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

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Keeper gag, limits of snapper: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 34 inch king mackerel, our first king of the season, caught on an offshore trip Christmas Eve. Monday’s seas were predicted to be two to three feet, and I headed offs more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/31/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey Although my friend John Hitt and I were to fish three days during the Christmas week, cold weather kept up at home for one of them. Our mission on both days was to scout for big trout, as the t more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound, Florida - Welcome to Capt. Terry's FISHING REPORT: Jan. 2nd, 2006 Redfish, Redfishing has been steady. Several cold fronts and low tides has made finding them a bit more difficult. But, I've been managing to find them with more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - 2006! 05' was here an outtahere. The Red Tide from Aug/Sept has caused more damage than I ever expected. Grouper Trolling has produced NADA for everyone. Where I scored limits last year has not even produced a short this year. So, let's take a look more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Kings are here! cobia, lots of lanes, mangs, trout: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 26 inch gag grouper, caught on an offshore trip, mid-December. Saturday, 12/24, we got into some king mackerel, fishing in about 40 feet ou more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/24/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey Only one trip to report on before the Christmas Holiday, and there couldn’t have been a better one to end the year on. My customer was Lenny Hall, of Boscawen, New Hampshire, and his good frien more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Big sheepies prevail bayside; nice mangs offshore: Bonita beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 26 1/2 inch redfish, caught on a recent backwater trip in Estero Bay. Monday, 12/19, it was overcast, and a lot colder than the temperature more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Merry Christmas... 12-20-05 Merry Christmas, slip some fishing in to the Holidays. Weather has been challenging the last few days but we did slip a ½ day in yesterday. The tide was low so we found a few reds and sheepshead on a deep edge. T more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Big sheepshead, keeper redfish, pompano, mangs bayside: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 17 inch sheepshead, caught on a recent backwater trip. I fished Thursday, casting around oyster bars and holes in Estero Bay, with live more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/17/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a slow week, with only two trips to report on. It was also a cold week, with overnight lows in the mid to upper forties every night. Fishing was tough. The first trip was on Monday wi more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound