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

Some Quality November Fishing in Naples Backwates - Every now and then despite everything going for you such as great weather and good tides, the fish gods just aren't smiling. Tough days when all is going for you is just the way fishing is sometimes. Such has been our experience since my report a w more...
Capt. Todd Geroy - Naples

Winter pattern with redfish, sea trout and sheepshead in the mix - A little rain is in the forecast for the early part of the weekend with clearing and more sun as we move toward Monday. The fish love a dropping barometer and that will be the case for a good part of the week. It's time to get out there and wet a l more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

Chokoloskee Report 11/15/12 - I just had out Lee Weiss from Ft Lauderdale and his Two friends Nick and Per from Sweden. After a few throws of the cast net we were headed into the back country to see who was hungry for some live Pilchards. We fished just the incoming tide and the more...
Capt. Brandon Acosta - Chokoloskee

Ten Thousand Islands Backcountry Snook Redfish - Fishing this past week has continued to be excellent. Despite breezy conditions, I have been having very successful trips with great numbers. Live bait is almost everywhere in the front of the islands throughout the Ten Thousand Islands. Jigs and f more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Spotted Sea Trout Earn Fish of the Week - A windy start to November kept the fishing confined to the back bays and protected islands, but that is not all bad. Trout have been the fish of choice for most anglers here in the 10,000 Islands. Plentiful and tasty, these voracious hunters can more...
Capt. Lisa Williams - Marco Island

Happy Thanksgiving and good fishing. - 11-12-12 blog Venice to Boca Grande fishing has been up and down with conditions. Recent fish catching has bounced around with the season's unstable weather and infrequent patches of red tide. We had some blooms but no signs of any right now loca more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Estero Bay and the Nearshore Wrecks off Ft. Myers Beach Fishing! - As the water temperature drops(65-68 degrees)the fish are pushing back in the creeks and back canals. There's a lot of action with snook,redfish,snapper and jacks. Were using all different methods in enticing these fish. Live bait(shrimp or white b more...
Capt. Scott Theis - Fort Myers

Snook Snook and More Snook - Had a great 2 days of fishing with david. On the 1st day,We were in the backcountry all day and caught too many snook too count. On the 2nd. day,We started in Big Cypress and did really well with the smaller snook and the moved to the outside,offsh more...
Capt. Bert Barkus - Chokoloskee

Great Weather, Great Friend, and Good Fishing Make A Great Day! - Week Ending 11/3/12 I was scheduled to fish Estero Bay with my good friend Frank Faust, from Iowa, on Tuesday, but the lingering winds in the wake of the hurricane prompted me to move our day to Wednesday. And, of course, Wednesday was slick as g more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Estero Bay

Rough Start to November is Getting Back to Normal - November started out a little rough on the fishing scene as Hurricane Sandy skirted the east coast bringing some very strong winds to Florida. That was followed by a cool front which really slowed the action for several days. We adjusted to the c more...
Capt. Todd Geroy - Naples