Florida Fishing Reports

Happy New Year! - Happy New Year! It hard to believe but 2009 is over and we are headed into 2010 with some serious cold weather for us south Floridians. This first week of Jan. is forecast to be in the 40's which is not normal at all. There is a positive side, more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Southwest Florida Cold Weather Fishing - This past week we got our first dose of cold weather fishing as we switched from live shiners and pinfish to shrimp. The cold has pushed most of the bait fish to warmer waters to our south so it's time to switch to shrimp and look alike imitations more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Boca Grande, Fl. 1-2-2010 - Cool weather decended upon us this week but it did not stop the redfish from eating everything we threw at them. Most of the flies we used were Puglisi patterns fished very slowly. Because of afternoon winds I stayed on the north side of Charlotte more...
Capt. Pete Greenan - Boca Grande

Action For Dolphin, Kingfish, Tarpon and More Remains Steady - While I have the time between trips, lets get caught up again with the activity out of the Haulover Inlet area aboard Knot Nancy. Over the last week, there has been no current in the area. That area ranged from south of the Twins to the north en more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Can you say Brrrrrrrrrrr! - Fishing report for the week ending 1/3/10 with the coldest weather we have seen in a while its time to change techniques, the aggressive mackeral, bluefish, ladyfish and pompano have slowed with the cooler temperatures and a lack of baitfish to eat. more...
Capt. Gary Clark - Pine Island Sound

All's Quiet At Christmas - A big front with lots of windy days into the 20's forced me to reschedule trips into the next week. So, there is no report for the week ending 12/26/09. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

GiddyUp joins Fox 4 Team (next report 1/8/10 - I'm still in Md on holiday. Charters on the 6th and 8th should tell quite a story. Water temps have SW FL fish in lockjaw mode for most Guides (except those who score 50-60 snook and 80 redfish each time their boat hits the water) Full and complet more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

78" Sailfish while Live Bait Kite Fishing in Fort Lauderdale - Lady Pamela Sportfishing Charters Fort Lauderdale, Florida www.ladypamela2.com 954-761-8045 This morning, a regular angler of ours, Bob, came deep sea fishing aboard the Lady Pamela with Captain Paul and me. Bob fishes with us every yea more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Bonefish in the Caribbean - Southern Drawl Kayak Fishing took a week off and spent the holidays in the Caribbean. We flew to George Town, Grand Cayman, 480 miles southwest of Miami. We flew out of Tampa at 2:05 p.m. on Christmas Eve and arrived at 3:50. Our target was more...
Steve Gibson - Sarasota

Mosquito lagoon Fishing Report - This is the final Mosquito Lagoon fishing report for 2009. Despite some challenging weather during the month of December, the redfish, trout, and black drum were all willing to eat. With most of the mullet having gone south for the winter, shrimp and more...
Capt. Chris Myers - Mosquito Lagoon