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 12/4/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey It's a short week before taking a little time off before the holidays. I ran two trips with a couple of great fishing buddies, John Hitt and Tom Smith. I met my old friend Dr. John Hitt at his more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Zoo Time The last couple of weeks have been a bonus considering it is 40 degrees outside at the moment. Water temperatures hovered above 70 degrees and fishing remained quite productive. We caught snook and an array of redfish of all sizes in t more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - God bless and Merry Christmas. 12-15-04 We are surviving the challenges “04 threw us and enjoyed some great fishing. It’s the holidays and time to be thankful. Christmas is special to most of us and a time to share with family and friends. more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - 2005 -- Time to Restart It is the beginning of a new year … 2005, at last. Personally, I have always had a hard time getting upbeat in the beginning of the year. If there is a “low” time for me, traditionally, the first few weeks of January have more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Boca Grande, Florida Fishing Report - Winter Fishing I have been hitting the snook lately as they are in the feeding mood. As snook gear up for the winter they go into a feed that can be phenomenal. With the first cold front that passed and the shorter days the water temps are climbin more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound, Florida - Welcome to Capt. Terry's FISHING REPORT: Dec. 1st, 2004 Redfish, Redfishing has been steady. I've been doing best on tides that have good current and high water. Some over ten pounds. Cut bait has been working more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Team Gottim'ON goes to the SKA Nationals! SKA Nats 2004 What a trip. Team Gottim’ On, MJ, Mark, Brittany, Liz and I loaded up and left Ft. Myers at 5:30 AM Sunday with the Venture 34 in tow. Fourteen hours later we unloaded in Biloxi MS at the more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Remember the song What a difference a day makes? Chances are if you are reading this you do. For the past two weeks, we have been nailing keeper Grouper, Kingfish, and Cobia in 30Ft of water off Redfish Pass. Now, everything has changed. The Gro more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Late November/December Report Redfish: Sight fishing for redfish has been excellent in Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound. Check areas that have heavy grass and are exposed during winter low tides. The best fishing will be during the rising ti more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Santa has sent us an early Christmas present; great weather, go fishin'. 12-2-04 While it’s snowing up North we still have sunny skies and good fishing in Boca Grande. We have been enjoying some great weather and fishing recently. It’s been more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande