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

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6/21/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey The weather once again seems to be the big factor around here. We have had lots of storms and rain still building up just offshore and then coming onshore. I was able to get in thre more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Snook Feista! Again snook fishing has had to take up the slack of tarpon fishing. High winds coupled with a low number of tarpon this year made tarpon fishing almost impossible for most of my charters this week. That was ok for most because snook more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Boca Grande, Florida Fishing Report - Tarpon Fishing Tarpon Fishing has been hot in Boca Grande Pass but with a shortage of fish this year due to a fish kill you should time your trip. The out going tides are the bset when the crabs are flushing out. I have managed Tarpon on every t more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - We finally got the winds to back off and let us get to the fish especially the tarpon. We fished for trout and some snook on Monday. Dr. Marr brought a couple of the Rutland guys down and we played around Bull and Turtle Bays. The trout were the more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6/14/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey I ran four trips this week, and weather was again a factor in that most days we had storms brewing just off the beaches, and an onshore wind that made it impossible to get out to where the ma more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Tarpon Time Fishing Report Greetings Fishing Friends, Recent weather patterns have made me be ready for anything. I guess I should say, weather reports. The forecast for our area have been off the mark, and preparation for a trip b more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6/6/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey Once again the weather was a factor, as the sagging jet stream pushed another front into Florida midweek. I managed to run three trips, and they were pretty good ones. Monday was my first t more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Wicked Winds From The West Winds from the south to southwest have kept our ears pinned back for the last three weeks. Finding decent live bait has been next to impossible. We have managed to scrap up some medium sized threadfin herring from time t more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon Time! Finally Like I said in my last report, I am going to start fishing for tarpon at night. Tarpon are most night feeders and when the fishing gets tuff I go back to my roots. The nights are more comfortable and hook-ups are more common. more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/31/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week began with five trips on the books, but weather and an unexpected motor problem took two days away. I was still able to run four trips by moving one to Saturday, so fittingly, my g more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound