Regional Fishing Reports for:
Southwest Florida (Cape Sable to Boca Grande)

Ft Myers to Boca Grande winter fishing report - Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I just got a reminder that its been over a year since my last fishing report. Sorry for the lack of reports. Its mostly due to the fact that I only target tarpon from April through the end of October and during that time more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Winterover Patterns In Fill Swing - Backbay: My crews had a world tour of Estero Bay and San Carlos Bay on the hunt fro red November. We used fat winter shrimp and cut ladies and hooked a bunch of rat reds and a very few slot fish. Other crews reported better luck but i didn't see m more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Crazy weatherin southwest FL; wait 5 minutes, it will change - The weather has been all over the place the past week but it looks like cool, sunny days are what's ahead. Redfish are biting well along mangrove shorelines in Estero Bay. Most have been on the small side with an occasional slot fish thrown in. L more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

24,25 Nov reports, lots of species - 24, 25 Nov 2014 Lots of fish species around. 24 and 25 Nov fishing with the wind isn't an easy task but it is doable. With the wind blowing around 15 mph on Monday it was a good day out on the flats if you know what to look for. Its not as easy as a more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

Gag grouper Galore - Gag Grouper have invaded our close in structures, hitting shrimp and pinfish. Big breeding Sheepshead are also starting to show, one more cold front and we will be catching buckets full. Goliath Grouper are still active. Lot's of Spanish Mackerel. Sn more...
Capt. Brett Swenson - Fort Myers

Red Grouper, Gag Grouper, Sheepshead & Drum - First, Happy Thanksgiving to all! Now, let's go fishing! Tuesday, 11/11/14, I fished 19 miles west of New Pass with brothers, Mike and Pat Connealy. We had steady action, and the guys used live shrimp to catch and release lots of red grouper to 24 more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Estero Bay: Redfish & Snook - Yesterday was definitely difficult fishing due to the wind. Despite the weather conditions, we managed to land a few reasonable sized redfish and snook. Free lined shrimp on a 3/0 hook worked best. Bait was difficult to catch in the bay but the w more...
Capt. Joe Angius - Estero Bay

21 Nov 2014 Reds are plentiful in Matlacha - 21 Nov 2014 Reds are plentiful in Matlacha. The weatherman definitely had the forecast wrong today. I was expecting for a nice warm up to 78 deg and that didn't happen by a long shot nor was the rain expected. But regardless I was out fishing with more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

Estero Bay: Redfish-Trout-Snook - Redfish are very plentiful and range from all different sizes. On high water, oyster bars and mangrove islands are my go to. As the tide goes out and gets low, I begin my search for schools on the grass flats. Free lined shrimp and cut white bait wor more...
Capt. Joe Angius - Estero Bay

Estero Bay Report - With the changes in water temps it is time to switch to winter fishing patterns of slow and low. Work your baits or lures low in the water column and slowly across the bottom on the retrieve. The fish are slowing down and less likely to chase baits more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay