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

Report for Week Ending 2/23/08 - Fishing this week was excellent, and for the most part the catching was, as well. First up on Tuesday were Chuck Kindt and his ten year old son, Chip, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The factors that would control the fishing were an extreme low more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Unusally warm February - Well this February will be one to remember! This year the temeratures have been on the average 10 - 15 degrees warmer than the ordinary. In a way it made things tough at times, the fish did not know where they should be. The warmer water made sigh more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

First big king mackerel of the year. - 2-25-08web Rod had meet a child hood friend of mine named Charlie while vacationing on Pine Island last week. Then he meets Captain David Dean at dinner the night before our trip and they talked about fishing. I knew someone was looking over my more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

The fishing in Naples has been good and bad. Mixed bags mostly. - Well, I am sure glad to have this month behind me. I can sum it up in one word inconsistent. We fished hard this month and had some great fishing and some not so great. Oh the usual players were about the Sea trout, and Pompano, but one day you sl more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

Excellent - This past week was absolutely beautiful. Fishing was excellent. Early in the week I was catching live bait and doing very well on snook, redfish, a few trout and large jacks. We saw a few big tarpon move into the islands and although I didn't fish fo more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Ten Thousand Islands

Snook Season - I mistakenly gave a report that gave the wrong information. Since most of my charters are catch and release, and I personally only kept two snook all of 2007 on my boat, charters included, it seems I have forgotten the change in the law. Since th more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound, Florida - Fishing report for SW Florida Feb. 24th., 2008 Snook has been heating up with the warmer waters. We've been finding a few in the 20lb. range. White bait, shrimp, cut ladyfish, flies and jigs all will work. Fish the mouths of creeks, canals, pot h more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Let's Go Fishin' soon. Fishing report for Captain Van Hubbard on Feb. 24, 2008. We are so blessed to be on beautiful Southwest Gulf Coast of Florida. We have enjoyed great weather the last few days while much of the country was enduring rain more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: hogfish, grouper, snapper, sheepshead & monster goliaths I fished on a windy morning in Estero Bay Monday, 2/18, with Chuck and Steve Nebes. We worked our live shrimp along the channel from Wiggins Pass to Barefoot Beach on a more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Naples, FL - Fishing Report - February 21, 2008 Fishing continues to stay strong in the Naples and Marco area. The past week I have been focusing on snook in and around the passes and docks in the Naples Bay. Bait of choice is freelined pilchards fished on 3/0 Owner circle more...
Capt. Chris McCubbin - Naples