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

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - Everglades Fly Fishing I had the pleasure of fly fishing with David Schultz and his business partner Jerry, who flew in from California last week.  Both are dedicated fly fisherman who have traveled to many world class fishing destinations more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 10/26/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey There are three trips to report on this week. The fishing was great for most of it. First up on Monday was Bryan Thomas and his friend, of Clinton, Pennsylvania. Bryan and I had a grea more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Right on Cue! As expected the fishing exploded this month. It is a little known fact that October is probably the best fishing month in the 10,000 Islands. We have been having a blast catching good numbers of tarpon, snook, redfish, king mackerel, more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - Brown Marlin Season!! October is in full swing with lots of redfish along the shorelines and oyster bars.  A tipped jig seems the be the best bait now, as the water is turbid.  The rains have all but gone and the glades are nearing the more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 10/19/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a short workweek for me, but man, what great fishing. The first big winter front of the fall season seems to have pushed the big snook inside, and has the redfish on the mo more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound, Florida - Welcome to Capt. Terry's FISHING REPORT: Oct. 17th, 2002 Redfish, The reds are schooling up on and near the grass flats. The water clarity has cleared and made sight casting a part of the daily trip. Some cooler temperatures more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Fall Blues Imagine using the Blue Mountains of Jamaica as a backdrop for a tail walking marlin. It is a stark contrast in comparison to our home waters of snook and mangroves. My brother and I go to Jamaica to visit our mother and to participate i more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 10/12/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey There are four trips to talk about for this week. The snook and redfish remained tough, and the breezes remained mostly out of the northeast. Here’s how it went. After finishing last w more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 10/5/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey Seems I picked a good week to be off the water with back to back tropical storms affecting our weather. Isodore foiled most of my plans for the week, but that’s better than loosing a bunch more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Feeding Frenzy! Tarpon, Sharks, Jacks and more! For those of you who follow my reports, I have been predicting an explosion of fish activity this fall. To put it bluntly, it's here. We are experiencing some of the best tarpon fishing of the year a more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers