Florida Fishing Reports

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Date Fished: 11/19/01 Water Temp: 71 Clarity: 2-3 feet Today the forecast was good with a 20% chance of rain and winds 5-10 out of the NE. Needless to say the weatherman couldn’t be further off than a rooster could have in predicting conditions. more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Just Right Cool mornings and warm afternoons stayed with us this past week. We had no surprise weather and fishing was good. It seems as if the fall migration is in limbo. That’s just fine as far as fishermen are concerned. It is a time when all m more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Cotee Jig takes trout with ease Spotted seatrout fishing has been really red-hot for about a week. Catches of limits have been made by several top local guides and private recreational anglers as well. In fact, most anglers have been getting thei more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Sailfish Action STarts Up Sailfishing took a turn for the better the last couple of days. Not many people are fishing but the boats that did caught fish. Sailfish are on the edge from 80 to 140 and when the current is running hard they are snapp more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - More Sails! Yesterday, we put out 3 small live bonitas and 10 minutes later we were fighting 3 sailfish! What a great day! We caught the triple header and went on to ccatch a Amberjack, a nice kingfish and a Barracuda. All this on our 1 to 5pm t more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Good Fishing Returns! After three weeks of mediocre fishing the winds calmed down and the temperatures tipped the mid 80’s and the fishing responded as a result. Trips prior to Turkey Day were still the “winter” mode with cool winds and choppy sea more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marathon, Florida Keys - Mackerel Bonanza! The annual run of Spanish Mackerel has started a bit early here in the Marathon and middle Keys area. The bite is ON right now as tons of nice sized Spanish have been coming in from the Florida Bay. Best action has been about 9 more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Indian River Lagoon & Banana River - This week's report on the upper Indian River and Mosquito Lagoon from Spotted Tail, updated 11/26 It looks like the fish are getting into their winter pattern. That's a good thing, since I think they're a lot easier to find, and between fron more...
Capt. John Kumiski - Titusville

Key West and Lower Keys - Southeast Winds Bring Grand Slam Action A wind shift to the east southeast has dramatically increased the water temperatures and has improved the action for Bonefish and Permit on the flats. Tarpon have moved into Key West waters with the warm weat more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Mack Attack! Greetings; The best way I can describe the fishing around our area for the last two weeks in a single word would be action. Nearly nonstop action is available right now and it's not hard to find. On a few of my charters my clients more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers