Regional Fishing Reports for:
West Florida (Englewood to Cedar Key)

Kingfish and shark action is busting wide open! - This past month the fishing on the gulf has been nothing short of amazing! We're still catching lots of kingfish, with some up to 30 pounds. The biggest problem we've been having is getting them to the boat before a shark hits them. May is one more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Tampa bay fishing getting hot and heavy! - Let me start by saying the bite is on! Just about all of the fishing is going off. It's warming up more and more every day and more fish are coming out of their little hiding spots. We have had a lot of Tarpon start to show up on the beaches and ot more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Flats Holding Big Fish - The flats the flats the flats are on fire! Big reds, snook, and trout have moved on the the flats and the action has been red hot! During recent charters the red fish bite has been explosive. For the last 3 weeks we have been more...
Capt. Sean Hagen - Tampa Bay

Sight casting time of Year - April and May are two of my favorite months of the year to fish (besides the other 10). With hardly any rain and almost perfect weather days it's no wonder why people come from all over the world to fish the famous flats of Crystal River and Homosas more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Summer Like Fishing Last Week - Snook season ended Wednesday and I failed to put a keeper in the box, despite seeing quite a few fish along the mangrove in front of Sand Key. I did catch a 22-inch redfish on the flats in front of the island, and that fish went home for dinner. It h more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tarpon is King in May at Homosassa - Surely as the sun comes up everyday, so do the tarpon come up or in from deep water. As an angler, I would be so excited to lay a fly in front of a laid up or cruising poon. Instead, my job is to give clients shots on fish from all over the cou more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

01 May 08 Gulf Grouper Report - Gulf Grouper Fishing Report 1 May 2008 Hernando Beach Florida Fishing has been consistent in the waters west of Hernando Beach. Every fishing trip has been very productive for Grouper, Grunts, Spanish mackerel, and Mangrove Snapper. Water temp more...
Capt. Rick Rodriguez - Hernando Beach

I should have holes in my boat! - 4/25-4/28 Because the fish tried their hardest to chew the bottom out of it! The last 4 Tarpon Springs and and Clearwater fishing charters I've had got to do some of the best fishing if the year thus far. 35+ redfish plus 30+ trout plus 5-10 snook more...
Capt. Clay Eavenson - Tarpon Springs

Spring on The Flats - It's that time of year guys, which direction do you go. Inshore, offshore, snook, redfish and cobia on the flats or kingfish, little tunny and grouper offshore. It's all happing now and the action is fast which ever direction you pick. It's really be more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Action Heats up on Southshore Tampa Bay - As winds moderated to less than gale force for much of the week and water temperatures rose into the mid 70s action on southshore Tampa Bay heated up. Early last week Terry Akroyd of Ruskin and I decided to take a trip across the bay to Pinellas P more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay