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

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FLORIDA FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 1/26/08 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was another short week for us guides. Heavy fog several days kept many of us in port. I wound up fishing Tuesday, and conducting a dockside seminar on Thursday. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Before I start the fishing report, it is my wish to thank you for reading my dribble and to invite you to (A) The Florida Sportsman Fishing Show in Ft Myers on Feb2-3. I'll be a seminar speaker for the 6 staright year. Offshore Stage at the Lee Civi more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: hogfish, sheepshead, snapper On Wednesday, 1/23, after several days of cancelled trips, due to weather conditions, I finally got back out with Bob Carter and friend, Harvey. Using shrimp in 32 feet of water out of New Pass, w more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Ft Myers, Pine island and Marco Fishing Report The fishing has been hit and miss with the cold fronts that have been comming though each week. We have been having to hide from the cold winds and look for the deeper runs in the flats to find the more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Fishing report by Captain Van Hubbard for mid January 2008. Winter finally found us so I am taking some time to get my boat serviced for better weather. She needs some TLC and maintenance so she will be ready for fishing when things warm back soo more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: More grouper, snapper offshore; trout, sheepshead, snapper & whiting inshore Sunday morning, 1/13, I fished Estero Bay from Wiggins Pass to Barefoot Beach with Kip & Lisa Price and their two sons, Aden, eight, and Cooper, fou more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Can't Complain This past week before the latest front hit went surprisingly well. The water temperature dipped to the mid to upper sixties, but we still caught a decent mix of fish. I was able to procure some live sardines all week before the bi more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound, Florida - Fishing report for SW Florida Jan. 14th., 2008 Redfish has been very good. A few going into the 30 class. I've been doing best on tides that have good current. Shrimp, shiners & cut bait has been working the best for me. The schools can be from more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Boca Grande, Florida Fishing Report - Pine Island Fishing Report The New Year and winter arrived at the same time with mid 20 degree low temps and highs only in the 50’s. Water temptures fell quickly by more than 15-20 degrees in less than 24 hours. There where numerous areas that sno more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FLORIDA FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 1/12/08 by Capt. Butch Rickey Only one trip to talk about this week. In the last three weeks we've gone from record warm weather, to record cold, and back to record warm. Fishing has been very toug more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound