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

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 9/10/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a short work week of three days. Fishing was pretty good for the most part, although we weren't always catching what we were after. First up on Monday was my friend Dr. John Hitt. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Mackerel Migration Usually this time of year I am still targeting tarpon but this year the late season tarpon have been a little slow so I have been taking advantage of the large schools of spanish mackerel that are feeding outside of the pass more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Water Cools, Bait Migration Starts Greetings, With water temps cooling a bit bait is starting to show along the coast in numbers. This means the predators are not far behind. Near shore there are tarpon to be found. If you are dedicated and l more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Pine Island Sound, Charlotte Harbor & Matlacha Pass - Hot fishing Hi folks,long time since my last report.My computer went down.I am now back and ready to go.Fishing has been hot for snook,redfish,and trout.Todays trip with some disabled veterans that Lee County Professional Guides Assoiation does e more...
Capt. Glenn Grimes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 9/3/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey Back to work last week after being off for most of August. The heat, slow fishing, red tides, and the near passing of hurricane Katrina all combined to make it a good month to be away from th more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - By the time I return from La (leaving today 9/6/05) the early goings of the fall migration South brings promise for Cobia, Kingfish, and Tarpon. I'll be back on 9/15/05. As for the Labor Day fishing report in and around Pine Island, there are vari more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - All kinds of snapper: Bonita beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 70 pound goliath grouper, released on a recent offshore trip. I fished Thursday, after the swells from Hurricane Katrina’s effects had subsided. Fishing in 40 feet out of New more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Narrow Miss Fishing up to the advent of Hurricane Katrina had been fair to excellent. Bait was starting to come to the beaches of the Marco island area. We were starting to see bait come into the secluded coves of the Ten Thousand islands as well. more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - NO FISHING REPORT. LAST WEEK OF SUMMER VACATION. BACK NEXT WEEK more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - A Special Thanks Well we dodged another bullet … Hurricane Katrina was supposed to pass to our north, but turned southwest and passed southeast of us. From the radar images, it looked like the storm came off the mainland near the Rodgers Ri more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City