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

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - A Major Freshwater Release from the C-hatchie River has the Gulf of Mexico looking like Expresso Coffee BUT THE ACTION IS STARTING TO PICK UP. So, just how hot is the action in the Ft.Myers/Sanibel/Pine Island area? Snook: Some major linesiders c more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Lots of Action! Its fly rod time! Greetings, If you want to catch a fish, now is the time. We worked a variety of targets this week and found good success at them all. From Spanish mackerel and bluefish, bull redfish, snook, and a few tarpon nea more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Fall Migration The fall bait migration is underway in Southwest Florida and the preditors are not far behind. I have been spitting my time between the upper 10,000 Islands and Pine Island Sound. Charlotte Harbor is still very fresh from the r more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Finally fishing is great come on down. Fishing is great; don’t wait for cold weather, snook and reds are biting. Weather is co-operating and fish are hungry. We had some nice snook to 30 inches by Bob Wray of Englewood last week. Baitfish a more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Good Bye Summer It has been difficult to get an update done because of all the hurricanes we have been having. I think the smoke has cleared. I have to admit that my immediate family bailed and went on our annual pilgrimage to Costa Rica during th more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - We can enjoy good fishing again. Great weather and fishing, finally. We enjoyed a few days of fair skies, clearing waters and the fish like it. Baitfish are bunching back up. Many are still small but millions of minnows are almost anywher more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Back In Action! Greetings, Hey fishing friends I have good news. The sky’s are clear, the Gulf is calm and I just had two great days offshore. Even better I have a real CATCHING report! We fished twenty five to thirty five miles out both days more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - It is All About Oil Bonnie, Charley, Francis, Ivan and Jeanne … this is a group I think all Floridians would like to forget. The gang has changed a lot of lives throughout the State. Few have missed being affected. Those of us lucky enough to more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Sky's are clear! Greetings, Okay four storms came and left, but the skys are clear now! Another hurricane and another miss by hurricane Jeanie this weekend was thankfully just a day to stay indoors here. The wind and rain over the weekend more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 9/25/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey This was the first time I've gotten to run trips since Charley came through here and rearranged the landscape. It was just great to be back on the water, and the fishing was nothing short of more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound