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

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - CONSOLIDATED REPORT FOR THE WEEKS OF 2/9 AND 2/16/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week ending February 9th was pretty much a blowout with lots of wind and some rainy weather. I managed to get in one trip with my good fishing buddy Dr. John Hitt, an more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Cold Front Fishing. Sight fishing is still the most attractive prospect this week. Last week we found excellent numbers of snook and redfish in the shallow backcountry of Charlotte Harbor. Cold fronts have been coming through on a regular bas more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Cooler Temps As predicted, we were graced with not one but two cold fronts. One brought a little precipitation and wind. The bad news is that it dropped the water temperature to the high sixties. The unbelievable fishing shut off Monday as if some more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Warm Weather, Calm Seas Greetings: As you read this, I sit home with the flu and the wind blowing 20+. That said, fishing has been very good to us lately. After several warm, calm days out in the Gulf, I almost forgot it was still winter! Bait more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 2/2/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey I had a couple of great trips at the end of the week. There is plenty of bait, snook, and trout to catch. On Thursday, Diane Bogenrieder was back to try her hand at snook fishing. She'd more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Mayhem Fishing was absolutely spectacular this past week. With the water temperature approaching the eighty-degree mark, fish came out of the woodwork. Snook in particular stole the show. I say that because they are not usually a species that more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Boca Grande, Florida Fishing Report - SNNOK REDFISH AND SEATROUT Fishing as been as good as it gets in our area with the warm weather we have been enjoying and the water temps in the 70's it's like spring. The snook have been very cooperative in the deep pockets and tailing redfish c more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Sight fishing! If you have been following the reports then you know that I had a serious knee injury about a month ago. I figured I would be out 4-6 weeks. I am happy to say that I have been fishing for the past two weeks. The only thing that I ha more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound, Florida - Welcome to Capt. Terry's FISHING REPORT: Feb. 2nd, 2002 Redfish, What a difference a few weeks can make. The weather now is unseaonably warm and the water temperature near 73 degrees! The redfish are starting to spread out on more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Better Than Average The weather was superb this past week. Sunny days and warmer water made fishing better than average for this time of year. Glass minnows and shiners started showing up in the Marco and Ten Thousand Islands areas. Where there is more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island