Fishing Reports by Capt. Matt Ercoli

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - This May has turned out to be one heck of a month for fishing. Inshore and offshore, equally so. It seems that each day as I leave the dock I must fight the same mental battle over and over. Should we head inshore or offshore? Now it?s especially more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Wow! Lots have happened since my last fishing report. The period between this and my last fishing report has been the best action since the beginning of our spring fishing. Last week giant kingfish, this week some of the fastest snook fishing you ca more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Pretty much if it swims in our waters we are catching it right now, tarpon, snook, cobia, permit, redfish, trout, kingfish, little tunny, black tip sharks, Spanish mackerel and I?m sure I have left out a few. Redfishing has really taken off, I?v more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - I can?t believe it?s already April, where did March go to? It was an awesome month and I would have to say we closed it off with a bang and opened April with an even bigger one. Here is a description of the past few days. At 7:30 we left the dock, more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Snook, snook, and more snook pretty much sums it up. There is really little reason for us to fish for anything else when the areas most popular fish is biting this good. This past week has been very similar to the last few except that we are now ca more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Well, it seems spring has finally arrived in a big way! Blue skies, warm weather, and most importantly for fishing, warm water temperatures. It is amazing what a few degrees in water temperature can do for fishing. The middle of last week we were more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Sorry for the delay in my fishing report. I haven?t had much news to report, so that leaves me waiting for things to change weather wise. We just can?t seem to get rid of these cold fronts. It?s not like we are in a deep freeze or anything, we jus more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Well, I hate to claim that I?m a fortuneteller but I said in my last report that things are fixing to explode. I think it would be fair to say they have. Snook season has opened with a bang, just in time for them too really go on the feed. Unseaso more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - I?m sorry for the delay of the fishing report, I wanted to wait and see what this week would bring. I guess the big question I?ve been asking myself was how warm could the water possibly get. Could water on the flats approach 75 degree in January? more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Well, we finally had a real cold snap move in. The day before yesterday and the day before that we saw low nighttime temps plummet into the mid-thirties. This has chilled the water considerably but sure hasn?t cooled the fishing a bit. This is wh more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay