Fishing Reports by Capt. Matt Ercoli

Anna Maria Island Fishing Report - Anna Maria Island Fishing Report As I said a few days ago in my fishing report, Tampa Bay flats fishing was about to explode and I would have to say it did over this past weekend. As water temps on the flats soared to the mid 70's the last few af more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Feb 22 Fishing Report - Tampa Bay Feb 22 Fishing Report Spring is in the air and flats fishing is really beginning to heat up. This week coming up should mark the beginning of the flats explosion. Snook, Redfish and Trout are invading the clear shallow flats as I write more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Feb 2 Fishing Report - Tampa Bay Feb 2 Fishing Report So it looks like spring is on its way. I just got done checking out the 10 day forecast and it looks like low 80s to high 70s for the next six days. Things are really going to start changing around here quickly. T more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Jan 21 Fishing Report - Tampa Bay Jan 21 Fishing Report Well we finally got into our winter fishing patterns. I say finally because it can be really tough fishing when the fish get stuck in that limbo stage somewhere between their winter patterns and somewhere between t more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay New Year Update - 2014 New Years Fishing Update Well I hope everyone had a nice Christmas and a happy new year. I want to thank everyone for a great 2013. We ran a lot of charters, caught a ton of fish and some real trophies. The best catch was a massive Tarpo more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Dec 26 Fishing Report - Tampa Bay Dec 26 Fishing Report Water temps are still up in the low to mid 70s on the shallow flats during the middle of the day despite a couple of short cold blasts. I would call them more of a cool front than cold fronts because the water real more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Dec 12 Fishing Report - Tampa Bay December 12 Fishing Report The weather sure is beautiful here on the island. Sometimes I forget how lucky I am living and working here out of Anna Maria Island. The weather is so nice here while the rest of the country is getting punis more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Nov 7 Fishing Report - Tampa Bay Nov 7 Fishing Report Winter is on its way and it seems now that we have had a couple of cool fronts, can't really call them cold when it's 70 degrees out. Fishing has been overall good. Most of my fishing this past week has been on the more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Oct 10 Fishing Report - Tampa Bay Oct 10 Fishing Report October is here, one of my very favorite months of the year. If you have read a lot of my reports in the past you may have heard me talk about why October is one of my favorite, but if not it's pretty simple to se more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Sept. 6 Fishing Report - Tampa Bay Sept. 6 Fishing Report Hi everyone, I know it's been a while since my last report, I guess the dog days of summer are making me lazy. Really the truth is after a long Tarpon season I try to take a little time off and reorganize the equi more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay