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

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 8/15 through 8/21/2005 The early bird gets the worm! Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had fast action with snook before daylight while fishing lighted areas. In addition, juvenile tarpon in the 10-pound class have be more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The after effects of red tide have been of disastrous proportions in the Gulf of Mexico, but thankfully less so on the Southshore of Tampa Bay. Captain Chet Jennings has been scoring on snook and redfish, and reports that the snook are healthy and g more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Hot Fishing in Florida Hot, humid and sultry describes Florida’s sunshine state this month. I’ll take that over what we were given last year at this time with hurricanes bearing down on us. Use plenty of water to stay hydrated and load up on the more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - In an Off! Well it certainly got hot! That is the fishing and the weather. The last couple of weeks the weather has been beautiful. This time of year you do get the afternoon showers but usually we are off the water by then. We changed thing more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 7/31 through 8/14/2005 Fly and spin anglers had fast action with snook around lighted docks in Little Sarasota and Blackburn Bays during the past couple of weeks. Snook attacked shrimp and glass minnows along shadow more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Plenty of Offshore Fishing Choices in August/September People are always asking me which are the best months for fishing out on the gulf. This is a tough question to answer as there can be lots of variables with a wide variety of fish to more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The tough summer fishing patter on the Southshore of Tampa Bay is still in effect and will probably continue for weeks to come. Just now, mangrove snapper are providing the best action on the artificial reefs, and all those little secret spots over more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Not More Grouper Regs and More Fish Reports Seems there is a big ruckus over how many grouper have been caught by recreational anglers last year. The NMFS has implemented the following interim rule, effective August 9, 2005, to reduce over fishin more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Getting Red-ey! Well let’s end this month with a bang ,because the Red tide has moved out of the areas where we have been fishing it’s been great. A lot of the smaller bait that we catch this time of year on the flats have shown up so it is s more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Sarasota and Venice - Charlotte Harbor, FL & Crane Meadow Lodge, MT Fishing Report for 7/17 through 7/30/2005 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict caught and released a few quality fish during the week of 7/17. We fished Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound and scouted s more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota