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 7/9/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey I had a four day work week, that proved to be four days spent with some of the nicest folks on the planet. First up was my old friend John Hitt. We had a very early tide and met at John's doc more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Shark, redfish, sand bream, sheepshead, spanish: Bonita beach, SW FL I was off the water most of this past holiday weekend, with a family event to attend, but got out in Estero Bay with family on Sunday for about an hour, and caught two keeper more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - The Heat Hot summer mornings are my favorite. The catching end of the fishing business has been excellent for the past few weeks. Jigs, plugs, live bait, and flies have all had their place. Catching live bait in our area has been tough. We keep more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Southwest Florida - Naples, Marco, 10,000 Islands - Inshore report 7/3/05 Sorry it has been so long since my lasy report, but my computer caught a nasty little virus and shut down. In my last report, I was fishing with two fine fisherman from St. Louis, Mr. Jim Buckler and son BJ. We had many sho more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 7/2/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was another active weather week, and a week of mostly poor tides. Our weather pattern reversed because of a cold front sagging down just to our north, giving us onshore breezes and night and e more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Redfish, black drum, sheepshead & flounder: Bonita beach, SW FL The photo at right is of an 18 inch sheepshead, caught on a recent backwater trip in Esteo Bay. I fished Estero Bay, around the oyster bars toward Wiggins Pass on Tuesday, with li more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound, Florida - Welcome to Capt. Terry's FISHING REPORT: July 1st, 2005 Tarpon, The Silver Giants are HERE! So far it's been an excellent tarpon season. I've been finding them in and near the flats in about 7' of water feeding m more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 6/25/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was another week of rainy weather. What’s new? We had a freak low pressure front sag down over the middle of the state and lay there for the first part of the week, and although it’s moved i more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Boca Grande, Florida Fishing Report - Summer Tarpon Tarpon fishing continues to the best in Boca Grande has seen in the last 10 years with seven solid weeks of chewing. Most all of these tarpon have been over the hundred pound mark. I expect they will stay longer this year due to the more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Spanish, snapper & a hogfish: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 28 inch kingfish, caught on a recent offshore trip. With rain on the radar Monday and Tuesday mornings, 6/20 and 6/21, I cancelled my fishing plans for those days. We more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers