Hernando Beach Fishing Reports

Hernando County fishing - Fishing the inshore waters of the Nature Coast is doing well. There are a few problems, but not with fishing, but with our governmental changes. Our illustrious law makers pertaining to fish sometimes do not play with a full deck of cards. I truly more...
Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach

Winter/Summer fishing - Winter / Summer Time Fishing It seems like we went straight from winter to summer and skipped spring. As we move into May, the fishing should continue to get better and better. The fish will begin to get into their summer patterns. On recent ch more...
Capt. Joel Gant - Hernando Beach

Grouper seasons for Always Fishing - 4 Florida counties open April 1 to gag grouper recreational harvest State waters off the coast of Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor counties will open to recreational harvest of gag grouper starting April 1. This regional season will remai more...
Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach

Crazy Spring Fishing Action - Spring fishing is in full swing along the Nature Coast of Florida. Red fish and snook are taking over the back waters of Aripeka to Chassahowitzka, look around outside points, creek mouths, and mangrove shorelines. A incoming tide is producing the be more...
Capt. Josh Fritz - Hernando Beach

Spring Fishing Action - Fishing in and around Hernando beach is very good, Red fish are holding in there spring and summer spots all ready. Look for them around the outside points and islands with a good water flow and mullet schools, Live bait will get there attention fa more...
Capt. Josh Fritz - Hernando Beach

Opportunity Fish - I would like to talk about what I call Opportunity Fish. For example; when I'm targeting redfish or trout and I'm moving to and from my flats spots, I come across an opportunity fish. What is an opportunity fish? This may be a cobia, shark, jack, more...
Capt. Joel Gant - Hernando Beach

Hernando County, Florida - Welcome to spring… Looking at the weatherman today even the worst day fishing is better than what is going on up north of us. Fishing is just starting to pick up. If the government does not get their act together we will have no fish to catch. All more...
Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach

Hernando Fishing Report - The last week of charters has produced great black drum action and red fish action on the afternoon incoming tide. We are targeting areas close to springs and deeper holes for black drum, live shrimp rigged on a 1/0 circle hook. Most of the drum are more...
Capt. Josh Fritz - Hernando Beach

fly fishing Hernando County - March 5th will be the next meeting of the Tarpon Coast Fly Fishers. Exciting things will happen at this meeting. First we will have a great speaker Brian Eastman from the Bass Pro Shop in Orlando. Brian is a Pennsylvania native who spent his y more...
Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach

Warning: Convicts on the loose - That's right, it's that time of year to look for the Convict fish AKA sheepshead. With the colder waters these fish can be found anywhere there is structure. Look around the rock piles, docks and channel markers. On a recent charter, I anch more...
Capt. Joel Gant - Hernando Beach