Florida Fishing Reports

Naples beach with local angler 7/13 - Today I guided local angler and part time Georgia resident John Goodheart. He never did the beach sightfishing before and was eager to learn more about it. Conditions early were tough (very calm and clear water), but the action picked up a notch wh more...
Capt. Paul Wolter - Naples

Flamingo - Right place, right time - When fish are even the slightest bit spooky, the first cast and delivery of the bait may be your only real chance at a hook-up... After that first presentation the fish may not move very far or at all, but it knows you're there... and the game may be more...
Capt. Benny Blanco - Flamingo

pure heat - Pure Heat (July 2007) With our recent hot temperatures and water temps hovering at 90* in the Gulf, and mid 90's in the backwaters, you'd think fishing would be slow. But on the contrary, fishing is just as hot as the weather. Tarpon have been m more...
Capt. Craig Lahr - Clearwater

East wind blows helping the spanish bite pick up. - We had a nice break in the weather the last few days. East wind blew all weekend bringing in a lot of new fish. Give a shout out to Tim Creasy for sending the Causeys' down for a trip. We looked at a few reds this morning but coundn't manage to ge more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Cleaner Water! - Because of the dirty water the past month the Flounder gigging trips have not been very productive. You just can't gig Flounder if it is hard to see. Even though you will usually get a fish or two it's hardly worth the work… With a little change i more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Birthday Slam plus Tarpon - With Saturdays charter rescheduled Captain Steven decided to spend his Birthday on the water. Today my goal was simple hit all my hot spots in search of Tampa Bay Slam. To achieve the grand slam you need to catch a snook, redfish and trout in the sam more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

July 1 threw the 11th fishing aboard the Hooked Up - July 2 Well it is finally July and this is the time of the year that our reefs come alive with life. We started out July fishing with Bruce, Yvette, Christopher, Jacob and T.J. from Baltimore and from Maryland. We started out trolling the reef with more...
Capt. Taco Perez - Fort Lauderdale

Inundated with red snapper - July 11, 2009 The offshore waters have been inundated with red snapper for the past month! Look for them around most of the deep artificial reefs and good bottom. Light tackle with a small jig and tipped with shrimp has worked very well. Keeper more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

......and Justice prevails......... - Charles Mace and his son, Justice, came aboard for one of their trips of the year today. Little did Charles know but Justice brought some smack down with him....brought it in a can. He proceeded to open it up on the first hole producing some small more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Summer sizzle on the Marsh/Farm - As previously reported the bass have moved out into the open waters of Farm 13 and setting up summer housekeeping in the old irrigation ditches and their associated levees. Those that know the lake are doing quite well, and those that don't are st more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13