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

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

Cold Fronts are passing through but the Fish don't seem to mind! - You have so many options at this time of the year. Redfish and snook are in the backwaters and trout, sheepshead and pompano are hanging around grass flats and oyster bars. Live pilchards and shrimp work the best for bait. Fish the higher stages o more...
Capt. Scott Theis - Fort Myers

Estero Bay: Redfish-Snook-Sheepshead - Fishing has been fantastic the past few weeks. Respectable redfish between 23-27 have been found around small mangrove islands and oyster bars. Free lined shrimp on a 3/0 hook has produced a consistent bite, as well as using CUT white bait. Snook a more...
Capt. Joe Angius - Estero Bay

Large Cobia and Gag Grouper on our local Structures - Cooling waters and abundant bait schools have been bring Cobia and Gag Grouper to our local wrecks and reefs. King Mackerel have also be crushing blue runners. Largest Cobia have been caught on shrimp and eel lures on light tackle, too much fun. Goli more...
Capt. Brett Swenson - Bonita Beach

BackbayBite Heats Up as the Weather Cools Down - Tripltail Bite is On! Backbay: The boys are back in town, scads of bait, a new population of upper slot trout, plenty of mixed size reds and snook in the canals and creeks. There were reports of smallish poons in the wayback creeks in the brown w more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Reds Reds and More Reds - 12 Nov 14 Reds, Reds and more Reds. Went fishing today with Veterans Jeremy and Tim of Wounded Warrior Anglers out of Matlacha Park. Started out heading North out of Matlacha getting bait up on the flats and catching the bait took entirely too lon more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

Fish are still biting in Estero Bay despite recent cold fronts - Cooler weather with a bit of rain mixed in put the bite off a bit over the weekend but things picked back up on Monday. The winter pattern is in full swing with water temperatures down in the upper 60's to low 70's. It's a bit early, by southwest more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

Grouper, Hogfish & Snapper - Tuesday, 10/28, I fished with repeat customers, Clement and Evelyn Wong, joined by their son, Aaron. After a windy weekend, seas were still a bit choppy twenty miles offshore, where we fished with live shrimp. The bulk of our catches were red grouper more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Plenty of Tight Lines in Naples Backwaters - Although a pretty strong early season cold front put a little damper on the fishing last weekend, by Tuesday afternoon, things calmed down and the fishing really turned on. Snook, redfish and pompano were the staple through the week along with a more...
Capt. Todd Geroy - Naples