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

Great Fall Fishing - Late October can be a great time of year to catch a multitude of species. Inshore, assuming water temperatures remain in the seventies, snook still remain a possibility. Although much more scattered than during summer months, small to medium snook c more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay

Crystal River Fishing Report- October 2022 - October Crystal River Fishing Report October is here, with cooler weather and a hot bite both inshore and off. Fish are on the move both to find warmer near shore waters and in some cases to begin their spawning season. While Hurricane Ian, w more...
Capt. Nicholas Warrington - Crystal River

Crystal River Florida Fishing Action - The Gulf Coast of Florida experienced a devastating weather event earlier this month when Hurricane Ian made land fall off the coast of Fort Myers Beach as a near category 5 storm. Thankfully the Nature Coast, which includes Crystal River and Homosa more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Good Night Snook and Flats Action in Sarasota - Fortunately the Sarasota area fared well during Hurricane Ian compared to areas to our south. Others suffered catastrophic damages that may take years to recover from. Although there is still a large amount of runoff, Sarasota Bay is recovering nicel more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Fast action in Sarasota after Hurricane Ian - I am happy to report that we suffered minimal damage from Hurricane Ian. I got out Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week and was pleasantly surprised to fine decent conditions and fast action! Despite some color to the water, the bite was very more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Post hurricane Ian fishing forecast - Well hurricane Ian has come and gone in the Bradenton & Anna Maria Island. Ian definitely left its mark but we got very lucky that it took a turn south in the last day as it was approaching Florida. We did not have a direct hit. Fort Myers was where more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton

Fast action on the deep grass in Sarasota! - Water temperatures dropped down to the low 80's, bait is plentiful, and fishing was good! The action on the deep grass flats was very steady, with anglers catching a lot of spotted sea trout. Bluefish, Spanish mackerel, ladyfish, mangrove snapper, ja more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Big Ol' Black Drum - Have you ever been to one of those large family gatherings where one of the grandparents or great parents is talking about a family member only to throw the words Bless His Heart into the story? Usually those words are the precursor for a story of more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

The next two months are the best time of year to fish! - As we approach fall here in Bradenton and Anna Maria Island we are getting to the best time of year to fish our inshore waters. The redfish are starting to show up all over the place, the larger snook have made their way back in from the beach, and t more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton

September Off to Hot Start - Snook, Juvenile Tarpon & Tripletail - Snook, juvenile tarpon & a dependable tripletail bite were the norm on Quiet Waters Fishing Charters, run out of Sarasota, FL over the last few weeks. Snook and juvenile tarpon were most easily targeted at night around dock lights. Tripletail were more...
Capt. Brian Boehm - Sarasota