Florida Fishing Reports

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 12/01/2001 by Capt. Butch Rickey There are only two trips to report on for the week. We (I) at least, are entering the slow period that always come before and right after Christmas. Things aren't back to normal, yet, an more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Bonus Action We were blessed this week when the last front fizzled out. That left us with favorable tides and fine December fishing. December is not always the friendliest month so it is a bonus when it stays warm throughout the holidays. I know t more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Offshore of the panhandle coast of Florida, the water temperature fluctuates around the 70 degree mark. Old man winter is just around the corner, followed closely by Santa Claus who will be flying the American flag on his sleigh this year. Way offs more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Key West and Lower Keys - Mild Grand Slam Weather December has been very mild, if a bit windy. The mild temps have kept the Bonefish active on the flats. In the photo above, Rob James caught this Bone with a merkin crab pattern. We had been hunting for Permit, had had more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Fishing Good I always hesatate before saying the fishing is good because you know how fishing can be, but I'll go out on a limb and say fishing is good. Dolphin in the mornings and Sailfish in the afternoon is how it has been this week. A few kin more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - The snook have been feeding good for most of the week even with all the wind that we've had. Starting on Wednesday, the best time for snook has been at the tide change in the afternoon and around the area bridges. The Inlet has been giving up a few more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - As you can see by looking at the frequency of my reports, I haven't spent much time fishng the inshore waters lately. The mullet run has slowed down and the fish are a bit scattered. With few baits in the area it is taking a fair amount of searching more...
Capt. Andy Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Jupiter & Palm Beach Offshore Saltwater Fishing Report - Jupiter offshore fishing Warm weather here in South Florida hasn't slowed offshore fishing here in Jupiter. In fact, on several days sailfishing was red hot. After roughs conditions for a couple of days early last week large schools of flying fi more...
Capt. Rob Mazzei - Jupiter

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 12/10/01 Yesterday I had a repeat client take out his nephew and friend. I fished with this client last year during one of the early cold fronts in December. I remember the day well because the temperature was around 30 – 40 degrees and the sailf more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - Fishings great, when the wind lets up! Once the winds let up, we caught Sails, Dolphin, Kingfish, Barracudas and even a Wahoo. All the fish were caught live baiting with Kites. The Dolphin were all gaffers and the Sails were from 10 lbs to 60 lb more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale