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

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Indian Summer Brings Gorgeous Conditions on Gulf If you had the pleasure of being out on the Gulf over this past weekend and you hadn't looked at your calendar for a while; you would have never guessed it to be the month of December. Sea condi more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hey fellow fisherman, December is starting off with a bang! Sorry that the report is late but I had a computer crash, you know how that goes. Cold weather slowed us for a little but now we are on a warming trend. You know what that means, fast more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Pompano & Permit During the week there were some very nice fish caught but there have also been days like Thursday, when you could hardly loose a bait. Except for the pompano there has been not much of a pattern to the inshore bite. Pompano more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Capt. Shawn Crawford and Capt. Matt Ercoli have had some pretty good days the past week or so. The Snook action has really been incredible. With the water temperature falling it has brought big pods of nice Snook onto the flats surrounding the main p more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - A mixed bag of fish and tricks! November was a mixed bag of fish and tricks! This last week found pompano in the passes, small mackerel and little tunny along the beach. The next day we would have large Spanish mackerel on the (M) reefs or goo more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - With Bay News 9 plugging CyberAngler today, I must give the Tampa Station 5 stars when it comes to the weather. Also, destinations within Citrus County are featured on Bay News 9 more than the other Tampa Bay Stations. Homosassa is only 60 miles more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Approaching Cold Fronts Excite Feeding Frenzy Action on the Gulf was good early in the week. Not only did we do well with some grouper and kingfish aboard my boat, but I also talked with several of the other local fishing captains who said more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - The wind was blowing 10 Knots from the south, the sun had just barely risen and the tide was high and just about to ebb. The approaching cold front had set the scene for absolute perfect conditions. Harlan Gross stood on the bow of my boat armed wit more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Big Macks and Bull Reds The fishing has been good for the last couple of weeks if you could get offshore. There was plenty of large Spanish mackerel, 3-5 pounders around the (M) reefs in 40-50 feet of water. Some very nice kingfish are also bei more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Gees what a great time fishing we are having. What can I say could it be anymore perfect? I sure look forward to this time of year, cool refreshing mornings and near perfect afternoons. The fishing equals or surpasses the weather, don't know what more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay