Regional Fishing Reports for:
Southwest Florida (Cape Sable to 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

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Fish the wrecks! Wreck fishing has been the keys to most of my good days lately. Offshore wrecks are still holding grouper, jewfish, kings and bonito. Nearshore wrecks are holding snook, trout, cobia, grouper and jewfish. Spanish mackerel are mixe more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - RERORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/24/03 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a week of very poor tide, and several days didn't fill. I worked Monday and Friday, and spent the rest of the week networking my computers. Terry Ryan, and his lovely wife Michelle more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound, Florida - Welcome to Capt. Terry's FISHING REPORT: May 17th, 2003 Tarpon, The time is HERE! I've been hooking up on a daily basis. Most of them in the 60lb to 100lb range. We've finding them from the beaches to the back c more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Tarpon Fever and King Mackerel Greetings, I spent every day this week except one tarpon fishing. Ranging far and wide the schools are here but moving around. Lots of time looking, but when found they are eating so its worth the effort for more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers