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

Fishing Southwest Florida for Redfish, Snook & Trout - For the past week or so we have fished just about any kind of weather you could throw at us; there were days of strong winds, days with no wind, sunny days, rainy days, and a late season cold front. Through it all the bite varied each day around P more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Big snook and beautiful weather - Big snook are showing up all over. Although our snook are still closed for taking home here on the west coast of Florida, they are a blast to catch. Anglers ask me all the time, what do they fight like? It is a simple answer for me. Snook fight like more...
Capt. Cliff Simer - Pine Island Sound

Improving bite in the Fort Myers Beach area after storms - The week started off with storms and heavy winds, but by Tuesday things were starting to settle down. The fishing was tough, thanks to cloudy water in both the Gulf and the backcountry. As of today, Friday 4/27, the Gulf waters have settled and the more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

Sanibel Island Fishing Charter - Fishing is in full swing now in Sanibel Island and Captiva Island. Snook, Tarpon, Redfish, Sharks are all here now. No better time to book a charter and enjoy the good weather and variety of fish. Call today! 239-410-7194 Captain Dave more...
Capt. Dave Andrews - Sanibel

Lots of Wind, and Lots of Redfish - Week ending 3/24/12....... When the week began I had a full week of four trips and Friday in my Florida Master Naturalist class. But, weather once again cause schedule shuffling and juggling, and I wound up running only two trip. The week bega more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Weather System Puts a Damper on the Great Spring Fishing - April / Naples – Marco Island Fishing Report April 25, 2012 While we have had some wonderful fishing here in SW Florida so far this spring, I wouldn't be honest if I did not admit the last several days have been extremely tough on the fishing s more...
Capt. Todd Geroy - Naples

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Lane Snapper Plentiful, Red Grouper, Shark + - Monday, 4/9, seas had calmed at last, and I headed out to fish in spots between 22 and 28 miles west of New Pass with Bill Conklin, his son, Eric Conklin, and friend, Rick Weigand. Bill caught a keeper red grouper at 21 inches, and we released lots o more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Tarpon,Snook,Redfish and Trout - This is the time of year when a guide puts his blinders on and doesn't come up for air for a few months. That's my story and I am stickin' to it. It is blowing with gusts to almost 40mph so I thought I could squeak in a fishing report. Fishing has b more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Change in Florida weather ( Matlacha Pass ) - Southwest Florida weather met us the last couple trips from sunny days to overcast and strong winds. The trips went well with good bites for most spots and a few that had me scratching my head thinking where did the fish go Grass bottom in the 6- more...
Capt. Cliff Simer - Pine Island Sound

16 for 21 sounds good right? WRONG! - 3 weeks ago I returned to SW FL to fish tarpon charters and take 5 US Troops fishing for free who had just return from the 28 F-Year War in Afg. Of the 21 days available to fish, 16 were totally blown out. Wind velocity exceeded 20KTS almost daily. more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers