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

The heat is on! - Fishing report for week ending 7/26/09, water temperatures are soring into the 90s most of the bay where the tide movement is not good the fishing is poor. The place to be is on the beaches and near the passes, there are good numbers of snook and man more...
Capt. Gary Clark - Sanibel

Tight Lips and Tough Trips! And, a Great Week! - I actually managed to get in three trips this week, which honestly is about all of the July heat my old body can handle. Fishing in the Sound is tough. Tight lips are definitely making for tough trips. Monday was pretty much a complete rain-out more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Hot tarpon and snook. - 7-25-09 web report by Captain Van Hubbard Tarpon and snook are hungry. I started off the week with rain and then boat work but ended it with great tarpon action. After almost a week off the water it was wonderful to get back home and go fishi more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

SWFL-Bonita Beach: 20 lb Drum, Sheepies, Snapper,then Keys-Bound - Monday morning was a little rainy in Estero Bay, but I puddle-jumped with anglers Gary Haupt and Mike Kidwell and it paid off. Gary landed a 32 inch, approximate twenty-pound black drum, on shrimp (see photo.) He was tempted to keep it, but decided t more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Double Header and it kept comming - This past week we stared out summer time evening trips. I was fishing David Carr and we were on the tarpon strike of the very last of the out going when the bite started. I also fished James Breeze,Randy Forrest,Phil Napolitan and Adam Maris( the g more...
Capt. Bert Barkus - Chokoloskee

Sanibel Island Fishing with AnglersChoiceOutfitters.com - Rained Out I began the day as usual, up at 4:15am and out the door by 4:45am. It makes for a long day, but at least I don't have to go to the office like most folks. I pulled up on a flat to the west side of Picnic Island, dropped the Power Pole more...
Capt. Jason Marsh - Sanibel

Sanibel Fishing - Last weeks fishing has been good most days. The water temperature has climbed to 90 degrees in the bays of Matlacha shutting down the bite until it rains or clouds cool things off. Redfish have cooperated most days but not all. The fish have l more...
Capt. Dave Andrews - Sanibel

Hot Snook - It doesn't get any hotter than it has been in the last couple of weeks. I found some water temperatures in the islands as high as 92 degrees. Still, slick calm conditions in the morning can produce some excellent fishing. Live bait, jigs, and top wat more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Big show in Orlando and big fish around Boca Grande. - 7-20-09 web report by Captain Van Hubbard I saw lots of new gear and share the optimism dominate at the ICAST Show in Orlando last week. ICAST is the industry trade show open to dealers and outdoor press to exhibit, sell and promote fishing ge more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Fishing has been "HOT" in Southwest Florida - In one word HOT was the best way to describe fishing over the week. And not so much the fish bite but the heat. Flat calm days with little or no breeze and the lack of our daily thunderstorms have really heated things up during the mid day. Fishi more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound