Florida Fishing Reports

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - John and Margie Gilbert joined me for a half-day and they took ten nice reds and two gator trout that were released very carefully. At one point they had a triple on and had to do some dances with rods as I call it. The next day was a beautiful day a more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - The fronts are coming through on a steady basis. It's the time of year when 3-5 foot or higher seas are the norm. Anything less is considered a calm day. Kingfish and sailfish with a few dolphin and an occasional tuna become the predominant and so more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Mixed Bag For Northern Visitors As I approached the newly renovated Riverside Villas, three guys were anxiously awaiting my arrival on the river front dock. I introduced myself to Brian Fitzpatrick, Rich Crocker and David Mauro of Westford, Massa more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - December 11, 2003 INSHORE - All the talk this past week has been about the snook in the Inlets. There was a lot of slot size snook taken from both the Ft. Pierce and St. Lucie Inlets, from around the South Jetty in Ft. Pierce and also from all the more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - This past week winter, or what passes for it here, was in full swing along with the usual cold fronts (and accompanying high winds). I was fortunate to be on the water four days and we fished a lot of different areas during that time ranging from Bi more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Anglers fishing the edge of the stream have been enjoying terrific dolphin fishing while fishing live baits off of kites. These fish can be seen chasing flying fish along the reef line. Most of the fish have been averaging 4 to 8 pounds, but anglers more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - With the latest cold front passage, the water temperature along the reef line has dropped to around 75 degrees. This is an indication of good things to come. The wind continues to keep the cocoanuts within picking distance of the ground, however duri more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - We are into the winter pattern. A few days of breeze from the north, the temps hit the 50's at night and the ocean temp is starting to come down too. This is what we need to push the fish south and into our waters. This past week has shown some promi more...
Capt. Andy Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - Sail and Kings Abound Winter is upon us and the great fishing that comes with it, is here too. Friday we caught 4 sailfish, several dolphin and some king mackerel. 11 year old Martini Arostegui tested that idea on Saturday. He caught two sai more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Winter Whirl Winter is definitely here. This past week the winds were stiff, the skies were gloomy at times, and the water temperature took another plunge. There were some pleasant breaks in the weather throughout the week as well. Plenty of f more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island