Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Southwest Florida rains bring cooler water, better bite - Hot, wet weather has been the norm for the past week and that led to dodging rain and storms. Things are pretty quiet on the water, boat traffic wise, so we've been taking advantage of the lull and some close in reef spots as well as back country ho more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

The Back Bay Fishing is Heating Up! - The water temps still remain high so get out there and catch the early morning tides before it heats up. Redfish are sitting around the oyster bars and grass flats on the lower stages of the tide. As the tide rises start fishing the shorelines. Yo more...
Capt. Scott Theis - Fort Myers

Fort Myers Fishing Report 8-1-14 - Fort Myers Fishing Report 8-1-14 The Bait is starting to show up! This is good news for anglers looking to cast net a few pilchards or Snook candy as i call them. In reality they are candy to just about everything that swims inshore. They have bee more...
Capt. Mark Yimin - Fort Myers

Good Stuff All Around Redfish, Snook, Sea Trout Others - 4cast SwFl 30-07-14 Capt. Ron Kowalyk Offshore: Excellent reports if you skirted the morning storms on the grouper and snapper fronts. The bite was hot from 5 to 30 miles out, look for features in 26 to 70 ft. of water. The snapper bite ha more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Shark Fishing On Topwater Lures - Great Ft Myers Inshore Action - If you spend anytime in the back country of Estero Bay or Pine Island Sound you have no doubt seen sharks in the 3 to 5 foot range cruising the flats. There are bigger ones out there for sure but the medium size sharks are the most cooperative. I more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers

Estero Bay backcountry redfish and tarpon are biting - It was a busy week on the water and we fished both backcountry and nearshore Gulf waters. The way back of Estero Bay has been a good place to be for redfish. They were feeding near the top of the high tide near mangrove shorelines and along the o more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

Fort Myers Fishing Is Great Early Top Water Trout & Tarpon - Just about every morning at first light there is a fantastic top water bite for Spec Trout and Tarpon. Look for the trout to be on the deeper areas of a flat, and the best areas will be close to deep water. Most of the trout will retreat to deep wate more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers

Fort Myers Fishing Report 7-26-14 - We were greeted this week by high tides in the middle of the days, this time of year that usually means successful trips and it definitely did this week. The mornings have been slow with the water creeping in to the bay, but being patient and waiting more...
Capt. Mark Yimin - Fort Myers

Fort Myers Night Fishing For Snook Has Been Awesome - If you're tired of the dog days of summer, than there is no better way to beat the heat than night fishing. I'm not talking about fishing the lights at residential canal docks. There is excellent fishing just about anywhere there is some reflected li more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers

Jaxson's Sanibel Island Redfish - 8-year-old Jaxon Beiro from the other side of Florida, wanted to do a little flats fishing on the West coast of Florida. Since he's not old enough to drive, he invited his parents Jose and Sarah. Fortunately for me they called me to take them out an more...
Capt. Paul Hobby - Fort Myers