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

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Winter weather subsided early this week. Light winds and clear skies made for some great sight fishing on the Southshore Tampa Bay flats. Tom White and I saw as many redfish as I have ever seen on the flats south of Apollo Beach, but the bite prove more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Stillwells' of Inverness Roll Out the Red Carpet for Students On February 24 and March 4th Middle and High school students of the Holy Innocents Episcopal School from Atlanta were hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Clark Stillwell of Inverness, Florida and t more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - It's starting! Here we go with a little bit of everything! We’ve got a bit of bay fishing and a bit of ruff off-water fishing to talk about. We also have some very nice weather to thank for some great days on the water. I will start with back w more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Early this week I fished Big Pass, just north of the Cockroach Bay entrance channel on a late morning minus low tide. I got off the boat and waded around the sand bar, throwing a soft plastic mullet on a jig head. I had one small redfish follow the b more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - March Offshore Fishing Forecast All up and down the west coast of Florida the month of March always seems to usher in with it an abundance of high expectations. As the weather and the water temperatures begin to warm, the Gulf of Mexico should h more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - For most guides, bait shop owners and fisherpeople the northwest coast of Florida comes to life on March 1. Spotted sea trout opens after being closed for 28 days. Trout action will be excellent all of March. For inshore fishing your best bet is t more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Winter returned after a week of wonderful weather, and pretty good fishing. Capt. Danny Guarino reported that snook fishing in the Little Manatee River was very good. He told me he caught scaled sardines at the Skyway Fishing Pier, and said that it w more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Sarasota and Venice - Capt. Rick Grassett’s Fishing Report for 2/9 through 2/17/2007 Anglers fishing with me during the past week had good action with little tunny and trout. We also caught and released several reds in Charlotte Harbor and scattered bluefish and trout more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - One of the biggest! Burr! it has definitely decided to cool down a little. This is Florida come on now. Well spring is just around the corner. I’m ready for it,I don’t know about you. Well I have had a lot of phone calls setting up trips so you gu more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Winter is still in the air but I can’t complain too much, it feels like its going to make it into the 70’s today. I guess it’s a little better than sub-zero like they are having up north. It’s no wonder the birds migrate south for the winter and I ha more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay