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

Fort Myers to Marco back bays and Gulf, all productive - The 4th of July Weekend is behind us and now things get even quieter on the water here in southwest Florida. It's a real good time to wet a line or just spend some time at the beach... alone. As a matter of fact, walking the beach with a rod in ha more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

Backbay Slams Reds, Snook, Trout, Tarpon - Backbay: The bays on the southern end of our region clear up nicely. Water was whiskey and soda clear and the bite has responded with the better conditions. Crews reported excellent redfish bites and uptake in trout action and lots of mixed size, mos more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Nearshore Wrecks and Back Bay Report! - There's a variety of species being caught on the shallow water wrecks off Ft. Myers beach. Cobia, Grouper, snapper, trout, flounder and permit just to name a few. Pinfish is the go to bait and you can cast net them on a healthy grass flat. For the more...
Capt. Scott Theis - Fort Myers

July Fishing in Chokoloskee and the Everglades National Park - Here in the Ten Thousand Islands, the weather in July is somewhat predictable, as are the fishing patterns. Expect the bite to drop off during the mid day heat and slack tides. The bite is early in the day, and again late in the afternoon/early eveni more...
Capt. Brandon Acosta - Chokoloskee

Fort Myers Fishing Report 7-1-14 - It is officially July! The weather here in Fort Myers is HOT and the fishing has reflected it. Snook have been eating well, Redfish have around but not as prevalent and Trout are on the wrecks and reefs near to shore. Tarpon season for me is done for more...
Capt. Mark Yimin - Fort Myers

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Big Shark & Goliaths; Food-fish Too - Monday, 6/16, I fished in spots 28 ½ to 35 ½ miles west of New Pass with Paul McConnell and his son, Andrew. They had fished with me the previous Saturday, and had done well with red grouper that day. This time, yellowtail snapper, which had all been more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Clam Bayou Gives Up A Nice Snook On A Tough Tide - Week Ending 6/21/14........... It was a week of mostly poor tides, but I did get out for a day on the best tide we had, which was Monday. My friends Kevin Duffy, and his son Kenny, were down from Wisconsin for a week of vacation at South Seas. K more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel

Fly Fishing In The Bayou With Chris Walser - Report for the week ending 6/14/14......... It's summer, and things have slowed down, and so has the fishing. I'll be closing up shop for July and August, as it's just too hot to fish, and the fishing really suffers in the dog days of summer. Th more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Redfish, snook In Pine Island Sound - : The bay waters are very warm some look for shady deeper mangrove edges around the creek mouths that's where the redfish are hanging out. Early starts are a must and cutbaits and shrimp will fill the bait bill if you don't want to spend fishing time more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

June Snook Action Keeping Rods Bent - June is winding down and although this year continues to be a little off of what we expect on the fishing front, It has not been disappointing to anglers looking for action with numbers of fish. While the tarpon action has been hit and miss, snook more...
Capt. Todd Geroy - Naples