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

Good Times With Good Friends! - Week ending 11/16/13........... The week began on Sunday morning when my close friend Ellen Hennigan and I delivered Don and Dawn Marano's kayak to them at their condo in Bokeelia. I took two of my Ultimates along so that we could all go do a lit more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Estero Bay Report - With the a.m bite in the backbay slow with the outgoing tide, the place to go for action is the nearshore reef. There is quite the mixed bag with snapper, sheepshead, Spanish mackerel, grouper, flounder, grunts, ladyfish, and the occasional pompano. more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

"SNOOKIN" of course - The last couple days were kind of slow... Each day a large SNOOK so we had to go.... Harold caught Snook, Redfish,Trout and Grouper.. But the 32 SNOOK was really super!... AllArtificialLuresOnly Keep the sport in Sportfishing aalur more...
Capt. George Grosselfinger - Pine Island Sound

SW FL-Bonita Beach: So now that gag season closed... - Tuesday, 11/26/13, I fished on a very windy morning in Estero Bay with Al Tooley and his two sons, Jeff and Aiden. The tide was up, making for favorable conditions in the bay, and the guys did well, fishing with live shrimp. Catches included a 25-inc more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Fishing report for SW Florida - Fishing report for Pine Island Sound Dec. 7th., 2013 Snook: Snook has been on good! With some large ones being caught. They are out of their summer locations and back to the flats and backcountry waters. They can also be found near mouths of c more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Sunny days, light winds brings great fishing - Milder weather mixed with new moon tides has made for a good bite in the bays and nearshore waters. Sheepshead, seatrout and pompano are all making the move as the water cools off. Redfish are still eating on the higher tides. We've scaled the o more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

December fishing in Everglades City & Everglades National Park - The near shore flats are alive with action, and if you can get out on a beautiful sunny day without much wind, you will be rewarded with sore arms! All sorts of action fish will enthusiastically take what you bring to offer. I like to start out fishi more...
Capt. Brandon Acosta - Everglades City

Tis The Season! - For Redfish! The redfishing the last few weeks has been incredible. With cold fronts starting to roll through, redfish and snook are pushing their way deep into the creeks of the Everglades backcountry. The water temps have cooled down and have the more...
Jennifer Wolter - Naples

Reef Fishing At It's Finest, Fort Myers Beach, Fl - Fishing has been great in between our cold fronts the last week. Big Black Drum Gag Grouper bending rods and Goliath Groupers breaking them. Lot's of bait coming through bringing in large schools of Spanish Mackerel and Bonita. We have landed a few b more...
Capt. Brett Swenson - Fort Myers

Estero Bay Report - The backbay and nearshore waters are teaming with variety. The grass flats have been producing sea trout, jacks, ladyfish, Spanish mackerel, and even a few pompano. Drifting the grass in 2-5 feet of water near the passes and throwing shrimp/popping more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay