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

Snook and Redfish are Moving in the Creeks! - The past couple of weeks fishing the creeks have paid off. As the water temps drop the fish start moving back in the creeks and canals. The cold fronts are getting stronger so start fishing further in the backcountry. Work the areas slow until you more...
Capt. Scott Theis - Fort Myers

Reds On The Flats - Estero Bay and Fort Myers Beach have been productive fishing for reds this past week. The bigger fish are on the flats while the smaller fish are around oysters bars and mangrove islands. The fish on the flats and the fish around mangrove islands are more...
Capt. Mark Yimin - Fort Myers

Making New Memories With Old Friends - Week ending 12/7/13.......... Ran one trip and lost one this week. Between the economy and the season, things are very slow. I ran another trip from Chic Bruning's place on Captiva, with Tom Olson, of Madison, Wisconsin, who is good friends wi more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

fishing report for Estero Bay - The word for the week is options, anglers can pick their target species and pretty much catch it. With the bait still on the beaches there are plenty of ways to go about it this week. The backbay redfish bite has been very good with some upper slot more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

December Winds the Year Down With Some Good Fishing - It's hard to believe that the year is wrapping up! 2013 was a fantastic year to fish the inshore waters of Naples and Marco Island with many memorable trips with great clients and some great catches. December has wrapped up with more of the same. more...
Capt. Todd Geroy - Naples

Winter over bite is on, reds, trout, snook - Guys: We're in full swing with the cool down and better tides in the forecast. Trout are on a chew, pompano on the flats and in the passes. There a dependable mixed bag bite on the many features, docks, canals and channels. Reds are on the oyster bar more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Record high tempertures have turned on the bite! - With the run of warm weather we've been blessed with, it's hard to believe the first day of winter has come and gone and Christmas is right around the corner. The holidays are a very busy time of year with family, shopping and getting ready for the more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

December Fishing - Fishing in Naples has been pretty solid. Fishing in the beginning of the incoming and the end of the outgoing has been successful in catching some nice fish. We're catching redfish, snook, trout, and jacks. Using pilchards as our live bait. Weather more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples

A Fast Friendship On A Slow Day! - Week Ending 11/30/13........ Not a lot of fishing going on Thanksgiving week. I made a quick trip to Jacksonville to visit my life-long friend Nancy Holley, and join her on a huge oyster roast put on by one of her friends known as Gator Bob. Wha more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

SNOOKIN - Tripping on mangroves looking for big SNOOK... Sure beats staring back at a book.... Sometime soon you gotta read my eyes... Casting artificials and what a surprise... Four over 30..we died and went to heaven... The boat headed home a more...
Capt. George Grosselfinger - Pine Island Sound