Florida Fishing Reports

A Dreadfull Slow Bite In the Second Week of April! - Another big cold front and a week of full moon tides made this one of the slowest bites I've seen in a long time. The week began on Monday with Jim Szabo, a great guy I fished with back in February. He brought along his friend Charley, whom he war more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

MID-APRIL Jacksonville Florida Report - 4/9 - It was a Yeller fest!! Holy smokes.... I haven't seen a bite like that for quite awhile. Yes, it was a Yellowmouth Trout fest like none other. And I was so glad, because I had the entire Kolls family on the boat, mom & dad and the 3 more...
Capt. Dave Sipler - Jacksonville

BIG Wahoo on the Troll - Lady Pamela II Sportfishing Charters Fort Lauderdale, Florida www.ladypamela2.com 954-761-8045 This morning, David and his three buddies from Chicago joined Tom and his wife from Buffalo, NY aboard the Lady Pamela II. We set sail from S more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Biscayne Bay - 4/11 Today I had two fine gentlemen from S.C. aboard, one of them being a Marine just back from his second tour in Iraq. It was my pleasure to pole these guys around today and put them on some bonefish. The bonefishing was tough in the morning a more...
Capt. Mo Estevez - Biscayne Bay

Sanibel Fishing with Tarpoons.com - Sanibel Fishing Charters with Tarpoons.com Fishing is good! Here is what my clients say! Hey, just wanted to let you know that we had a great time fishing. Can't wait until we can get back down again! I'll be thinking about you every more...
Capt. Greg Hood - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Orlando Bass Fishing - The month of February has seen some very good bass fishing action here in Orlando. We have had most of our focus on Butler Chain and one of the private lakes that I fish. Butler Chain we have had some good bass come off beds, despite high winds that more...
Capt. Tim Fey - Orlando

World Record drum and slob reds - The Mosquito Lagoon water level has come back up for the spring transition and the fish have spread out a little. We took redfish, trout, tripletail, ladyfish, bluefish, jacks and black drum this week. When things got tough one day this week on the f more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

These are the times that try Captains' souls... - Just ahead of another cold-front predicted to come through our area Monday evening, Bill Oswald and his eight-year-old daughter, Grace, fished Estero Bay with me Monday morning, 4/6. We had some gusts of wind but nothing like the winds expected on Tu more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Spanish on the "run" and trout on the flats. - As each day passes the water issues seem to be clearing up. Today was the first day the spanish macks were thick on Deepwater Point. Trolling or casting all the way back to Major Wood and out to the Middle Grounds the spanish have finally got tired more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Tarpon Catching - Miami and Biscayne Bay tarpon fishing is still very good. Catching giant tarpon can require a substantial amount of energy, as I have witnessed from several customers this season so far. Pulling directly against the tarpon with the rod pointed nea more...
Capt. Carl Ball - Miami