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

Downtime with Fay - Tropical storm Fay skirted East of Tampa Bay area but has managed to cause enough of a disruption to cancel trips and keep most everyone in port. The busy fall fishing season is just around the corner so I took the time to catch up on periodic mainte more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

World's Largest Tarpon On Fly Released - Homosassa - Folks this story is about the world's largest tarpon ever caught on the fly rod. There are not words to describe the passion that overwhelms a tarpon angler. They are truly junkies. The setting is Peter Moyer and Mike Locklear together pu more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Charter Boat Gulf Grouper Fishing Report - 18 Aug 2008 Fishing is still good for Mangrove Snapper, and Grouper. More cobia showing up then on previous trips, for whatever reason they are a welcome addition to the ice box. After the storm passes I am sure we will have some improved Group more...
Capt. Rick Rodriguez - Hernando Beach

Hot, Wet, and Windy - Wet weather, high winds, and thunderstorms continue to make summer fishing on Tampa Bay an iffy proposition. I got my skiff off the lift on Monday with light winds, but the water clarity was poor. It wasn't tea colored; it looked more like espresso. more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

World's Largest Tarpon on Fly Homosassa - Folks this story is about the world's largest tarpon ever caught on the fly rod. There are not words to describe the passion that overwhelms a tarpon angler. They are truly junkies. The setting is Peter Moyer and Mike Locklear together more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Mother Nature - more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Smorgasbord - more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

The bite is on in Tampa Bay! - Fishing has been awesome lately! We have had great numbers of fish and many different species, such as, snook, redfish, trout, mackerel, snapper, flounder, tarpon, and sharks. It's no secret that the heat is sweltering, but it certainly hasn't slow more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Lots of Sharks Hitting - If you are looking for a big fight now is the time to pick it. All the trips are crossing paths with shark. We've been hooking into blacktip shark, reef shark, hammer head shark, and nurse shark. Generally we just anchor and start fishing for more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Tarpon on a Fly in Sarasota Bay - Anglers fishing with me on the Snook fin-Addict, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action with tarpon, trout, bluefish and Spanish mackerel the past couple of weeks. Tarpon action slowed along the beaches due to fewer tarpon an more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota