Florida Fishing Reports

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!! My mother always used to tell me that whatever you did the first day of the new year set the pace for the rest of the year to follow. With that in mind I've always tried to go fishing new years day even if it was only for a li more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - The first report of the New Year and it is a good one. The fishing is extremely spotty, dependent on the area you are fishing. The fishing from Haulover to the Monument Bouy is so-so. There has been a South current all week, and the blue water is more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - This week we saw record cold temperatures put a chill on us and the coastal waters as well. Without a doubt the colder temperatures will affect our fishing. As always finding bait inside the bay will be nearly impossible. Pilchards will put on a d more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - The inshore fishing has been very slow with the winds kicking all week but a few anglers did have banner days on the catch and release snook and trout if you were brave enough to go out in the wind. The shore bound anglers are having red hot catches more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Well we finished our last few trips to the lagoon with a bang catching twenty-five fish, ten reds to twenty-seven inches and fifteen trout. The day before we took many trout including three gators to seven plus pounds and some respectable reds. Trout more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - It's Still Cold! Fish the Backcountry. First of all, I’m sorry about the delay in the report. I don’t have much of an excuse because I haven’t been fishing all that much due to the windy and or cold weather. I’ve been getting in two or three days more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - As I am sitting here writing this report, the temperatures are in the 30's, the wind is chugging at 15 plus, the skies are cloudless, and Scott is plying the waters of the Farm with Shiners. Sunday the 24th we had two trips booked for 1/2 day in t more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Cold fronts will knock us down. There is not a lot I can say about the last couple of weeks fishing. Windy and cold conditions have kept us off the water for most of the time. When we did get out, we found the bay and inshore fishing very slow wi more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Key West and Lower Keys - Winter Angling in the Keys The last week has seen some BIG BARRACUDA caught along the patch reefs. There have been some Permit showing on the edges of the flats and channels, but it has been a bit spotty. We are anxiously awaiting a January thaw more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Well I hope everyone had a nice Christmas and that Santa was good to you. Fishing has changed some since the last report, but we are still having some great outings despite the fluctuating weather. The water temperature is now in the low 60's, typi more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay