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

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 11/5/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey This week was booked out long ago, but in the wake of Wilma Monday and Tuesday were canceled for better days. After reading that Tuesday had been canceled, my old friends Rod and Judy Heflin em more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Gulf & Bay Report: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 23 inch redfish, caught on live shrimp in Estero Bay, the Thursday before Hurricane Wilma. I fished Monday for the first time since the Thursday before Hurricane Wilma. With sti more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Fishing is fine. Our fishing is improving and it’s nice on the water now. We have had our share of challenges this year. The good news is we have been teased and not torn up. The hurricanes seem to have blown the red tide off but cooler weath more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 10/29/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey After having everything canceled this week because of Wilma, I did manage to get in one spur of the moment trip, to my surprise. Although I have already sent out a Hurricane Report, it's only f more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - WEAK OF WAITING FOR WILMA! by Capt. Butch Rickey By the time this week actually got here, what was supposed to have been three trips had degenerated into one! By the time my Tuesday trip came along, hurricane Wilma was already looming on the horiz more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Big snook, redfish, lanes, yellowtail, mangs: Bonita Beach, SW FL I had planned to fish a lot more this past week, but several folks cancelled trips because they had heard negative things about the impact of red tide. By the end of the week, Hu more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 10/15/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey I had two trips on the books for this week, but only ran one. It was a tough one! I met my old friend Texas Wader Ron Hunter, on Thursday morning. Ron brought along his girlfriend Pat, more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Run For Cover October is always one of the best times of the year to fish in the Marco Island and Ten Thousand Islands areas. The fall baitfish migration has been disrupted in the past month due to unsettled weather in the Gulf. Red Tide has been more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Just when fishing starts to return to Pine Islaand Sound like old times, Hurricane Wilma has us in her crosshairs. Having gone to Biloxi and Pascagoula to assist in S&R after Katrina, it is my plan to say plenty of prayers tonight. Anyway, here's th more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - October Redfishing! It is the season for for redfishing in Southwest Florida. There are to ways to target reds right now. YOu can fish schools of breeder reds from 10-20 pounds or you can sight fish singles that range from 4-8 pounds. more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers