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

13 Apr 16 Fishing is great in Matlacha! - 13 April 2016 Over the last month everything has been biting form reds, snook, trout, mangrove snapper and so on. All were caught on shrimp and only twice was snook caught on green backs. All were either caught on man-made structure or oyster beds, more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

Estero Bay: Pictures of our most recent Catches - The big fish are eating heavy and will continue to get better. Book your adventure today! more...
Capt. Joe Angius - Estero Bay

Lots of options this time of the year - As the wind picked up on most of the days this week, we stayed in the backcountry chasing snook, redfish, trout, etc... However we did get a chance to play in some deeper water twice and picked up a bunch of tripletail, some permit, and an assortment more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Lots of Action! - Saturday morning, 3/26/16, I fished 23 miles west of New Pass in calm seas with Bob Bockhorst, his son-in-law, Don Leesman, and Don's college-aged kids, Dave, Kevin, and Kristen. Dave used a pinfish to reel in a 31-inch gag grouper—it was a beauty, more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Estero Bay Report - This past week the fishing was tough for anglers. The poor tides coupled with the winds made it difficult to locate fish. There was some decent seatrout action on the grass flats in 3-5 feet of water near deeper channels. Shrimp under popping cork more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Snookin - The last three days brought many big fish If you wanted a big Snook you got your wish 13 Snook from 31 to 44 inches Good reels and line required for mangrove clinches All Artificial Lures Only Keep the sport in sportfishingjavascr more...
Capt. George Grosselfinger - Pine Island Sound

Monster Goliath Grouper, Cobia, Permit, - Weather is perfect for offshore fishing. Cobia and Permit are back on our near shore reefs as well as big Pompano and nice trout. Further offshore, great catches or keeper Red Grouper, big hubcap size Whitebone Porgies and real nice size Mangrove more...
Capt. Brett Swenson - Bonita Beach

South West Florida bite is on! - As Spring has sprung it's time to get serious about what your going to target and when your going to do it. Everything is in play, and now that the water temperature is staying in the 70's the pufferfish bite has been excellent, fish up to 12 inches more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Back to Basics - Offshore: Back to basics this weekend as wind maybe a factor when tripping off the beach. Not bad wind to 14 knots by midmorning. Otherwise, looking good, had some decent reports on the grouper front. The marks at 20 plus miles gave up legal fish, li more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Permit, Pompano, Cobia on the menu - We certainly couldn't complain about the March weather. Few ups and downs but fishing was great. April and May are our favorite months. Multiple Permit catches and some of the largest Pompano we have ever seen. The Goliath Grouper are firing back more...
Capt. Brett Swenson - Fort Myers