Florida Fishing Reports

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 11/12/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a full week this week with a mixture of new customers and old friends. It was a fun week. The week began with a trip way up the river to pick up Dr. John Hitt's boat and bring her home more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - A beautiful day and I've got the day off. The charter season has slowed down to where I'm just booked a couple days a week. Usually thats about all the nice calm days we get a week this time of year but so far it's still wonderful. Bright sun, 75 to more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - 1:30 PM and 12 dozen shiners had been disposed of by two fishermen. The location: the spillway discharge area. The method: free-lined shiners. The results: many big fish, but the elusive 10-pound+ fish escaped them. They came close, but it just more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - The fish are in and the Redtide is out! The fish are in and the Redtide is out! The cobia are thick along the beach and the artificial ¡§I¡¨ reefs. Cobias up to thirty pounds have been caught and fifteen to twenty pounds is average size. Li more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Goliaths and Lane Snapper: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 60 pound goliath grouper, caught on a blue runner, and released on an offshore trip last week. I fished Monday in 30 feet out of New Pass. We used live shrimp to catch a more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - Fishing After Wilma Well we survived the hurricanes with no major problems. Just like last year, we lost most of two months of fishing to hurricane season. And, I don’t mean the football team. We had no damage. I think of those unfortunate people more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Nov 11th, 2005 We are alive and well in Miami. The fishing is getting good, so lets go fishing. Hurricane Wilma has come and gone and life is back to normal. Hotels are open, there are no more gas lines and everyone has power. We suffered very more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Fernandina to Saint Augustine & St. Johns River - November 10 Fishing Report For Jacksonville Area Waters Once the bull reds spawn, be they male or female, they have a mighty hunger and a need to replenish fat stores depleted during the spawning process. There was a major spawn during the full more...
Capt. Bob Cosby - Jacksonville

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - NOVEMBER 10, 2005 INSHORE - The snook action during the daytime hours has been the best at the spillway in Taylor Creek. The best bite at night has been in the Ft. Pierce Inlet and around both the North and South Bridges. Live baits have been the more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Praise the Lord, Allah, Buddha, or whomever you might worship. Normal patterns of fishing have returned to SW FL! King Mackerel, Redfish, Snook, and Gag Grouper are ON FIRE. This is good news but not the best news. The BEST NEWS is what all these n more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers