Florida Fishing Reports

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - Well, we are back in Key West for the start of another great fishing season. The sea surface temperature has been around 76 degrees and the wind has been blowing hard for about three months prior to the start of fishing this season. The water offsh more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Date Fished: 12/6/01 Water Temperature: 74 Water Clarity: 2-3 feet Weather today was forecasted to be 40% chance of rain and wind 10-20 MPH. With an artificial trip for tomorrow we wanted to get out and see if we could establish some sort of succ more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Key West and Lower Keys - Casting in the Wind! We have had more than our share of windy days during the past couple of months. There are Permit and Bonefish on the flats and Tarpon in the channels IF you can cast in 20+knot winds. For most people that is a BIG IF.So let's more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Deep water OK It has been all about getting well offshore if you want some good action! Coastal and inshore fishing has been feeling the effects of a slow to leave Red-tide. Maybe this weekend's cold front will change things around. We had bee more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Fishing is excellent for snook and redfish! Good fishing still continues out of Marco Island. Huge snook, oversized redfish, acres of mackerel, bluefish and jack crevelle provided excellent action this week. Large sardines have been the key more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Still Holding It seems as if winter has been put on hold these past few weeks. This last week we enjoyed mild breezes out of the northeast and fishing has been excellent. It reminds me of how good it can be in the spring. The beaches and bays are more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - I have to apologize for not issuing a report for quite a while. Since 9/11, charters have been nonexistent. So I went away for a couple of weeks. I been working on the boats and redoing my equipment. Last week I did run some trips. The reef has been more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Marathon, Florida Keys - Sailfish Season is Here! Sailfish time is here again in the Marathon and Florida Keys area. Even though Sailfish can be caught year round in the Florida Keys, November through April is considered the peak of the season. The Islamorada Sailfish t more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Well who knows, maybe we won't have any kind of winter down here in the sunshine state at all this year. I think it was two years ago that winter only lasted two weeks. With air temps in the eighties and water temps on the flats in the mid seventi more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Flamingo - Everglades National Park - Cool weather made way for some enjoyable sightseeing and even better fishing. We caught and released over a dozen seatrout, two redfish, and released a snook during an early morning half-day charter. These fish were caught in Florida Bay in less th more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo