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

Fishing about to Turn On - Warming waters in late February signal that fishing is about to get better. There may be another cold front or two, but the strength and magnitude of these is usually less this time of year and water temps seem to rebound more quickly. The large se more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay

River fishing produces big snook in Sarasota - Action was steady this week on the grass flats in Sarasota Bay. Unlike the last few weeks where fish seemed to be all in one spot, most of the deeper grass flats provided some action. Speckled trout and ladyfish were fairly plentiful and readily took more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Good Shallow Water Action - Anglers fishing with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had some action catching and releasing reds, snook and trout on DOA Lures in Gasparilla Sound and Tampa Bay recently. Fly anglers also caught and released snook in the ICW at ni more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota Winter Fishing in Full Swing - Shallow water anglers on recent Quiet Waters fishing trips fished waters as far south as Placida and as far north as Tampa Bay. We fished dock lights in Sarasota as well as dock lights throughout the Venice and Nokomis area for snook and other spec more...
Capt. Brian Boehm - Sarasota

Winter Time Fishing The Nature Coast - Happy New Year anglers!! All of the great guides here at Reel Florida Fishing Charters hope that 2022 was a prosperous year for everyone and we wish all of you the very best going into 2023. Let's work on making this year the best year ever!!! --- more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Cold Front Fishing Tampa Bay - January Tampa Bay Fishing Report What a weird weather pattern we've dealt with in November being 5 to 8 degrees warmer than normal and December was similar. A lot of people asked what's this done to the fishing, and here is the answer.The trou more...
Capt. John Rivers - Tampa Bay

Shallow and Deep Grass Flats Producing in Sarasota and Tampa Bay - Anglers fishing with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had some action catching and releasing reds and trout on DOA Lures in Sarasota Bay and Tampa Bay recently. Fly anglers also caught and released trout with a couple of blues and more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota rivers providing good action - All of my fishing trips this week were done in area rivers. Anglers casting Rapala X-Rap plugs caught most of the fish, though fly anglers fooled a few on Clouser patterns. Jack crevalle to ten pounds were landed and were the highlight of the week. S more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Fly Fishing Report - Tampa Bay - Sight fishing for fly and light tackle anglers is heating up as temperatures cool down. Cold fronts are now are coming through on a what seems like a weekly basis and the 3 nights we had in the 30's really put the fish where they should be. During a more...
Capt. Ethan Kiburz - Tampa Bay

Cold Water. Tough Bite. - Last week may have represented the worst cold this area has seen since the 2010 snook kill. On a charter yesterday, 2 dead trout, one dead snook and a dead ladyfish were all spotted laying on the bottom. A few seatrout were seem swimming off slowly a more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay