Florida Fishing Reports

Topwater Time - August and September are my favorite time of year to throw top water plugs and poppers on the fly rod! Due to the heat, high water levels and tannic water clarity, noisy top water plugs get the most exciting strikes. Basically your blind casting st more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Anna Maria redfish now schooling - After the recent rains big schools of reds are roaming the Bars from Port Manatee to Ringling flats. We are averging over 30 reds per day and they are hitting anything you throw at them. Bring your fly rods. One minor problem is that you may not catc more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria

Southbound Sportfishing Key West Report August 22nd - August 20th, 1020 The Blue water and east have returned and the offshore fishing has started to heat up. Most of the summer the blue water has been out deep and there has been no current. The green water we've had in our area is great for the snap more...
Capt. Richard Houde - Key West

Empty Beaches, Great Fishing & Snappers Reopen ! - The annual migration of the tourist families back North has happened with the onset of a new school year. The beaches are empty and as much as everyone who lives here enjoys having the visitors it sure is nice to have our beach back to ourselves! more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Gulf and Estero Bay Fishing Produce Snapper and Redfish - The bite on the nearshore reefs picked up a bit over the past week or so. The big mangrove snapper have finally taken up residence there along with a good amount of keeper size gag grouper and schools of spanish mackerel. They are all chewing well more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

Sharks big and little - Fishing report for the week ending 8-22-2010 Snook have been primarily on the beaches and around the passes with the best times early and late, midday heat does nothing to get these fish active. I have been targeting redfish on the high outgoing more...
Capt. Gary Clark - Pine Island Sound

The Ups and Downs of August Fishing - Well look who is back at the computer again. I guess some free time has come my way again. Since our last report we have had some great fishing, some fair fishing and some slow fishing, but it all beats working. On July 26th we fished with more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Saltwater Fishing Near Daytona Beach - August 23rd, 2010 Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Reports With one of the hottest summers on record here in Florida and water levels down a few weeks ago, now back on the rise, salinity levels returning to acceptable conditions, and last but not least, i more...
Capt. Drew Cavanaugh - Daytona Beach

Take Your Pick - Aug 20th, 2010 In the past two weeks we have done a few daytime sword trips, trips on the edge and fishing in the Gulfstream for dorados. Starting with the day time sword trips, the bite has been decent and seems to be getting better. In the p more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Bull reds - The best shot in this area for a true trophy is targeting the bull redfish found in the St. John's River system.With multiple species biting on recent trip we managed 8 redfish to 24,4 trout to 17, and 4 flounder to 18. Rounding off the backwater more...
Capt. Scott Tait - Jacksonville