Florida Fishing Reports

Sight-fishing for snook in the surf - Fishing slowed somewhat during the last week, but we still managed respectable snook catches along the beach. Mostly fly fishing, we landed snook to 31 inches on assorted flies. The top producer, of course, was my D.T. Special (variation). more...
Steve Gibson - Englewood

September in the Florida Keys - Video report from the last couple of days on the flats, fishing with my friends. Fishing here continues to be epic. The last week or so has been very warm with little or no wind. Glassy smooth conditions make it easy to spot rollers, tailers and wake more...
Capt. Scott Yetter - Little Torch Key

Redfish Arriving Right On Schedule - As summer winds down the fall redfish schools are arriving right on schedule. We ran into a couple schools this week in northern Pine Island Sound and Charlotte Harbor. All the fish were big averaging about thirty inches and were schooled tight worki more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Mullet, Mullet Everywhere - Mosquito Creek Outdoors Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, September 3, 2009 By Captain Tom Van Horn First, let me wish all of you a happy and fishful Labor Day weekend. Labor Day traditionally marks the end of summer for most of us, so more...
Capt. Tom Van Horn - Indian River Lagoon

Reds and Specks Still Biting For Us - The redfish and speckled trout have been cooperating with us for the past couple days. The trick is to get past all the bluefish that have flooded the bay for the past few weeks. The bite should remain strong on the flats throughout the fall...and more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

CLassic species - Jacksonville's river report - 9/4 - Target species, Catch species Had the pleasure of having Vic C. on board. He was an attendee of my Float-rig fishing seminar at Dicks Wings sports bar on Beach Blvd. a few weeks ago. And his buddy Mark. Vic's an avid reader here, so he k more...
Capt. Dave Sipler - Jacksonville

Night Fishing A Cool Summer Alternative - Slow fishing continues to keep the catching at a minimum. Average water temperature in the Gulf of Mexico has stayed at 89 degrees for about a month and a half. That makes daytime fishing expectedly slow. Night fishing is a good option, particula more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Red October In Tampa Bay - Its october and there here! Pigo-pon-o-mis size red fish have been sliding into the flats. These big dawgs are being caught on both sides of the bay. Fish pot holes and oyster bars. Bait of choice live sardines or dead sticking chunks of threa more...
Capt. Sean Hagen - Tampa Bay

JP2Fish takes JB to fish. - I decided to do something new this year. There have been a few people that follow my reports and email me every now and then to tell me thanks for the effort. Some even go as far as to refer business to me even though they have never fished with more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Reef Bite Right - Offshore fishing in the middle Keys has been hit and miss lately with some good catches of Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi) being had mostly around floating debris. Some larger fish have been hitting the docks recently, and can be anywhere from 6-30 miles offshor more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon