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 7/30/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey Although it was a short week of three work days, and a week of miserable tides, it was certainly a memorable one for me. I met a couple of the nicest folks you'd ever want to meet, and had s more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Goliaths, shark, Spanish & snapper: Bonita Beach-gulf-SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 21 inch red grouper, caught on a recent offshore trip. I fished offshore Monday, in 45 feet out of New Pass. We caught keeper mangrove, yellowtail, and more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Still fishy, just start out early. Web7-26-05 Still fishy just tired. We are still catching some good fish. I just have a hard time sitting down at the computer. Snook still keep us busy between redfish. No red-hot bites but double headers more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Southwest Florida - Naples, Marco, 10,000 Islands - 7/24/05 Fishing Report- Naples/10,000 Island It's mid summer and the heat is on. July, one of the hottest months of the year temperature wise, and the fishing has been red hot as well. The fish can definately feel the heat as well. The summer ti more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/23/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a great week of renewing old friendships, and making new ones. I wound up with four trips for the week instead of five, and only one was with new folks. The fishing was pretty good f more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Reds, snook, sheepshead, trout bayside: Bonita Beach, SW FL I fished in Estero Bay Tuesday, in the area of Wiggins Pass. We used frozen shrimp, and caught two redfish, including one keeper at 18 ½ inches, three sand bream, keeper sheepshead and more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Naples & Marco Island, FL - Tarpon & Snook Fishing Naples to Marco The small Tarpon are abundant in the waters from Naples to Marco this time of the year. They will stay this way until the rains stop and the weather turns cool. Fished last ten days and had only one day tha more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - From the best spring Tarpon season in years to a summer filled with early hurricanes, record rainfall, and the Big O releasing dark and nasty water. Our grasses are being destroyed, the Tarpon have pulled a Hank Snow, and I don't know jackcrap abou more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 7/16/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a short workweek this week, with only trips run. They were fun trips, though, with new friends and old. First up was David Boyd, an MAI appraiser from Palm Beach Gardens whom I’ve talke more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Keeper red grouper, goliaths, yellowtail, mangs, redfish: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 23 inch redfish, caught on a recent backwater trip. I fished Tuesday in 45 feet out of New Pass. Shrimp were in short supply, after the st more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers