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

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

Fishing in the Naples and Marco Island area this month Excellent - April Fishing has been pretty darn good. You can pretty much name the fish and we are catching them somewhere. Catches this month have included Tarpon, Snook, Redfish, Large Trout, among a host of other species. Not every day has it been fantasti more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

Snook and Shark plentiful in Marco Island, FL - Well the wind is still a factor in the fishing here in The 10,000 Islands. Although we've had our windy days, it has been letting up long enough for the water to clear and the fish to move back to their normal feeding patterns. Plenty of action more...
Capt. Lisa Williams - Marco Island

Spring Gives Us Great Variety - Fishing report for the week ending 4/15/2012 Fishing and weather have been great, spring break is almost over and it has been great. I have been so busy its been over two weeks since my last report, no complaints. Snook, redfish, trout, mackerel, more...
Capt. Gary Clark - Sanibel

Estero Bay Report - This past week the high tides in the afternoon provided some quality redfish action. The key to locating and catching the fish was attacking the wind driven sides of the mangrove islands. Shrimp tipped 1/8 oz jig heads worked best. Fish the pockets more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay