Florida Fishing Reports

Paying it forward ....... A guides treat - If you were blessed enough to be handed a fishing rod around the age of two, then you might be lucky enough to still be fishing. I look back at my younger years and think how blessed I was to have a Mother & father who would spend countless hours more...
Capt. Lenny Leonard - Key West

Mahi tunas and yellow tail snappers - Mahi Mahi off shore, black fin tunas at the hump and yellow tail snapper on the edge of the reef. Lots of great fishing of the coast of Islamorada . more...
Capt. Rick Rodriguez - Islamorada

Pre front fishing at it's best. Spring has sprung! - Another run of beautiful weather will greet anglers over the coming week and that should only help to carry over from the week before. Fishing has been very good with access to just about any species anglers might be after. Bait schools are getting l more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

Grouper & snapper & shark, oh my - After a couple days off, I was back on the water Tuesday, 4/26, when I headed 28 miles offshore in calm seas with frequent fishers Ron Musick, Eddie Alfonso, and Dick Arnett, joined by friend, John. This was the last fishing trip of the season for Ro more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Bonus Fish Are Back - Fishing is coming around back towards the summer season with more and more species showing up in close. As I had said in my last report, the arrival of the big bait schools up in close is quickly followed by the pelagic predators. We have been seein more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Estero Bay Report - The fishing this past week continued to be tough for anglers in the shallows of Estero Bay. The seatrout bite was decent over the grass flats in 3-5 feet of water. Shrimp under popping corks worked best, but anglers could try artificial's like gulp more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

South Indian River Fishing Report - May Fishing Forecast for the Treasure Coast Inshore: Finally, the windy months of March and April are almost behind us and we can look forward to the great fishing weather that May has to offer us on the Treasure Coast. Other than the usual more...
Capt. Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie

Time of Year for Mixed Bags - What I almost do not care for is how fast things change this time of year. Literally, one week can be so far from the last. Shallow water Sheepshead one day, backed up by Trout and Redfish. a week later the same area is a Ladyfish fest. And has m more...
Capt. Dave Sipler - Jacksonville

Daytime Swordfish Trip - April 23, 2016 Unbelievably, here I am talking about swordfish for the second time in a week! We had a daytime swordfish trip today with everything ready to go and light winds, maybe 5 miles per hour out of the southeast. We were headed to about 1 more...
Capt. David Ide - Fort Lauderdale

Summer Pattern - Summer is right around the corner with temps reaching upper 80's this week. Shallow water anglers want to get out early if you want to work those grass flats. Most winter-spring species like pompano, spanish mackerel and bluefish have left but always more...
Capt. Bob Bushholz - Stuart