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

Hernando Beach to Chassahowitzka - Stillwaters of Summer Today, the water was like a mirror. Every wake or ripple from a fish swimming near the top of the water could easily be seen from great distance. It made sight fishing very easy. Today’s charter, Laura and Tara Black, mot more...
Capt. Larry Roderick - Hernando Beach

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Thunderstorms continued to dominate the angling scene on Southshore Tampa Bay through the first week of August, and not only in the afternoon. I awoke to the sound of thunder several times in the early morning. Water clarity has suffered with the more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - A challenge on the light tackle! Wow! We sure have had some warm weather over the past couple of weeks. We also had quite a bit of rain and that has helped cool it down a little. The water temp was up to around 88-91 degrees. 91 this year being t more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - August is a Great Time for Fishing out on the Gulf So far this summer the Gulf has been beautiful, with clear waters, no red tides, and lots of good fishing action. Generally this time of the year the longer trips produce the most and biggest fi more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Water temperature in the Gulf of Mexico dropped to 87 degrees this past week with a two-day deluge of rain. This made for slow fishing up until Friday when the sun finally came out again. There are still plenty of mackerel around the Port Manatee more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hi everyone, hope that you’re staying cool now that the heat has turned on, I’m trying to but it’s not easy this time of year. It doesn’t seem to have bothered the fish much though, even with the water temps on the flats getting into the low 90’s i more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Another day! Off with another great week of fishing. Most of the days are starting really early in the morning that way we're off the water before the sun gets too hot. The way I look at it if you start earlier in the morning and you are o more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Afternoon fishing this week continued to be a crapshoot with thunderstorms lurking in every direction. My fishing at the beginning of the week was confined to early morning. I had the boat in the water before daybreak on Monday, looking to head to Eg more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Sarasota and Venice - Capt. Rick Grassett’s Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 7/16 through 7/31/2007 Anglers fishing with me the past couple of weeks continued to have action with tarpon in the coastal gulf along Sarasota beaches. Tarpon schools have thinned and aren’t s more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Hernando Beach to Chassahowitzka - Fihing the skinny water in the summertime! The scenerio for the next two months isn't going to change much. Fish early as possible, siesta from noon until 4 PM, grab a bite to eat and fish until dark. The Hernando Beach channel has been p more...
Capt. Larry Roderick - Hernando Beach