Florida Fishing Reports

Wahoo, Kings, Sails and more - Kingfish have been our main target the past few weeks. Most of the fish have been in the 8-20lb. range though we have had shots at bigger fish every trip up to 40lbs. Most of the kingfish have been deeper 180ft out to 250ft. of water, as they are e more...
Capt. Ryan McBride - Fort Lauderdale

Homosassa Scallops & Redfishing - Homosassa Scallops & Redfishing Homosassa was recently declared The Scallop Capital of the World, by one of our local Tampa news stations, Bay News 9! Although Homosassa Scalloping hasn't been as good as the last couple of years, folks a more...
Capt. "Red Ed" Brennan - Homosassa

Fishing In Everglades National Park is Heating Up! - This is the summer and as summers go business is normally off due to the high heat and families taking a well deserved vacation. This summer is no different than others so the fishing reports have been on the thin side. The best bet for me recent more...
Capt. Alan Sherman - Miami

Hernando inshore fishing report -Bulldog Fishin Charters - The weather this past week gave anglers the opportunity to get out and fish and the bite was good. The early morning is still the time to get out to avoid the summer heat and the afternoon thunder storms. It appears the hurricane season has finally s more...
Capt. Keith Tomlinson - Hernando Beach

Shark and Tarpon - Fishing report for week ending 8/16/09, while the snook and redfish inshore have slowed a bit the shark and Tarpon fishing on cut bait has been steady. The sharks outnumber the tarpon 10 to 1, lemons and blacktips inshore and a few hammerheads off th more...
Capt. Gary Clark - Sanibel

Finally Back in Naples 8/17/09 - I have been doing some serious traveling the last month and a half and just got back in town last week. I spent three weeks working at a lodge on Kodiak Island, Alaska fishing for halibut, rockfish and salmon. That was a great experience to say the more...
Capt. Chris McCubbin - Naples

Sails, Whales & Mahi Tales - What an incredible past 2 weeks! Kinda hard to figure where to start but I guess it should be with the big fish- Really BIG Fish! There has been a school (pod?) of Whale Sharks living in the Grayton/Seagrove area for at least the past 12 days. They h more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Beat The Summer Heat By Fishing Deep - Surface water temperatures in the ocean have been between 88 - 91 degrees. In Biscayne Bay it's been even higher. With the temperatures this high, it calls for a change in technique to have a reasonable chance at a successful trip. In the ocean, f more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Biscayne Bay Flats Fishing - Sight fishing bonefish and permit in Biscayne Bay has it ups and downs. This report is a good example of how things go. This was the baby, but I like the picture. Rich Schuster from Hallendale Beach, Fl. caught three permit with live crabs. Thi more...
Capt. Carl Ball - Biscayne Bay

Mosquito Lagoon Crab Trap Cleanup - Instead of a straight fishing report this week I have a report that will help make fishing better. On August 15, 2009 Mosquito Lagoon was the site of a volunteer effort to remove derelict crab traps from Mosquito Lagoon. With volunteers included more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Mosquito Lagoon