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

End of Summer Fishing - Hey what's up fellow fisherman, how has everyone been late this summer? I hope well. Some of the last few days on the water have been great because of a few low humidity days we have been having. It's really been nice lately and feels like fall is more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Summer Time Shark Fishing In Tampa Bay - Lemons, Blacktips, Bonnett Heads, Spinners and Bull sharks are prevelent throughout the bay in the hot month of August. During the summer, shark fishing can get hotter then the thermometer in Tampa Bay. Often, when the bite more...
Capt. Sean Hagen - Tampa Bay

Snook Season is On but Bite has been slow - Snook season is on, and good riddance to August. It was a wet month with lots of wind, and fishing was worse than slow. Even though we didn't get much weather out of Fay, it sure blew like crazy for nearly a week. Water temperature in the Gulf wa more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Cooling Water = Action - Sunday was an excursion to say the least as we ran 66 miles in total. Running to the Tampa bay Eastside we found Mackerel abundant in the main ship channel. Clark spoons as always was the hot ticket with many numerous hook ups. Tony from Mercedes was more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Double Digit Bonefish in Islamorada - August and September is a slower time of the year for business, although generally speaking fishing is good. I usually take advantage of that and take some time off. After a family vacation to the cool mountains of North Carolina, I headed to the Flo more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Tampa Bay weather was a little rough last week! - We are finally back in the United States after spending eight days in Jamaica. Unfortunately, we did encounter some bad weather courtesy of Tropical Storm Gustav during our stay in Jamaica, but overall, it was nice. Gustav was not as strong when it more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Mackerel Bite Heats Up - Light winds let me get out a couple of days this week, and the fishing was okay on Wednesday. I bottom fished with Capt. Rick Bollinger and it was slow, but we caught a few grunts, mangrove snapper, Spanish mackerel and a nice flounder. We caught the more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Afternoon Tailing Redfish - The afternoon low tides brought tailing redfish in portions of upper Tampa Bay. The redfish were feeding in the sloughs, sand holes, and thick grass. Smaller fish were spread out along the flats, and some schools of bigger fish working the edges. more...
Capt. Nick Angelo - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Redfish Take Center Stage... - The redfish have definitely taken center stage over the last couple of weeks. Big schools of up to a few hundred are showing up in several different places in lower and middle Tampa Bay. And, these fish are hungry! The reds have been very willing to more...
Capt. Tommy Ziesmann - Tampa Bay

Charter Boat Gulf Grouper Fishing Report - Charter Boat Gulf Grouper Fishing Report 30 Aug 2008 Grouper fishing is much better now! We are still catching plenty of Mangrove Snapper, Grunts, and other fish. It is warm out, and it is nice to fish in the shade, the Gulf Grouper has a roof. more...
Capt. Rick Rodriguez - Hernando Beach