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

Warmer than normal pattern continues, fishing is great! - Slightly above average temperatures has kept the water a bit warmer than usual for this time of year, which has extended the fall fishing season. Look for this pattern to continue for the next week and take advantage of it if you can. We've been more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

December is a prime month for quality reds in Pine Island Sound - With water temperatures cooling as Winter quickly approaches, we have been having success targeting trout and redfish in shallow water. November and December are prime months for big reds on the flats, especially for anglers who prefer using artifi more...
Jennifer Wolter - Naples

Boca Grande Fishing Charters December Forecast - Happy Holidays everyone! The fishing here in Southwest Florida has been pretty good. The weather has been beautiful with average temps in the high 70's to low 80's and it looks like more of the same (at least for the next few weeks). Reds continue to more...
Capt. Danny Latham - Boca Grande

December fishing out of Everglades City & Chokoloskee - Each December we see some major changes to our local fishery. Around the middle of the month, we typically see our first major cold front come rolling through. We have already seen a few minor cold fronts come through in November which brought the ni more...
Capt. Brandon Acosta - Chokoloskee

Near Shore Tripple Tail 11/2/12 - Took out Michael on 11/1/12 around 730 am after picking up a few dozen shrimp for our odd looking, hard fighting, delicious friends. Spent a half hour netting some pilchards to bolster our chances for the day. Fished a nearshore pile and caught lo more...
Capt. Eddie Challinor - Naples

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Red Grouper Gulfside; Big Sheepshead Inshore - Tuesday, 11/20, I fished inshore in Estero Bay with Al Tooley and his thirteen-year-old son, Aiden. The guys caught a 20-inch, keeper redfish, along with five keeper sheepshead to 15 inches, all on shrimp. They released seven smaller sheepshead and t more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Inshore/Nearshore Wreck Fishing Report! - As the water cools the fish are moving back in the creeks and rivers. This past week we've been fishing deep pockets that these creeks provide and there you'll find snook,redfish,black drum and flounder. These fish are on the smaller size but, the ac more...
Capt. Scott Theis - Fort Myers

Triple Tail, Cobia, Snapper, Goliath and Gag Grouper, Bite is On - Waters are cooling and clearing up and producing great catches including, Triple Tail on the crab traps, Goliath, Gag Grouper, Snapper, Black Drum and nice keeper Flounder on our local reef system. Cobias still coming up to the boat and are ready for more...
Capt. Brett Swenson - Fort Myers

Pine Island Sound - Fishing report for SW Florida Nov. 29th., 2012 Spotted Sea Trout: You can almost catch one on every cast if you find that perfect sand hole, creek or grass flats. I can't remember when we have caught more large trout than this year. Fun on lig more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

This week in Estero Bay - The fish have started to move into their respective winter patterns. With this in mind anglers should start working their baits slow and low in the water column. The redfish are still around and biting on shrimp tipped jig heads thrown up around the more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay