Fishing Reports by Capt. Matt Ercoli

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Tarpon, Tarpon, and more Tarpon. In two words I can sum up our fishing news around here, tarpon are thick and biting. The tarpon where a little late due to a late spring, but once they made their showing they made it with full force. I have seen a more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - So far it has been a typical March, pretty much as good as it gets. The snook are definitely the prime target for most of my fisherman with average catches of 25 to 45 per day. Some fish approach the 40inch class, it’s easy to see why they are the m more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Springtime conditions are finally here and the flats are teeming with fish. The weather has been superb, except for a couple of days following this weekend’s cold front. Warm weather is in the forecast though and snook especially are on the feed. more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - I can smell it in the air, spring is right around the corner. If you’re a fisherman I don’t even have to tell you it can be the most explosive fishing of the whole year. Winter fishing conditions are almost over. Shortly the fishing will travel out more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello! Time for another fishing report. Now things have changed a bit with cooling water temperatures. The days have been beautiful, although cool in the morning, but warming perfectly by 10:00 am, making for some very pleasant fishing weather. Nig more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Well things have changed around here quite a bit. The last couple of cold fronts have put us into full winter fishing conditions. This has not been a bad thing for my charters though. The fishing remains very good as I follow them into their backco more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - How’s everyone doing? Fishing couldn’t be any better! On nearly every fishing trip I run someone asks what is my favorite time of year to fish. I always seem to lean toward Oct. and Nov. The fishing is just so good, and even better, so peaceful. more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Well, fall is in the air and fishing is really starting to pickup. Snook are congregating on the flats in larger numbers. Most of the snook have been shorts, but the larger ones should go on the bite soon. Redfish are also biting quite well, more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Despite all the rain we still have managed to get quite a few days out on the water that have been quite successful. I guess the best way to sum up the fishing it’s just redfish and more redfish. They have been making up the majority of our catches more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Well the heat has certainly turned on. This past week fishing seems to have gotten progressively better, since that tremendous amount of rain we had three weeks ago which put a lull in our fishing. The past couple of weeks I’ve spent most of my ti more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay