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

Tampa Bay earns her Stripes - This is the season when Tampa Bay starts to earn her stripes, sheepshead stripes that is. Starting in December and running through February sheepshead gather around almost any structure that has good tidal flow around it. They gather for the spawni more...
Capt. Dan Bumgarner - St. Petersburg

Big Trout Await - Winter fishing conditions have been in effect for the past few weeks with lots of wind, some rain, and fickle temperatures. It will be hard to plan a fishing trip in advance for the next few months because of regular cold fronts. Wind is the culpr more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report....December 2008 - Tampa Bay is alive and well and the fish are coming through in great numbers. Snook have been feeding actively around the solunar periods in all of our local canals, and rivers. With our current warm conditions, the snook bite has been producing some more...
Capt. Rob Salimbene - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Redfishing On Live Bait! - Hot, cold, hot, cold…the weather can't make up its mind! It's the week of Christmas and the highs are in the 80's. Well, I guess we are in Florida. Although the weather has wavered between hot and cold, the fishing has remained hot! The fish are more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Anna Maria Grouper and snapper fishing - Lots of gag grouper have moved close to shore in 30 -50 feet. Great for small boaters since you can reach these grouper in 10 minutes. We are averaging about 50 grouper per day with some good numbers of legal size over 22 inches. Snapper have been go more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria

Trout, Blues and Little Tunny on Fly in Sarasota - Anglers fishing with me on the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, caught trout, bluefish, little tunny, ladyfish and pompano during the past couple of weeks. In addition, we had lots of shots at tailing reds in Gasparil more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Tampa Bay Amazes - Tampa Bay Amazes Tampa Bay has been adorned with Chamber of Commerce weather the last week. Warm sunny days with light winds are inviting. The trout bite continues Hot! Canals with dark muddy bottoms are holding an amazing amount of spotted sea more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Trout and Redfish Fly Fishing - Tampa Bay and The Nature Coast - The redfish fly fishing action continues to be fantastic. The redfish were all caught sight fishing. It's an awesome sight to watch a red charge and grab your fly! . The past few weeks have provided some great days on the water. All of my redfish tri more...
Capt. Nick Angelo - Tampa Bay

Hernando Beach Fishing - Hernando Beach Best Bet This month will offer some quite different opportunities for the offshore angler. I was asked by another captain the other day if we had been catching any of the big Red Bulls that we usually find offshore during the win more...
Capt. Sam Medigovich - Hernando Beach

Catching fish offshore between the fronts - Spanish mackerel have been a dependable catch. Some of the biggest Spanish are within a mile of the coastline. Live baits such as pilchards are hard to beat to get the Spanish mackerel hitting. Gag grouper fishing is picking up. The cooler water t more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice