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

SW Florida - Redfish: The redfishing can be very good in the winter months. When found, they are usually in large schools. They may not run as large as the summer reds, but still very fun to catch. Call ahead and get the good tides. Watch for large schools on t more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Estero bay in February - As we worked through the week windy days made for some interesting fishing. Between the cold fronts, charters were shuffled around and we still got out a few times to catch fish. Throughout the week we had to move around a bunch to find areas that ga more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Sheepshead Cold Weather Bite - Get out your #6 circle hooks, split shot and 20 lb. fluorocarbon leader material and a thermos of hot tea to enjoyed bundled up in your windbreaker. Sheepies dominated the cold water bite with scads of fatties reported filling the larders of stalwart more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Estero bay thru Pine Island - Finally a break in the rain and winds had anglers on the bite this weekend thru Wednesday. After the winds died down and the water began to loose the sediment it carried through most of the previous week, fishing got better. Sheepshead continue to be more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Fishing great when weather allows. 22-inch mutton snapper! - Monday and Tuesday, 1/18 and 1/19/16, began just as the preceding week had begun, that is, with a cold front that brought high winds and seas, along with some cold temperatures. The two offshore trips I had planned for those days had to be canceled. more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

29 Jan 2016 It's Cold outside! - 29 Jan 2016 It's cold outside! The last two weeks fishing with cold fronts coming through and windy days following has definitely slow the red fish bite down and pretty much everything else. With that being said, the bait fish are gone that I say e more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

Good Fishin, Weather Permitting, Goliath Grouper, Big Bull Reds - Rain, Wind, go away... Saturday on should be excellent. Despite El Nino we have been killing it on the days we can get out. The Big Bull Redfish are still around, heads the size of basketballs. Goliath Grouper still hungry, had a huge one on yester more...
Capt. Brett Swenson - Fort Myers

Estero Bay Report - The weather really played games with anglers this past week, but those that were able to get out were rewarded with a quality sheepshead bite. Fishing blow downs along mangrove islands, docks, or oyster bars proved the best location to find the sheep more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Winter is here - Redfish, sheepshead, and trout became the targets this week as the nearshore waters produced very little all week. Sheepshead have begun there inshore spawn with fish up to 5 lbs available in the skinny waters of estero bay. Fishing jigs with small h more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Snookin - The cold wind blowing strong But it still did not take long A 32 and two 30 Snook came to the boat And that's all She wrote But 8 trout over 24 were also found Even with the cold the fish are still around AllArtificialLuresOnly.c more...
Capt. George Grosselfinger - Pine Island Sound