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

Tampa Bays Fall is Coming! - It's feeling more and more like fall everyday! It has been cooler in the morning, which is a nice change, but it certainly doesn't take long to warm up. By the end of the day it is pretty hot. As usual, the wind has been coming and going making so more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

October Fishing Action is Hot! - With October just around the corner, I can't help but to get a little excited. As the daylight hours began to get a little shorter each day, air and water temperatures will begin to start cooling down. As this happens, it's as if an internal trigger more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Fishing ambush points in Crystal river Florida - For the past few mornings I've noticed that their has been a little chill in the air until about 7:30 am. This tells me that fall is in the air and winter time is just around the corner. That means that a day of fishing will not be only very produc more...
Capt. Bear Smith - Crystal River

Position is key - Onboard Thursday evening was good friend Capt. James Fesperman of Hook Setting Charters Our mission was to catch snook on the dock lights with an emphasis on locating larger snook. Live bait was critical to our success and was easily cast netted on a more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

The Redfish Bite... - ...continues to be hot, especially in the Fort DeSoto area. Cut ladyfish and pinfish are working well, as are live pinfish, whitebait and threadfin. A number of anglers are doing well on top water baits such as Zara Spook and the Mirr-O-Lure She D more...
Capt. Tommy Ziesmann - Tampa Bay

Hot September Makes for Cold fishing - September has been the hottest month I can remember in 14 years of fishing Tampa Bay. Water temperature is still in the high 80's and the fishing has been so-so. When it has been dead flat calm, the heat has been nearly unbearable in my open skiff. more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay as many fish as you want! - The wind has finally let up! It has definitely been hotter, but the fishing has been so good that the staggering temperatures haven't even mattered. Each time a bait hit the water, we had a bite last week. The fish have been on the move the past fe more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

September is the time For Red Fish on the Nature Coast - The fishing in crystal river this past week has been the best it has been all year. September marks the beginning of fall and fall is my favorite time of year to be on the water. The day star getting shorter and cooler. The tides get a little more ex more...
Capt. Bear Smith - Crystal River

Great Cause - Today we participated in Bolesta Center's Third Annual Get Hooked Fishing Tournament. Bolesta is one of only a handful of independent, non-profit Auditory-Verbal centers in the USA and one of only a very few such centers that operate out of its own more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Get your Grouper here - Charter Boat Gulf Grouper Fishing Report 15 Sep 2008 Grunts and Grouper are biting pretty good now. As we get closer to fall the good fishing we have will turn into great fishing. This weekend was good, consistent action all day on bottom rigs. more...
Capt. Rick Rodriguez - Hernando Beach