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 8/10/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey With six trips on the books it was a busy week in the heat. The fishing was great, but the catching was slow for much of the week. Three of my parties this week were folks from Texas wher more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - This past week produced some great fishing. The tides were perfect for the RedSnook tournament. It was the first tournament where every angler in the event caught fish. There were moments when the fishing was slow, but if you poked around enough, you more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 8/3/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey Actually, I was on vacation this week, but I did manage to get out on a couple of fun trips with friends. If you’re interested, read on. Sunday, my good friend Lew Joseph and I decided to more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Pinch Me! Greetings; Solid action continues to make fishing excellent. Knock on wood and Pinch me! From the beach out, most anything we try is working. Inshore along the beach lots of snook are biting. Within five miles the shark action is excel more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Awesome August Warm breathless mornings gave way to afternoon scorching heat this past week. August will bring on the warmest days of the year. As in the past few weeks, most of the catching is done in the early hours of the morning. Heat and sp more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - Everglades GRAND SLAM!! I had the pleasure of fishing and shelling with two very nice women, Nan Speigel and Miriam Cardwell of Miami.  The fishing was a blast, but unfortunately the catching was slow.  However, we did get to see manatee more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Boca Grande, Florida Fishing Report - Southwest Florida Fishing Report If you think the tarpon season is over you better tell all the tarpon in Charlotte Harbor. As in all years past that I can remember when the tarpon cool off in Boca Grande Pass and leave the beaches they fill up th more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Excellent Fishing Continues ! The past two weeks produced good catches almost every day. The only days that we didn't catch much were the days that I didn't fish. Tarpon fishing is getting hot in the Pine Island area and snook and mangrove snapper more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Early Hours Mornings have been still and the atmosphere is like a sauna. Afternoon rains are right on schedule. The beaches, points, nooks and crannies are bulging with bait. Everywhere you look, there is evidence of the struggle for the survi more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Hot Weather Hot Fishing Greetings; Fishing from Naples to Sanibel offshore has been action filled for us. Most of our time has been spent within five miles of the beach looking for tarpon and sharks. The times we made the offshore run, loads of more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers