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

It's not just me/Most Guides in SW FL are..... - 3 of my last 4 charters have really sucked. Think about this for a second. Imagine finding perfect bait. Imagine going to a historically great beach fishing spot famous for being the Mustang Ranch of fishing. (In other words, you pay a professional a more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Everglades City & Chokoloskee - Sight Fishing - Inshore/Backcountry … The summer's been very hot so the water temperature's between in some area has been over 90 degrees. The unusually persistent southwest winds drive the cooling thunderstorms inland. I am ready for some lightning!! The hig more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

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