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 2/19/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was another short week, with only two days of work. The week also saw the invasion of red tide organism into our local waters from the north. By week's end I was hearing reports of fish more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - snapper, sheepshead, and a patch of red tide Monday, I fished 18 miles out New Pass. We caught seventeen keeper mangrove snapper, five porkfish, and released lots of gag and red grouper just short of legal size. Fishing in 35-40 feet out of New more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Pine Island Sound, Charlotte Harbor & Matlacha Pass - Well the cold fronts keep rolling thru but the fishing has been good to excellent between the fronts.The redfish have been good one day and next to impossible to find the next.The reds have been running anywhere from 18 to 25.Nice for the frying pa more...
Capt. Glenn Grimes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 2/12/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It's a short report this week, with only two work days to talk about. But, the fishing was far better than in the previous week, and I also ran the first trip in the Talon since the fuel tank pr more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Winter Options The action heated up this past week as water temperatures approached seventy degrees. Bait started to gather along the beaches of Marco and it actually became worthwhile to use it. I started out my mornings deep dropping with shri more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Flats Fishing The flats are the best thing going on in Southwest Florida right now. We have been enjoying some of the best winter trout fishing in some time. Most days have producing 40-70 fish up to 5 pounds. There are three distinct places to ca more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Pine Island Sound, Charlotte Harbor & Matlacha Pass - The tide was near the high mark when I pulled in to the shallowest area in Matlacha pass that I know of.I was searching for redfish.I tied on a Cajun Thunder popping cork.I then tied on 16 of 30lb test mono which I attached a D.O.A. shrimp imitation more...
Capt. Glenn Grimes - Fort Myers

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - New Page 2 February = Camping and Fishing   With the very mild winter so far, especially our mild January, the water temperature is much warmer than usual.  In winter, the warmer the water the better the winter time more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Southwest Florida - Naples, Marco, 10,000 Islands - Inshore January 30th Today had a break from the guiding,and go figure I went fishing for fun. After all, isn't that what it's all about! I have been guiding only for a short time now, (4 year's) and I still can't get enough. It's my addiction, m more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Shallow Water Sightfishing Winter in Southwest Florida brings some of the lowest tides of the year. Couple that with a hard north or east wind and you'll see almost as much dry ground as water in some places. These low tides make for some exc more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers