Florida Fishing Reports

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Round The Bend It seems that the warming trend is going to continue for at least the next week. Temperatures are supposed to stay in the mid seventies. The water temperature went past the sixty-degree mark this past week and despite some breezy da more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 1/29/01 The fishing last week started off with cold weather and good fishing. On Monday we fished in cold, windy, rainy, and foggy weather. The fog was so thick, that you could hardly see your kite and your kite baits. Even with all that, we got more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - With all the cool weather the water is still way to cold to catch a lot of fish but if you take your time and fish the deep holes you could catch a few fish to go with your grits and hush puppies. Most of the fish being caught are sheephead, croaker more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Central Indian River Lagoon - Here fishy fishy fishy! This week on the Indian and Sebastian River was a mixed bag . Mother nature teased us for just 2 days with air temps in the 80s and water temps climbing to near 70. The trout turned on for one afternoon on the Indian Rive more...
Capt. Ron Bielefeld - Indian River Lagoon

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Sailfish Season! After a very busy Christmas and early January the charter business has slowed. Most of my bookings have been for April-June tarpon fishing trips. By the way, if you are interested in an April tarpon fishing trip call to reserv more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marathon, Florida Keys - Kings Rule!! The King Mackerel action in the Marathon and middle Keys area has been scorching hot lately. Nice sized Kings up to 40lb. have been coming in from the reef edge in anywhere from 50-200ft. of water. Several traditional hotspots have more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Date Fished: 1/26-27/2001 Surface Water Temperature: 58 Water Clarity: 1 foot Friday, as I stated in my previous report, was the day to work the Stick Marsh and the Farm with artificial baits and look for a pattern or patterns that would produce more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Miami, Florida - Offshore - If you love Sailfishing the way I do, then you have to embrace this time of the year, because the Sailfishing has been red hot. Recently the “bite” has been better in the afternoon. Starting at around 3 p.m., the Sailfish have been chewing on bait more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Fish holding offshore Although a few snook, sheepshead and sea trout have been caught on the bay, the action is still offshore. The 40' depth seems to be the starting point on both the artificial reefs and natural bottom. This is due to the cold more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Indian River Lagoon & Banana River - This week's report on the upper Indian River and Mosquito Lagoon from Spotted Tail, updated 1/27 Now booking TARPON trips for May and June for the SW Florida coast! Spotted Tail had another tough week but things are looking up. Monday and Wednes more...
Capt. John Kumiski - Titusville