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

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Red hot fishing; snook, redfish and trout are chewing. 10-1-03 Snook, reds and trout are biting. We are enjoying great action during recent trips. We have had multiple fish on for an hour sometimes. Snook and reds are popping baitfish and b more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 9/27/2003 by Capt. Butch Rickey This turns out to be the tale of two fishing days. I thought there would be three days to report on, but a Wednesday trip with one of my best friends, Capt. Mark Bess, didn't work out. The more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Fall Fly Fishing Begins Greetings, The annual bait fall bait migration has started. This week we spent three days fly fishing and had a blast of a time at it. Was it good fly fishing conditions? NO. Was it fun, Ohhh Yeah! My theory is to more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - September Slam Two weeks ago we spent our mornings observing and catching tarpon of all sizes along the beaches of Naples. The clouds of bait have been so thick that you can’t see the bottom in three feet of water. These bait masses are comprised more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - Back Fishing Again While every opportunity to be on the  water is special. Every so often, I get to experience anglers who make the trip extra special.  I had the pleasure of fishing with a Dr. Dan Mintz and his wife Marge of Miami.  more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - The snook and redsa are biting, Let's Go Fishin'. 9-22-03 We enjoyed a great week of weather and fishing. This week looks like it will be a bit wetter but fish don’t care. Only a few boats but lots of bait and fish. The biggest challenge is c more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Goliath Grouper Rule! Greetings, There is so much to write about its hard to begin. We just finished our ESPN shoot with George Poveromo’s World of Saltwater Fishing. The show targeted Goliath Grouper and tell that story. I cant say how the show more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Busy Fishin ! So far the month of September has been busy. In fact, all of the fall month are known for action filled days. The months of September, October and November are the months where baitfish along with all the fish that feed on them move more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 9/13/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey My God, it's good to be home and back on the water again. I had a wonderful time touring southern California, but really missed my native waters, and the fishing. No, I didn't get a chance to w more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon continue to Sizzle! A few months ago I proclaimed that the tarpon season of 2003 was the worst on record. Well, the past eight weeks have made me eat my words. We are continuing to see tarpon fishing that will rival the fishing anywhere in more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers