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

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - IFA Redfish Tour Report- Hammered in Titusville The cold front that swept through the first week of March had lasting effects from cooler water temps to high winds that hampered my abilities to catch fish or even go out fishing. Some days are m more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Kingfish Moving Up Florida's Westcoast Looks like the annual spring run of king mackerel is cranking up here on Florida’s Southwest Coastline. Over the past week the action west of area beaches has been improving daily with plenty of bait star more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - How is everyone doing this week? The snook fishing has been absolutely unbelievable since my last report. An average day for snook has been between 40 and 50 fish on live bait, and 15 to 20 per day for flyfishing, including 3 days when we broke 30. more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Kingfish on live shrimp The King mackerel have started! Kings have been caught around the (M) reefs in forty feet of water and it looks like this weekend may be a winner. One of the tricks to getting the early kings is too free-line large live s more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Tournament report of the Inshore Fishing Association This report is mainly about my participation in the Ranger/Mercury Pro Redfish Tour. First, I wanted to bring you up to date on my other activities. Last month, I was invited to the Tampa more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Big Cobia on light tackle Kirk DeHaven of Virginia started off the week by catching and releasing a 60 pound cobia on 12 pound test line. We were anchored over a pile of rocks north of New Pass in 18 feet of water. Free-lining live shrimp on spi more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Spring is finally here. Homosassa's fishing action has improved dramatically. Finally, enough water has come in with the last new moon phase for redfish action. The west winds also help to bring push in more water and baitfish. The flats are ali more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - It all broke loose this week It all broke loose this week with plenty of good action from the Bay to the deep Gulf. Spanish mackerel, pompano, bluefish and a few cobia were being caught in the passes on jigs and live shrimp. The grass flats wer more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - The month of March should prove to be a lot more productive than February. The changes to warmer water temperatures in the gulf will bring in bait fish and shrimp. Most salt water fish seem to feed better when the water temperature rises above 70 more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Kingfish on the horizon Our week was spent fishing the (M) and (I) artificial reefs. The artificial reef M5 was holding flounder from 13 to 18 inches and they were taking live shrimp fished on the bottom. All of the (I) reefs seem to be hold more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota