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

This week in Estero Bay - With the cooler, windy conditions this past week the methods for finding and catching fish changed. Slow and low presentations was the ticket to getting fish in the boat. Anglers need to look for deeper water locations and work shrimp tipped jig hea more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Frisky Tailing Redfish All Over Pine Island Sound! - December is a good month to find tailing redfish on the shallow grass flats of Pine Island Sound. The cooler winter months bring along with it super low tides and northeasterly winds which create an even lower tide keeping the water out. Concentrate more...
Jennifer Wolter - Naples

Great Flounder Fishing off the Wrecks of Ft Myers Beach! - Due to the cool weather there's plenty of flounder layed up just on the outside edges of these wrecks. The choice of rig is a 3/8 oz jighead with a pilchard. Also, thers's been a lot of tripletail sitting on the crab traps this past few weeks. more...
Capt. Scott Theis - Fort Myers

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Winter Sheepshead are Back...and Big! - The first week of December was kind of slow around here, which is typical for the few weeks between Thanksgiving and the beginning of the holiday rush. But I did get out fishing in Estero Bay, on a catch-and-release trip with Dave and Diane Carey on more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

A Terrible Tide and An Approaching Front Make For A Great Day! - For the week ending 12-15-12............ I had one trip to report on this week. It was a good one. I met Charlie Bing, of Fort Worth, Texas, at the Circle K on Summerlin Road, at 6:15 Thursday morning. Charlie parked his car and brought his g more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Findictive Offshore Report - We have ran a few full days since my last report and the fishing continues to be great.Red groupers seem to think it's summertime and the ajs think they're starving to death.There are also.plenty of kings around if you know where to look. more...
Capt. Michael Avinon - Naples

Captiva Island fishing Fishing - Merry Christmas and Happy New year. The weather has been great with almost every day warming to the high 70's or low 80's. The fishing has been better in the afternoon on days that start in the 50's. The Redfish and Trout are biting along with a few more...
Capt. Dave Andrews - Sanibel

Merry Christmas come enjoy Venice fishing with your family. - December 19th 2012 Venice weather is beautiful and fishing is fine. Our weather is unbelievable and waters are crystal clear both in and out side. Conditions are almost too good except everyone is busy with Christmas shopping. Snook are catch an more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

You Never Know What You Might Pull Out of a South FL Canal! - Caught everything from largemouth bass and snook to bluegill and cichlids fishing the brackish canal systems in the Glades backcountry this past weekend. The water temps have warmed up almost 8 degrees in the back compared to what they were running a more...
Jennifer Wolter - Naples

Tripletail are in! - Our weather here in the 10,000 Islands has been all over the charts. From cold grey skies to blistering heat, all in a matter of 2 weeks. But it has made the fishing interesting if nothing else. Redfish are still being found, but mostly in unlikel more...
Capt. Lisa Williams - Marco Island