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

Red Hot Temps = Awesome Redfishing - WhooHoo!!! Boy is it hot out there. With air temperatures' running in the low 90's and water temps hovering close to 89-90 degrees early mornings and late evenings have been where the best bites are at. Lately, my clients and I have been leaving th more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Hard work in Tampa Bay pays off! - Hard work definitely pays off, and that is a good thing because the weather hasn't been the best over the past couple of weeks. It's summertime in Florida, which is also known to us natives as the rainy season. We've put a lot of hard work into ru more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Waather Heats Up - Typical summer weather this week with rain and wind punctuated by periods of calm. I checked the Gulf water temperature on Friday morning and it was 90 degrees. The tides were moving around the full moon earlier this week, and the bite was fair. T more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Hot summer Grouper and Mangrove Snapper - Gulf Grouper Fishing Report 23 June 2008 The water is warm and we are catching lots of Grouper on every trip. Big Mangrove Snapper are a consistent bonus these days. I am looking forward to more night trips to escape the heat. The evening bite more...
Capt. Rick Rodriguez - Hernando Beach

Summer Conditions Dominate Tampa Bay - The wind has finally died down, followed by midsummer temperatures. This makes for tough midday fishing, but if you get out early in the morning or late in the afternoon, the bite can be pretty good. I'm getting several reports of hot catch more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Permit showing up offshore - The Gulf has been beautiful, and the action continues to be very good. Yesterday we fished over a wreck about 15 miles west of Venice and had lots of fish hitting. These wrecks always seem to produce good fishing action and right now there some sc more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Snapper Time - Offshore-We've had several productive, full day trips offshore this month for Grouper and snapper. The Red and Mangrove Snapper bite has been excellant around 110 ft deep, light leader and live bait has been the ticket for the bigger fish. The Red Gr more...
Capt. Brandon Fraley - Clearwater

Tampa Bay tarpon! - Outstanding… that's what fishing has been lately. We certainly aren't having any trouble getting on a great bite. If you want to catch a few fish to take home to eat, the fish of a lifetime, or both now is the time to do it. The weather is startin more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Capt. Rick Grassett's Fishing Report for 6/8 through 6/15/2008 - Anglers fishing with me on the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had great tarpon action this week. We landed 5 out of 16 tarpon jumped for the week, including a couple jumped on flies. With the 1st quarter of the moon more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Whoop Whoop Its Tarpon Time In Tampabay! - It's tarpon time in tampaBay! This week is a awesome time to target tarpon. On the 18th There will be a full moon, which means strong tides and pass crabs in abundance on the out- going, in the late afternoon. So, check your gear, f more...
Capt. Sean Hagen - Tampa Bay