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

Solid Inshore Action on Naples and Marco Island Waters - While I must say that we have had some great trips on the water in April, this last week was the most solid fishing we've experienced this spring. I ran 11 trips in 6 days and can report that all of them enjoyed great fishing action. Tarpon are more...
Capt. Todd Geroy - Naples

Southwest Florida Fishing for Redfish, Sharks, Snook and more - Strong tides with big afternoon highs gave us good opportunities for a host of fish around the waters of Pine Island. The bite wasn't always red hot, possibly due to the full moon, but fishing was good overall each day. A mixed bag of sea trout, Sp more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Ft Myers to Boca Grande Tarpon Fishing Report for April - I started consistently catching tarpon on April 7th and its been pretty good ever since. A hard cold front hampered the fishing for a day but that was about it. The tarpon are holding in all of the usual places. The gulf south of Sanibel, all the more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Tarpon action is a little late but heating up - Fishing with cut catfish is not my style but doing so has been producing some great local action. For whatever reason I've always enjoyed throwing a Thread-Fin-Herring in front of moving tarpon but we are not quite there yet. If you love to tarpon more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Grouper, Snapper, Kingfish & More - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Monday morning, 4/4, I fished the near-shore reefs off Bonita Beach with Tim and Stephanie Cobb and their two children, Spencer and Sydney. We were fishing just ahead of a weather-front more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

BustnLoose Backwater Fishing Report.. - This weeks fishing was great with some little guys catching lots of snook and redfish. The baits of choice have been big threads along with some pilchards on a 1/0 circle hook. I've been fishing the incoming tides and found big numbers of snook alo more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples

"Gettin' Fishy Around Here Folks" Hoke Fishing Charters Report - Capt. Dave Hoke www.hokefishingcharters.com 239-425-7452 [email protected] BOOK TARPON NOW! The middle of April has arrived and the transition from small fish to big fish is gradually taking place. Sharks, Tarpon, Gag Grouper, and Goliath more...
Capt. Dave Hoke - Fort Myers

Slow moving water and the wait. - 04/15/2011 was decent action for trout, spanish makeral and even a couple of cobia. The snook fishing was a different story waiting for some of the big girls to eat. With a slow moving tide they didnt really want to turn on and grab a bait with a ho more...
Capt. Cliff Simer - Matlacha

Tarpon, Sharks and Snook Headline Inshore Action This Week - Water temperatures are now in the mid 80's and the inshore action is starting to evolve into a pattern more typical of May or June. My favorite fish to catch are the juvenile tarpon in the back bays. Here is Bob with an April release... Tarpon more...
Capt. Todd Geroy - Naples

The Bigger Redfish Are Showing Up On The Flats - What was to be a four day week was reduced to two days of fishing by another cold front. I rescheduled two trips, which we can do with local folks. I certainly would have rescheduled or canceled my Monday trip had the weather forecast been accura more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound