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

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

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 6/8/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week was largely an exercise in frustration, with very poor tides and big schools of reds prowling the flats that didn't want to eat. I had new customers on Monday, the Lloyds of William more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound, Florida - Welcome to Capt. Terry's FISHING REPORT: June 6th, 2002 Tarpon, May weather was not typical this year. To much wind! We did good when the winds layed down. Pine Island Sound is full of tarpon currently. We've been doing good t more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - 237 pound tarpon sets a Blackwater Charter Record! Let's get to the tarpon story. Most of my tarpon fishing has been targeting beach tarpon off the barrier islands from Ft Myers north to Boca Grande Pass. This morning we hooked a very special tarp more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 6/1/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey I had a full week of fishing, and with the exception of one day, it was a week of good fishing, and lots of big fish caught. I usually avoid working weekends, especially holiday weekends, like more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Gin Clear Perfect weather conditions prevailed this past week. Yes, it got downright hot by mid afternoon but the fishing was fair to excellent. The water is as clear as it gets in the Gulf. That can be a double-edged sword. It makes catching bait more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Offshore Heats UP! Greetings; Well things sure changed this week. The high wind of last week was replaced with perfect Chamber of Commerce weather every single day. You could not pick better weather for the offshore fishing that we have more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers