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

Tampa Bay Fishing In The Rain! - Not only did we have a great deal of wind last week, we also had a ton of rain. Despite the wind and rain, we were still able to fish last week. Sometimes the rain can actually help instead of hinder you while fishing this time of year because it c more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Scallop Season is Here!!! - Scallop season has finally rolled around and for most Nature Coast anglers this can only mean one thing. Dinner will be Good Tonight!! During most days in July we have been spending our mornings chasing around Redfish, Trout, Sharks, Tarpon, and more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Hernando Beach Grouper Fishing near Tampa, Orlando and Disney - Hernando Beach Gulf Grouper Report Warm weather equates to great fishing West of Hernando Beach. This time of the year our area reefs, and ledges are teaming with bait fish. Schools of scaled sardines, Threadfin Herring, Cigar minnows, and Ballyho more...
Capt. Rick Rodriguez - Hernando Beach

Anna maria shark fishing Red hot - We have been having lots of success with sharks on light tackle. Plenty in the 20 pound range. We have hooked a few blacktips in the 80 pound range on the heavy tackle. Plenty of trout have been hitting in the 15-20 inch range with limits still easy more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria

Water Clarity Poor, Weather Fickle - Water clarity is worse than poor and has been for months. There has also been a large algae bloom on the Pinellas side of the bay, attributed to a potent mix of high water temps, rainfall, fertilizer, and animal waste. The 14 mile long swath of a more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Live or Die - For the past two months, tarpon has been the main species targeted. For many people, tarpon fishing does not appeal to most fishermen because they are not a food source. Also, not much is known about their behavior. I am not going to get into that more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Snook & Trout Best Bets in Sarasota - Anglers fishing with me on the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had action with tarpon, snook and trout during the past couple of weeks. A persistent west wind has forced us to fish in areas other than the coastal gul more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Fly Fishing for Tarpon by Day and Snook at Night - Tarpon Fishing has been put on hold for a few days due to the unseasonable weather. We Managed a few days of tarpon fishing in between the storms and blistering west winds. There are still plenty of poons around to through a fly at. We should have so more...
Capt. Nick Angelo - Tampa Bay

Lightning and Thunder - It has been tough to get the boat off the dock for about a week now. Last week it was very windy and this week we have had thunderstorms nearly 24/7. The few anglers I spoke with who did get out said the fishing was pretty good. I watched a gu more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Gulf Beach Snook wind challenge - Gulf Beach Snook wind challenge It s it a given that this time of the year that big female Snook are on the beach with a bunch of eager young bucks following her around. So what's the problem? Wind, wind and more wind from the west and northwest more...
Capt. Little Jim Fesperman - Tampa Bay