter Jesse and it worked out great. It was challen more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Nothing Happening This Week! - Sorry! No report for Pine Island Sound for the week ending 8/2/08. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Reefs-27 inch Gag & Nice Snapper; Bay Reds - Monday morning brought rain and I had to delay by about an hour and a half my fishing excursion with Deitnar and Andrea Binkowska, daughter Anna-Lena and young son, David. The Binkowskas were visiting from Germany and one thing David definitely wante more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach