Florida Fishing Reports

Reds on fire, near shore Ok - 1 February 2017 Reds on fire, near shore Ok Over the last month with my new boat I have been fishing all over the place from Matlacha when I want to get on Red fish and Trout to Pine Island Sound when I want to catch Sheepshead, snapper and Snook a more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

Improving SW Florida weather should improve the bite - The past couple of weeks proved tough for catching. Duel weather systems delivered a one-two punch with cold temps and windy conditions. The nearshore reefs did produce some pompano and sheepshead and we caught a few seatrout on the flats of Estero B more...
Capt. Brad Brown - Fort Myers

Cool Weather = Hot Inshore Fishing in Naples Backwaters - I have been very busy for the last month running trips daily while enjoying some great winter fishing. Anglers have consistently had great catches of a variety of species on the inshore waters. Sea trout, redfish, pompano, sheepshead, black drum, m more...
Capt. Todd Geroy - Naples

Key West Flats Fishing - It's a new year and we are off to a great start as the weather has been fabulous in Key West. I've been quite busy and very pleased that the fishing has been pretty darn good. Barracuda fishing has been better as the evening temperatures have been more...
Capt. Lenny Leonard - Key West

Everglades report, 31 January 2017 - I only had one booking last week (something about the weather.... seriously bad weather in the early half of the week....). Last Friday I hooked up with a couple of visitors from the midwest, Randy Ellington and his partner Bob. They were on a hous more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Cold Front Kick's Off The Inshore Bite In Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay Fishing Report We finally had a major cold front that lasted more than a day and it's exactly what we needed to fire off the trout and the sheepshead. It has been very windy the past three days mixed in with rain, so I was not out fishin more...
Capt. John Rivers - Tampa Bay

Bigger fish available but numbers are off - Our fort Lauderdale fishing trips have been very similar to the charters we had the previous several days with fewer actual numbers of fish coming aboard but there are certainly some bigger fish available, and close to shore. Close to shore being wit more...
Capt. John Logan - Fort Lauderdale

Hernando Fishing Report - Hernando beach fishing report. Fishing is good in back water creeks and bays, target red fish, trout and black drum around creeks, Springs, mud bays and oyster bars. Live and dead shrimp is working great. Red fish are holding on islands with more...
Capt. Josh Fritz - Hernando Beach

Variety of Fishing - The fishing the past few weeks has been good for some and fair for some. We have been mainly fishing on the edge for sailfish. There has been good days and fair days catching sailfish. The fair days are the days with slow or no current and green wate more...
Capt. Mike Busse - Pompano Beach

Everglades Fishing Report - We are definitely in our winter pattern over the last few days. The water temps are in the 60s and every afternoon you might see 72-73 degrees. Not quite consistently warm enough for the tarpon to show up in numbers. When it does though, they show more...
Capt. Jason Sullivan - Flamingo