Florida Fishing Reports

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Fly A Kite Most of us don’t even ask about the forecast anymore. We know that it is going to be windy. There has been rain involved just about every other day too. Regardless of the wind, the fishing in the last week has been fair to excellent. Th more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Boca Grande, Florida Fishing Report - The wind has really been blowing here, and it seems that the cold fronts just want quit passing through our area. Fishing has been a little on the tough side. Most of the trips I have done lately have been in 25 mph plus winds, you really have to wor more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - I've been lucky enough to spend the last 5 days on the Gulf and the fishing has gone from one extreme to the other. Right before the full moon the red snappers were intent on committing suicide. My folks on fri. had a limit 2 hours into a 4 hour trip more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - If you didn't get to fish in April, Now is the time! I think the past three weeks have been the windiest that I have seen in a few years. We have had Northeast winds at 15-20 knots since April 17th. East winds don’t tend to affect bait that m more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - INSHORE - Well, as most of you know this has been the windiest week we have had for a while and this has made offshore and even the inshore fishing not very easy. I took a ride in search of a few diehard anglers to see of anything was being caught. more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Key West and Lower Keys - The Great Florida Noreaster of 2001 We have seen 22 consecutive days of Northeast wind blowing 15-25 nauts, keeping our water temperatures in the sub-78 degree range. Therefore, the Tarpon migration has been kept offshore, with a few fish showing a more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Marathon, Florida Keys - Dolphin Scramble! The offshore fishing off of Marathon and the middle Keys lately has been dominated by Dolphin. The breezy conditions have kept most private anglers off the water the past week or two, but charter boats have been venturing out an more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore - Choppy Conditions With winds whipping in excess of 20 knots and seas in the 6 to 7 ft range many anglers took the week off. Though the Cutting Edge was booked and fished each day it was sometimes less than enjoyable. Last week the fishing was be more...
Capt. Quinton Dieterle - Key Biscayne

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - The drive to the Stick Marsh is 6.5 miles long down a straight but bumpy dirt road. Most people arriving at the Stick Marsh for the first time hardly notice its length or the bumps however as the anticipation of great fishing occupies their minds. Th more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - Its been a while since my last update. I've waited for things to make a big change before updating the report. Well they have, lots of wind and rain. I guess we need the rain but the wind combined has kept most anglers at the dock. I did manage to sn more...
Capt. Andy Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale