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

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Strong northeast winds have kept most anglers off the water this week. Water clarity is good, but bait has been very elusive. Capt. Chet Jennings called it a day before noon on Tuesday without ever finding white bait. Capt. Chad Manning put in at more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - All the fish are not dead! All the fish are not dead! The bay fishing is improving! Most of our species we normally catch have been caught this past week. During the past week we caught snook, redfish, sea trout, pompano, flounder, mangrove sna more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - There's a big one for you! Well between the weather and the fact that I went out of town for a few days I did not get a whole lot of days to fish. But the days that we did fish we did really good. The Red tide in our area has let up quite a bit bu more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota and Boca Grande, FL Fishing Report for 8/ 27 through 9/4/2005 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict continued to have good action with snook before dawn. In addition, crevalle jacks and ladyfish attacked schools of glass minnows on the surface more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Two Georges Slam The Redfish in Homosassa Florida Today after the 6 am news, I finished preparing my boat. Last night I could not find my key or the spare to the ball hitch lock on my trailer. Here it was almost dark and even the locksmith could more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Tampa Bay - South Shore - August was a pretty typical month for fishing on the Southshore of Tampa Bay. Bait got smaller and then disappeared altogether for a few days, and then along came Hurricane Katrina. The local effect was a week of high winds and some heavy evening r more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota & Charlotte Harbor, FL Fishing Report for 8/22 through 8/27/2005 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had good action with snook and tarpon during the past week. Snook before daylight continued to be one of the best options. Juvenile tarpon i more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello fellow fisherman, I Hope everyone is having a productive summer out on the water. The fishing has been very good. We’ve had more snook than anything else, and some of the largest my boat has taken all year. Last week our largest was 38 inches more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - This weekend all eyes are on Hurricane Katrina as she is now in the gulf building up to go who knows where. It is sure that wherever she goes, she will surely make someone’s life miserable. No fishing today due to the storm and the high northeast win more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

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