Florida Fishing Reports

Grouper Season Open- Groupers biting excellent in Ft Lauderdale - The grouper season started up this week on May 1 and there are some good catches of groupers already hitting the dock in Fort Lauderdale. Reds, blacks and gag groupers are biting on the reefs and wrecks, just a mile off our coast. We're catching more...
Capt. Paul Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Flamingo Fishing Report - The spring time fishing has been outstanding over the past few weeks, despite the late season front that came through late last week. That front slowed the tarpon fishing down a bit in the Everglades, but the snook fishing has been as good as it get more...
Capt. Jason Sullivan - Flamingo

Islamorada Fishing Report - The Islamorada deep sea fishing has been heating up the last few days. The Mahi fishing has been good offshore in the Florida Keys with a lot of schoolie size fish. We had a nice catch of Mahi and some Triple tails the last few days. The Florida keys more...
Capt. Marc Toledo - Islamorada

Tampa Bay The Big Fish Are Back! - Big fish are showing up, bait is getting easier to find and catch, and fishing is awesome in Tampa Bay. For the most part, we've been starting our mornings off fishing for silver kings, and have managed to jump a few of them daily. More and more t more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Redfish Bite Slow in Estero Bay, Trout Bite Is Hot - This week's front changed things up a bit with cloudy water in Estero Bay and wind that mixed up the tides. The redfish bite got tough just after the front, but it started to pick up again on Sunday. Cut baits and live shrimp thrown under the mangro more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Tarpon Fishing Improves Mid Week - Reds / Snook Meanwhile - Conditions: The water level in the backcountry will be high enough to get way back in the creeks. The passes, sound and beaches will have a lot of moving water. Water temps will be in the low mid 70s and slowly rise throughout the week. The winds the more...
Capt. Dave Pecci - Charlotte Harbor

Father and Son Fishing - A father son all-day fishing trip started with a stop at the bait boat. After loading up on bait, Captain John ran out to 300 ft. to check the conditions. The current was slow to nil, so he decided troll south to start the day. The planner and the more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Panama City Beach Fishing - Spring has come and now the transition to summer is happening. Plenty of baits around to activate all the species. I haven't posted in over 260 days so this is just a recap and an update. Good fun with Crevalle on the beaches. It's hard to beat that more...
Capt. Jason Giles - Panama City

Cast into the Shadows for Redfish - A late season cold front dropped temperatures a bit and it has scattered the bait in some areas. The redfish bite has been best on a high tide under mangroves. The shadow line has been key as some fish just won't come venture out much to eat your b more...
Capt. Dustin Hilliard - Tampa Bay

Sailfish Action Good Deep - Sailfish action has been pretty good on the deeper side and around 200' - 250'. The problem is getting live baits. As you may know Miami's Government cut and Fisherman's Channel are being dredged and this is affecting the bait migration. Until the di more...
Capt. Carlos Mendez - Miami