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

Seriously, Fishing shouldn't be this GOOD!! - Over the next few weeks many cell phones across the country will be blowing up with fish pictures and fish stories, as many visiting anglers will be sharing some of their incredible fish tales from the Nature Coast. Photos filled with happy endings more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Good Action in Sarasota for a Variety of Species - Anglers fishing with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action catching and releasing trout, bluefish & Spanish mackerel on deep grass flats on flies and CAL jigs with a variety of tails in Sarasota Bay recently. In light of more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Steady action on the deep grass in Sarasota - It sounds like a broken record, but the best bite in Sarasota continues to be drifting the deep grass flats. We have had some breezy days, so the wind dictated where we fished. On east wind, the Ringling flats produced and with a west wind Bishop's P more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Action Strong on reds and Big Trout - After not fishing for the full month of April courtesy of the stay at home orders, fishing captains in Pinellas County are back to catching fish. Recent trips have provided strong action on redfish and sea trout. The large redfish of March seem to more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay

Serious Crystal River Fishing Action - While many parts of the country are still battling the effects of the Corona Virus, here in Florida and especially in Citrus County, life is starting to navigate back to normalcy. Local restaurants are once again open and serving patrons. Boat ramp more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Shallow Water Grouer Season!!! - Hello All, It seems as if we are going to start to move forward from the terrible times that we have had in the past couple months. The best part is that we now have nowhere to go but up and that's what we have been working on here at Florida Fi more...
Capt. Louie Argiro - Crystal River

Good Action in Sarasota for a Variety of Species - Anglers fishing with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had some action catching and releasing trout on deep grass flats and redfish in shallow water on CAL jigs with grub tails and flies in Sarasota Bay recently. Tarpon numbers are more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Deep grass flats producing in Sarasota! - Once again, the best bite for clients on Sarasota fishing charters has been on the deep grass flats. Just about every flat in 5' to 8' has fish on it. I basically let the wind decide where we fished. Bass Assassin jigs and GULP! Shrimp caught them. S more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

May Crystal River Fishing Report - Weekends lately have been absolute hell. Saturday was the worst I've ever seen I'm talking every point and island from Crystal River to Homosassa had multiple boats on them. But....fishing has been good. Trout are holding on the deeper flats in good more...
Capt. Nicholas Warrington - Crystal River

Deep flats producing in Sarasota! - Once again, weather made things a bit challenging this week as we have been experiencing some breezy days of late. Still, I was able to get out several times and clients experienced good action. Once again, the best bite was on the deeper grass flats more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota