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 3/16/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a full week that started out slowly, but improved as the days passed and the water warmed. Monday brought a stiff east wind, tough bait, and tough fishing for Eric Czech and his more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Water and Fishing Heat Up Greetings: Our warm weather and good clear water have kept things changing fast offshore this week. Large bait migrations into the area have several pelagic's moving through. I have been fishing hard mostly offshore and more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Fresh Start Consistent eighty-degree weather has made the water temperature climb into the upper seventies. That makes everybody happy. Bait has started coming into the beaches and islands. Attention is turning from trout to snook, redfish and more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Great Weather Greetings: Warm weather, calm seas, and rising water temperatures has been the ingredients for good fishing this past week. Big tides and the new mood also helped keep them on the feed. I spent most of my time this week chas more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Boca Grande, Florida Fishing Report - Snook Redfish And Seatrout Since writing my last report Florida has done just what Florida does. The weather turned around and it looks like spring is here. Temperatures have been in the lower to mid 80’s and the water temps are rising daily. Char more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/9/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey This past week will go down as one of the worst ever for us in this area, at least. A combination of factors served to destroy our schedules and our fishing. First, we had red tide blow more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Spring Time Greetings: The first thing that comes to mind writing this report is SPRING TIME! As much fun as snapper and grouper fishing is during our winter months is, anyone who know me knows I love the spring summer and fall for the big fish more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Let's get Busy! It's the time of the year when everything gets busy. The Month of April is just around the corner, which is the time of year when I start fishing seven days a week until the middle of June. The fish are starting to get busy also. T more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Clear Skies Southwest Florida breathed a sigh of relief as the last front finally loosened its grip. Warm, sunny skies returned to our portion of the country. Water temperatures started to climb ever so slowly and anglers got down to business. more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/2/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey Here most of us guides sit, finally with full calendars, and Mother Nature has other ideas. I had six trips on the books for the last of February, first of March, but only got to run three more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound