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

To Kill A Skunk! - Killing The Skunk I managed to get in two very cold trips out of three I had scheduled. By that time, the handwriting was on the wall. First up on Tuesday was Tom Miller and his fifteen year old son, Ben, of Plainfield, Indiana. We'd just h more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Gags are showin up strong - The fishing offshore has been nothing short of incredible.The gags have moved in with a vengance covering up ledges and wrecks from 4 miles out to 50 miles.Over the last ten days we have been catching limits of gags and some mangroves on our fullday more...
Capt. Michael Avinon - Naples

Sanibel Fishing - January is here and the cold weather has arrived. Jan, 2nd I had the pleasure to Guide Nick and Zac from Michigan. We began the trip at the Punta Rassa launch located at the foot of the Sanibel causeway. I was suprised to see only G more...
Capt. Dave Andrews - Sanibel

Southwest Florida Cold Weather Fishing - This past week we got our first dose of cold weather fishing as we switched from live shiners and pinfish to shrimp. The cold has pushed most of the bait fish to warmer waters to our south so it's time to switch to shrimp and look alike imitations more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Boca Grande, Fl. 1-2-2010 - Cool weather decended upon us this week but it did not stop the redfish from eating everything we threw at them. Most of the flies we used were Puglisi patterns fished very slowly. Because of afternoon winds I stayed on the north side of Charlotte more...
Capt. Pete Greenan - Boca Grande

Can you say Brrrrrrrrrrr! - Fishing report for the week ending 1/3/10 with the coldest weather we have seen in a while its time to change techniques, the aggressive mackeral, bluefish, ladyfish and pompano have slowed with the cooler temperatures and a lack of baitfish to eat. more...
Capt. Gary Clark - Pine Island Sound

All's Quiet At Christmas - A big front with lots of windy days into the 20's forced me to reschedule trips into the next week. So, there is no report for the week ending 12/26/09. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

GiddyUp joins Fox 4 Team (next report 1/8/10 - I'm still in Md on holiday. Charters on the 6th and 8th should tell quite a story. Water temps have SW FL fish in lockjaw mode for most Guides (except those who score 50-60 snook and 80 redfish each time their boat hits the water) Full and complet more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Inshore & Reefs close out 2009 - Tuesday, 12/15, I fished Estero Bay with Alene Haug, Kalee McCarthur and Jeff Sailors. We caught eighteen sheepshead, four of which were keeper-size to 18 ½ inches. Kalee released a 17-inch sheepshead, and we also released small mangrove snapper, cre more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Sanibel Island Fishing Charters - Sanibel Island Fishing Charters Charter Fishing around Sanibel and Captiva Island this next week will be another challenge. The coldest weather for me ever, is on my door step. 21 degrees with the wind chill. We di more...
Capt. Greg Hood - Sanibel