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

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Kings and more kings May 25, 2000 Sarasota Fla. Fishing Report By Capt. Bob Smith Almost the end of May and the wind and high pressure are still with us making the fishing drag. The only consistent fish has been the king mack more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Today the wind was breezing up pretty good out of the south, and although the weather service called for a light east wind with seas two to three foot, it was more like four to five. The fish bit like crazy all day. We started out trolling spoons and more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Flyfishing for Tarpon With less than a half inch of rain since January, the gulf waters have been extremely clear and have made spotting tarpon very easy. With very little cloud cover so far this month, the glare has been very minimal. Homosas more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Looking for Tarpon May 7, 2000 Sarasota Fla. Fishing Report By Capt. Bob Smith This was my week to start looking for Tarpon, but I found not one tarpon! We ran along the beach from New Pass to the Venice Jetty's about 15 miles south of New more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Homosassa Fishing is Weather Perfect I can tell you at this point, is to come and go fishing because it is good. Homosassa Bay is chalked full of trout, redfish, cobia and many other salt water fish. I am so tired from catching fish and guidin more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Plenty of west and northwest wind on the Gulf this week. Kept me in Monday and Tuesday, but finally on Wedsday we got out. I was glad we did too, as the fishing was good despite the choppy seas. The kingfish have continued to be dependable, so I d more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Reds are always fun action on Homosassa flats Sam Shine and his friends fish with me 6 or 8 times a year. He always try to pick the best tides so we do not have an excuse as to why the fish do not bite. Just recently Sam and his neighbors came more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Grouper Digging April 23, 2000 Sarasota Fla. Fishing Report By Capt. Bob Smith It was grouper digging time for those who ran offshore to 70'to 80' depths or more. Good catches of red grouper up to 15 pounds with a few gags mixed in were th more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - April is Cobia month in Homosassa Some exciting fishing on the Homosassa flats is when the cobia follow the sting rays. Today one of my fishers caught two on light tackle. The fish were not very big as cobia standards go, but they were plenty f more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Fishing the Gulf over the past week has been enjoyable. The areas around the artificial reefs at seven and thirteen miles west of Venice Inlet have been consistently providing decent catches for us. There has been lots of baitfish hanging around the more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice