Florida Fishing Reports

Tarpon Action Heating Up in Sarasota - Anglers fishing with me on the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, the past couple of weeks had plenty of shots at tarpon, numerous bites, a couple jumped and one landed. As is often the case early in the season, action more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Rainy Days! - Went out for just a few hours this morning to do some exploring. The water levels are extremely high first off. Also there is so much trash floating around and mostly on the banks...Picked up as much as I could. I did see a ton of mullet here on the more...
Capt. Drew Cavanaugh - New Smyrna Beach

Stormy weather makes for great bay fishing - Fishing report for Sanibel week ending 5/24/09 I got a chance to know my rain suit a little to well this week with five strait days of rain. I will give my clients credit though no one backed out and they reaped the benifits of great snook, redfish a more...
Capt. Gary Clark - Sanibel

Backwater Reds, Trout & Shark; Yellowtail & Muttons Offshore - Monday morning, 5/18, Tim Guthman and his six-year-old son, Tyler, had hoped to go fishing offshore. But the time-line on an approaching weather front was uncertain and had me concerned about rough seas offshore for the little guy so I recommended we more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Clearing Skies Should Improve Fishing Opportunities in Southwest - Finally the rain has stopped! We sure needed the rain and we got it. It was a difficult week for fishing as a low pressure system hung over Southwest Florida and created endless thunderstorms and rain that could occur at anytime. It was di more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Redfish and Trout Starting to Chew on the Grass Flats - Starting to catch some nice speckled trout and redfish on grass flats in the bay on pilchards and top dog juniors first thing in the morning before the wind starts to blow. Also the King Mackerel bite is still happening south of the pass. On live cig more...
Capt. Brian Keith - Destin

Allan and Micheal brave the weather: nice trout reward! - Another day on the water and another day of 20 to 30 knot winds. Good thing I can put my clients on fish in any conditions! Picked up bait early this morning and headed to a couple of spots. First spot had a bunch of post spawn trout. Not giants. more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Rainy Season Has Started! - Fishing in South Florida is a bit different every year and long ago I learned that it is important to keep good records of what the fishing was like on each and every charter I make. I take note of many different things from each charter and log them more...
Capt. Alan Sherman - Flamingo

Stars are aligned for Holiday fishing - The storms are leaving SW FL and Tarpon/Snook/and Redfish should present themselves proudly over the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. Tarpon: Try INSHORE (Pine Island Sound) Snook: Try anything near a PASS like Redfish Pass or Captiva Pass. R more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Mahi Mahi Mania - It all began innocently enough for the Skelton boys, Dad and two sons, from North Georgia. It was a routine customer request. The day's primary objective was to run way, way afar and far, far away into the cobalt- blue of the Gulf of Mexico where t more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle