Florida Fishing Reports

Key Largo Offshore Fishing-6/08/09 - In the past month I have been offshore several times and the dolphin bite has been the most consistent I have seen in a few years. Every time out we get a good box of fish and run in to fish 5or more times on most days. all the school dolphin we have more...
Capt. Bob Fernicola - Key Largo

Tampa Bay Slams Easy To Come By! - Let's talk about some more tarpon fishing! We competed in tournament three of six of the Professional Tarpon Tournament Series last weekend in Boca Grande, FL. We fought fish for most of the three hours of the tournament, but we didn't get any real more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Summer is here! - 060409 I am fishing out of Haulover in N. Miami Beach this afternoon with Karen Frick and her father Earnhart which are visiting from Germany. The Mullet schools are pushing thru the inlet and it didn't take long and Karen had a 60 lb Tarpon hooke more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

May Flats Fishing for Bonefish, Permit and Tarpon - May is one of my favorite months for fishing in Biscayne Bay for the much sought after and not easily enticed tarpon. As expected May was not disappointing. My customers were very happy with the number of shots available with both fly and bait. Since more...
Capt. Carl Ball - Biscayne Bay

The "quad-fecta" of a six hour trip. - Early, we chase reds and trout: Then we chase spanish and blues: Lot's of fun and lots of fish! more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Snook inside and out - Sunday morning was a challenge, getting bait was tuff! What's up with that? Before a charter I allow an hour to gather bait before meeting my clients. Chumming and only getting pinfish was frustrating as I also wanted a live well full of white baits. more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Summer time tarpon and snook - Well summer has arrived and it is off to a great start. The rain has started a little early, but most people appreciate the wet weather. Typical morning this time of year we start out casting to rolling tarpon at first light. If the day is overcast more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Snook,redfish,tarpon - The winds have finally tamed down these past few weeks and the snook fishing has definitely heated up. Redfish, trout, and the occasional tarpon will round out the day. It has been a blustery spring and we are happy to see the dog days of summer a more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Go "chumming"...catch a bunch of fish on custom rods. - Ran the first all chum trip today. If you have never experienced catching big spanish in a chum line, it's something you definitely want to try. I use 8 1/2 foot ML custom rods built on St. Croix blanks with oversized reels and eight pound line. more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Thinking About An East Coast Slam - I'm Still Thinking About An East Coast Slam I never should have started reporting on this slam thing. Now it haunts me on every trip. One day this week was good for two varieties of the slam - snook and trout but no redfish. Another day was potent more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach