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

Stuck in a horrible tropical wave pattern - I'm off to Washington, DC today July 8th (and the Birthday of a great American) and will not return until Sunday. Charters Mon and Tue of next week. Filming a Light Tackle Angler Show on Wednesday/Thur and a charter on Friday. If you are panting a more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Sanibel Fishing with Tarpoons.com - Sanibel Fishing with Tarpoons.com West winds have made my Snook and Snapper fishing tough. Normally I'm busting the mangrove snapper, This weather pattern is called a Bermuda High that is suppose to be in Bermuda, but has made its more...
Capt. Greg Hood - Sanibel

Sanibel Fishing - I guess we are pretty spoiled in South west Florida, Saturday I got a call from a friend that had boat problems, and ran his trip for him. As it turned out we lucked into the best bunch of redfish I have seen all year. The bonus was when an unkn more...
Capt. Dave Andrews - Sanibel

The heat is on! - The sizzling days of summer are here. With air temps in the mid 90's, to water temps in the upper 80's, the bite only last the first couple hours of light. There is still plenty of tarpon around. You should be at your first spot before the sunrise more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

rough weather - Winds with gust up to thirty out of the west southwest have been nonstop for almost two weeks. That makes catching live bait in our area all but impossible. Needless to say, fishing has been difficult in the last two weeks. Most of us have been th more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

One Out of Three Seems to Be the Norm! - Seems it's been nearly impossible to get a descent week in since Easter passed. This week was no exception. I ran one of the three trips I had on the books. Catching also continues to be a challenge. A broken commitment on Monday, and big winds more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Weather Pattern takes away too many Options - Last week sucked the big one. Too rough to fish the beach. Wind blowing off the Gulf to Inshore prevented any significant time movement. In other words, when Tide wanted to go out, Mother Nature kept blowin' in. I know, sounds kinky but its the best more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Snook Abound ~ Sanibel Island Fishing - Today was one of those days. It was full surprises in many ways both good and bad. My day began like it usually does; up at 5am, on the water and underway by 6am in search of bait (Greenbacks preferably). After what seemed to be the net throwing more...
Capt. Jason Marsh - Sanibel

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Inshore & Near-shore Report - This week was challenging in terms of weather, for sure. Monday morning, 6/22, was the best weather of the week. I fished Estero Bay with the Matt Stanford family, including Matt, his wife, their two young children and the children's grandfather. more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW Florida Fishing Report - Fishing report for SW Florida June 26th., 2009 Tarpon: ARE HERE! Time to BOOK YOUR TARPON TRIP NOW! Summer is tarpon fishing time! All my tarpon trips so far has been successful. We do best with live baits, fly and cut baits. These critters wil more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound