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

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - As you know, my fishing reports contain ZERO PASSED GAS. With this planted soundbite (Blazing Saddles) I offer you this honest analysis of things in SW FL. Fishing is on the slow side. The cold snap we had dropped the water temps so fast that hundred more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: Grouperfest Monday, 1/7, I fished with Ed and Margie Bock in 30 feet out of New Pass with live shrimp. We caught a mess of nice sheepshead to 17 inches and kept a half dozen of those. We also caught two keeper mangrove snapp more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Snook and Tarpon hit hard by record cold front We saw record numbers of snook and baby tarpon dead in Pine Island Sound and in the upper areas of the 10,000 Islands. We had low in the upper 20's and high in the low 50's for two days straigh more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida - Naples, Marco, 10,000 Islands - Cold snap changes patterns January greeted us with a real nasty cold front. Although it was due, winter was late to show itself. Before the front we had unusual warm water for the time of year. a day before the front the water was 77 degrees, and more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Naples & Marco Island, FL - Cold Weather, from record highs to record lows. What does this mean for our fishery? Big trouble but there is a small glimmer of hope. I think most of our gamefish survived the attack of the Cold. The Naples and Marco Report for Monday January more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: Bonito, Hogfish, Sheepshead...Rough Seas Monday, 12/31/07, I headed back out to federal waters, where two days earlier I had encountered a hot kingfish bite. On Monday, though, we didn’t get any kings. But I still had a good more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Happy New Years from Florida. Welcome to “2008”. We finally got some cold weather but they say it will be brief. It is predicted to be back in the eighties this weekend. Unfortunately most folks have to go back to work or school however many more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - How Cold is it in SW FL? I saw a seagull (he intoduced himself as Jonathan) and he was wearing a Fur Coat. My charter wants to run early on Jan 3, 2008. If I freeze to death, it has been nice knowing and corresponding with all of you/ Lows tonight more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Cold Front Bring Action Greetings, The cold fronts we have been having as of late has kept water temps dropping. When that happens our winter fish become my prime targets. Winds and heavy seas have kept us close, but action fill our days none more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Happy New Year! For the first 3 Months of 2008, my schedule will include Florida Sportsman Magazine Shows in Ft Myers and Sarasota. I'll be appearing both on the Inshore Stage (Fishing docks, bridges, seawalls) and the Offshore Stage (Trolling Big Li more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers