Florida Fishing Reports

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - WEAK OF WAITING FOR WILMA! by Capt. Butch Rickey By the time this week actually got here, what was supposed to have been three trips had degenerated into one! By the time my Tuesday trip came along, hurricane Wilma was already looming on the horiz more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Big snook, redfish, lanes, yellowtail, mangs: Bonita Beach, SW FL I had planned to fish a lot more this past week, but several folks cancelled trips because they had heard negative things about the impact of red tide. By the end of the week, Hu more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - October 20, 2005 I just watched the latest update on hurricane Wilma and all I can say is we better be prepared. Hopefully something will happen and steer it away from us. After all the loses we suffered last year from Francis and Jeanne I am not more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

South Indian River, Port St Lucie & Fort Pierce - South Indian River Fishing Report October 19, 2005 INSHORE: Another week....another storm brewing out there. Looks like things could get wet and windy once again. The water hasn't went down since last storm and here comes more. Sure has b more...
Capt. Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie

Orlando, FL - Lake Toho, Clermont Chain & The Kissimmee Chain - Johns Lake Today we had planned a run to Johns Lake to do some scouting. This is a very clean and clear water lake. We started out with various shallow to deep running crankbaits, picking up 2 stragglers in the main lake area. From there we mo more...
Capt. Tim Fey - Orlando

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 10/15/05 by Capt. Butch Rickey I had two trips on the books for this week, but only ran one. It was a tough one! I met my old friend Texas Wader Ron Hunter, on Thursday morning. Ron brought along his girlfriend Pat, more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Run For Cover October is always one of the best times of the year to fish in the Marco Island and Ten Thousand Islands areas. The fall baitfish migration has been disrupted in the past month due to unsettled weather in the Gulf. Red Tide has been more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Just when fishing starts to return to Pine Islaand Sound like old times, Hurricane Wilma has us in her crosshairs. Having gone to Biloxi and Pascagoula to assist in S&R after Katrina, it is my plan to say plenty of prayers tonight. Anyway, here's th more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Jupiter & Palm Beach Offshore Saltwater Fishing Report - Palm Beach Fishing Rebounds Although Mother Nature has not cooperated lately inshore and offshore fishing has been excellent lately. Rough seas and bad weather has significantly hindered our ability to get offshore this fall and we’ve cancelled more...
Capt. Rob Mazzei - Jupiter

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - October Redfishing! It is the season for for redfishing in Southwest Florida. There are to ways to target reds right now. YOu can fish schools of breeder reds from 10-20 pounds or you can sight fish singles that range from 4-8 pounds. more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers