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

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Yucatan Blues Due to an upper level low, we have been dodging rain for the last two weeks. Warm air from the Yucatan keeps fueling the weather system. That has made fishing down right tricky or impossible. In the beginning of the week, mo more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - Mercury Redbone @ Large Everglades Celebrity Slam -- June 22 & 23 This year's Mercury Redbone @ Large Everglades City Slam was a big success.  The Redbone series of tournaments is a two day charity event benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Fou more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - June 19th -- The Tom, Whitney and Carson Wright Tom Wright and his sons, Whitney and Carson, from Huntsville, Alabama, fished a 1/2 day this morning. The wind was blowing harder than expected, so our planned permit excursion had to be curtailed. H more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Tropical Trauma The action was fair to excellent as of this past week. Snook took top billing. The front that passed through backed up again as the weekend approached and by Friday, we were knocked off the water by rain and heavy wind. The weather more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - Don and Heidi Looney (Key Largo, Fl.) fished two 1/2 days. Heidi set the trip up as a surprise for Don. Don apparently has had several of his snook fishing friends take him snook fishing ... but just that snook fishing, not snook catching. Monday more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tropical Depression cleans the slate. Before the last four days of rain and high winds from the southwest the snook fishing was very good and the tarpon fishing wasn't bad either. The slate is now clean and everyone must go out and figure out new more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 6/15/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week started with my best friend Capt. Butch Boteler and I taking our mutual best friend Lee Dugger, his wife Tina, and kids Matthew and Amanda out for a morning on the water, including a l more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Boca Grande, Florida Fishing Report - Boca Grande Tarpon Fishing Tarpon fishing is in full swing with the Boca Grande Pass the hotspot. The Charlotte Harbor continues to be a little spotty and the fish in Pine Island Sound are not to cooperative. Beach fishing for tarpon has also been more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Summer's Heat The days grow longer as summer presses on. The temperatures are rising too. That is why most of the guides and local anglers are getting an early start. Early morning hours and late afternoons have been the best times to satiate more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Kings and Silver Kings Greetings; This week my time was spent split between offshore and inshore. All of my inshore fishing was done in search of the mighty silver king. Offshore was beautiful, with calm seas, clear water, and lots of action. more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers