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

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

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/10/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey I managed to get in three trips this week. We had a cold front early in the week that hung around and mixed with yet another cold front late in the week, causing unsettled weather for most of t more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Filming a new adventure of Light Tackle Angler Capt. John Follweiler out of Pineland, Fl I wish to PROMISE you a great TV Show. As a matter of fact, the four hours we spent on the water was enough to do 2 TV Shows! Oversize everything, including Th more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - keeper redfish bayside; keeper gag offshore: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 23 inch gag grouper and a 15 inch mangrove snapper, caught on a recent offshore trip. Monday I fished Estero Bay. We fished an incoming tide, bai more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida - Naples, Marco, 10,000 Islands - Dec.7.2005 : Naples/10,000 Islands The cold breath of winter is breathing down our necks. The cool breezy mornnings and ultra low tides signify winter is on the way. Time to switch up our patterns once again, pushing deeper into the back country more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Lanes, mangs, sheepshead, cobia: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 50 pound goliath grouper, caught on a recent offshore trip. We didn’t get much of a reprieve from rough weather, as another front kicked up the winds and seas more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - RERPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 12/3/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week began with the biggest cold front of the year on our doorstep. The wind came around from the south on Sunday, and I heard reports of a good bite from the guys who were out there. But more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound