Regional Fishing Reports for:
Florida Keys and Florida Bay

Key West and Lower Keys - Best May for Tarpon in Years! May 21, 2005This has been the best May for Tarpon fishing in years. Here is Ed Stephenson jumping a couple of Silver King, both of which he brought to the boat within 30 minutes. Nice work Ed!Ed really does a great jo more...
Capt. Dexter Simmons - Key West

Flamingo - Everglades National Park - Backcountry Fishing Report and Forecast Summer in the Everglades and adjacent waters is the time to live for! Winds are calm, temperatures are hot, and the fish are biting. Near Flamingo, redfish have been stalked in large schools and smaller po more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the past week, due to the high winds, I fished only backcountry. Early in the week, I found nice mangrove snappers around some islands in the park. They are moving in anticipation of the Aug. spawn on the reef. The following day I found great tr more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Everglades National Park & Biscayne Bay - Cane Polin’ Fishing report April 27th to May 18th, 2004 Now that we have reached May, the weather is starting to warm up nicely but stiff East winds are sometimes a nuisance. On nicer mornings (when the winds had laid down) we’ve been seeing schoo more...
Capt. Jim Hale - Flamingo

Everglades National Park - Flamingo - It's been about six weeks since my last report. Not many days off now for a working guide, of course in August I'll have plenty of time for writing reports.... Everything is happening now at Flamingo. We've been catching nice snook in both Whitew more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Marathon, Florida Keys - Dolphin Scramble As anticipated, the Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi) fishing off of Marathon and the middle Keys has heated up this week with some large schools of schoolie sized fish showing up all over the area. Several excellent catches of Mahi's hit the d more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Everglades National Park & Biscayne Bay - Cane Polin’ Charters fishing report from April 1st to the 25th Since my last report at the end of March I was not able to be on the water for the first two weeks of April as my father, who taught me how to fish and love the sea, passed away. Out of more...
Capt. Jim Hale - Flamingo

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - This is a nice time of the year to fish. The other day I had a charter in the backcountry; with a nice family; father and his two sons. They caught Seatrout, ladyfish, blue runners, jack crevalles, bluefish, three types of snappers Spanish and cero m more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Marathon, Florida Keys - Tarpon Bustin loose The Tarpon action at the 7 mile bridge and other keys bridges has heated up lately with some good numbers of fish showing up and some great catches of Tarpon up to 170lb by captains at the 7 mile marina. The other morning, I ha more...
Capt. Bob Brown - Marathon

Everglades National Park & Biscayne Bay - Been staying very busy but cold and windy conditions have taken it’s toll on fishing the flats especially in Everglades National Park. Numerous days we’ve run across 15 to 20 snook and seeing 10 to 15 redfish. Most of these fish have been over 7 l more...
Capt. Jim Hale - Flamingo