Florida Fishing Reports

Key West and Lower Keys - Peak Tarpon Season is Here! Toronto Del with a male Tarpon who milted all over us!!! Silver Kings rule the Florida Keys during May and June as thousands of anxious anglers flock to the flats for some thrilling Tarpon action. The fish have been arri more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - All winter we have waited impatiently for Spring fishing to arrive on the Florida Panhandle coast, aka the unforgettable coast and now IT IS HERE!!! All of the fun-to-catch species have arrived and we greet them with open fish boxes. King Mackeral more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Summer species keep anglers working. The temperatures are in the low 90's and the water is in the low 80's already. This means that the fishing is goinig to be in a summer pattern. Snook will start biting early and late and tarpon will start d more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Preperation, and a Keen Eye Reward Anglers Last week in this column we touched on some basic principles that can be applied to fishing. Using simple time proven fishing techniques on a consistent day to day basis will produce fish. Sounds like a b more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Fishing in the Mosquito Lagoon was another roller coaster this week on the numbers wave twelve one day six the next. Greg and son Paul joined me for a half-day on a sight casting extravaganza; reds were the main targets here. While I steadied the Day more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Kingfish Maddness This morning I was expecting some slow action with only a half day to work with and no wind, but to our surprise the Kingfish made a surprise attack. The first two baits to hit the water were taken with out notice. I guess we wer more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 4/13/2002 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week began with six trips on the books, but a cancellation and a no-show left me with four trips to tell you about. My first trip of the week was with a very interesting and fun fello more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Snookfest The past week of fishing was angling paradise. It was a golden opportunity to fill the grand slam ticket. Snook, redfish, trout and tarpon were more than willing to fill the bill. Water temperatures have reached the mid-eighties. Tha more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Central Indian River Lagoon - Capt. Ron Bielefeld's Indian River Report-Sebastian Area Capt. Ron Bielefeld’s fishing report from the Indian River Lagoon and Sebastian River area. This past week the fishing has remained fairly good with trout, reds, snook, and jacks making up more...
Capt. Ron Bielefeld - Indian River Lagoon

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Exciting Friday and Monday for ME Friday was another exciting day for the Cutting Edge. Catching a sailfish was plenty exciting don't get me wrong, but what I am about to tell you about this Friday will really get your blood flowing. It was flat c more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne