Florida Fishing Reports

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - September Slam The mornings have been a little bit cooler and the traffic has been slower than usual. Bait is abundant and so are the fish. Everyone that I talked to has been having banner days this past week. There are plenty of snook f more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Indian River Lagoon & Banana River - This week's report on the upper Indian River and Mosquito Lagoon from Spotted Tail, updated 9/14 Outstanding Catch Dept.- A fly caster, known to me only as Sasaki, got his first tarpon on Saturday in the Indian River, a fish of about 12 poun more...
Capt. John Kumiski - Titusville

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The dolphin fishing has been real good. Monday, I had a regular customer of mine on board, With a well full of Pilchards; we headed off shore to look for some Dolphin. The fish have been under birds and debris. At about 10 miles, we hit our first sch more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Key West and Lower Keys - Bonefish Tails Dot the Horizon! It always amazes me to know that the absolute best Bonefishing in the Keys happens when the least number of anglers are around to appreciate it. Indeed, many anglers are hyped up about Tarpon and flock to the Keys in more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - A Little Bit of Everything! It’s been a couple of weeks since my last report for Marco Island. I’ll try to make it up with this report. We are in a transition period between summer and fall. The summer species like snook and tarpon are on the slid more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Miami, Florida - Offshore - During the past few weeks, a few anglers have been secretly heading offshore during the night to fish for Swordfish. During the late seventies and the early eighties it was not uncommon to encounter Swordfish longline boats with sets of lines ten more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound, Florida - Redfish are starting to school in good numbers. They can be found on or near the flats and against the mangroves. Flies, artificials and bait all are working well for these beautiful strong fighters. Average size about 22 to 30 with larger ones b more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Offshore - More Kings, Bonitas and even a few Wahoo! The kings have been a little bigger this week. Live bait has been the ticket for the bigger ones. The Bonitas are still here and abundant. Quite a few Wahoo have been weighed in this week. One Wahoo more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Big Reds Redfish have been the main attraction on the bay for the past week. Although we have had plenty of action on the grass flats from small trout, ladyfish and jacks, the big fish has been redfish. Some of the best action has been in t more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Come and fish the Redfish Tour Tournament Fishing has been average around Homosassa this past week due to flat tides and a low pressure area hanging around for a week. The upcoming redfish tournament this weekend will see a little better than more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa