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

Everglades city- Snook bight! - Snook fishing's been hot, they've moved from the backcountry and out the beaches in Flamingo and to the outer islands of Everglades city. We've caught Snook in the 8-15 lbs class all on light tackle- 20 lbs Suffix 832, led by 20lbs fluorocarbon and more...
Capt. Armando Alejo - Chokoloskee

Summer Fishing Estero Bay For Snook and Redfish - Fished with Jim Toothman, his grandson Jarrett and friend Gave Wolverton, all from West VA, this past week. Seems like we fished from one end of Estero Bay to the other. Got a well full of white bait and then started at the south end of the Bay using more...
Capt. Brad Brown - Fort Myers

July South West Florida Freshwater Scene - Summer JULY, stay inside and soak up the A/C. July and August are two tough months for freshwater fishing in this part of the world. Not impossible but tough with high water and heat and just an overall lack of enthusiasm with both the fish and the more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

Chokoloskee July 2017 - Your best bet for fishing the shallow flats and nearshore areas will be early morning and getting in before the late afternoon rain. The regular mid day storms will become more regular as the month progresses. We are now fishing mostly on the ou more...
Capt. Brandon Acosta - Chokoloskee

June wrap-up: Grouper, Snapper, Shark - We had heavy rains most of the week of 6/5/17, then rough seas for a couple of days. I was in port most of that week, but got to fish in the backwaters of south Estero Bay on Friday, 6/9, with Ashton Lockhart and his nine-year-old daughter, Barrett. more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Estero Bay Report - Captain Jon Fetter of Catching the Cure Charters reports that the fishing inside Estero Bay this past week has been pretty tough for anglers. The focus has primarily been on getting ladyfish and jacks for shark fishing off Fort Myers Beach. The are more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

24 June 24, 2017 Rain, 93deg water and quick cool off - 24 June 24, 2017 Rain, 93deg water and quick cool off Since my last report I have been on a week vacation from 7-14 June and missed all the rain we had, well most of it. I hit the water after two days of being back and was quick to realize a coup more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

Good fishing - Good time to be on the water even with all the rain we've had. Its been a wet few weeks and there's very tannin water in some areas. The bites been good overall with a few tough days over the last 2 weeks due to winds. Redfish are biting as well as s more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Sharks And Seatrout Make For An Interesting Day - Made it out on the water this past week despite the latest round of storms. On a recent trip we headed out early with Pennsylvanians Madison Walsh, Dave Alexander, Kate Sprague and Ryleigh Sprague and headed to the nearshore reefs off of Fort Myers B more...
Capt. Brad Brown - Fort Myers

Super Snapper Bite - TWC Fishing Report: Sherman's Reef 12 to 13 miles out. Over the dumped highway rubble, in between the major reef markings, thousands of Lane Snapper have arrived. Shrimp or small white bait dropped to the bottom in 55'. The instant the 5 oz egg sinke more...
Capt. Russ Walker - Cape Coral