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

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - For Total Clarification, I offer the following. Inshore is defined as all waters on the East side of the Gulf of Mexico including Sounds, Bays, Passes, Rivers, Creeks, and Ditches. Nearshore is hereby defined as Those waters from the Gulf Bea more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 10/28/06 by Capt. Butck Rickey This will go down as one of the toughest weeks of fishing I can remember. It didn’t start off too badly, but the fishing deteriorated with each passing day. It’s beginning to look like we’ more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: hogfish, yellowtail snapper, scamp grouper I fished offshore Monday, just ahead of the weather front that was approaching our area. Seas were still fairly calm, at 2-3 feet, but the front line was encroaching, and predictions more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Naples & Marco Island, FL - Naples, Marco, Ten Thousand and Everglades Fishing reports, Inshore Offshore and Bass. Cool weather will be bringing on the Fish. This time of the year we are transitioning from our hot summer weather to our cooler fall weather. What does this m more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 10/21/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey I was on the water five days this week, Tuesday through Saturday. It was a week full of old friends, but also an unexpected disaster. I'd made arrangements to take Dr. John Hitt's Coastli more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: snapper bite hot, shark, Spanish mackerel I headed offshore Thursday with Chuck and Sheila Peterson and teenage sons, C.J. and Andy. We fished with live shrimp in about 40 feet out of New Pass. We caught keeper mangrove snapp more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 10/14/06 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week began with two trips on the books, but ended with one. The week was a crazy one, as my father-in-law passed away. The funeral was scheduled for Thursday, which was my day with Pet more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Fishin' is great do not wait! Beautiful weather and great fishing; what a week. Not to cool to start out and upper 80s to wind it up. Some cooler temps are expected next week but a warm weekend to for the Snook Foundation fundraiser Friday an more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Fall !Fishing Heats Up Greetings, Greetings, Fall fishing is in full swing here in Southwest Florida. Spanish Mackerel, Tarpon, Kingfish, and Bull Redfish have all come to visit over the last two weeks. Artificial reefs are holding Spanish more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Just Right The fall transition is upon us. Water temperatures have been declining to the perfect zone. This will mark the fall migration where just about anything may happen. Snook, redfish, trout, and even a few large tarpon become predictable. T more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island