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

Snook,redfish,tarpon - The winds have finally tamed down these past few weeks and the snook fishing has definitely heated up. Redfish, trout, and the occasional tarpon will round out the day. It has been a blustery spring and we are happy to see the dog days of summer a more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Great Fishing, But Tough Catching - The Fish Don't Want To Eat! - It was again a strange weather week, with early AM storms almost every day getting in the way of fishing. After canceling and rescheduling trips where possible, I was finally on the water Friday for a three boat trip with Dan Pease and his good frie more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Nice Muttons Offshore; Trout Inshore - Tuesday, 5/26, I fished central Estero Bay with Wayne Hawkins and his niece, Lauren Mullinax, both from Cumming, GA. We used live shrimp and popping corks to catch three keeper trout to 18 inches and release lots of smaller trout. We also caught two more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Forty Snook Day! - Anyone who says they don't like fishing has never fished in Southwest Florida during the months of May or June. I can't imagine a better bite than what I experienced today. I started the day early, around 6:00am with a good buddy of mine Mark Mullig more...
Capt. Jason Marsh - Sanibel

Yes. same Capt GiddyUp on The Today Show on 6/03/2009 - Was that a Handsome Rascal on The Today Show or what? Hopefully your wives were not watching. Know this and totally staright-up. GiddyUp has had 16 Marriage Proposals. If you are clueless has to what the heck I'm talking about, here is the link. Me a more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Great Guys Make a Tough Day Fun! - I had three trips scheduled during the week ending May 30, 2009, all over the Memorial Day Holiday weekend. But, as things worked out, I only did one trip on Memorial Day with my old buddy Terry Ryan, and his neighbor and side-kick, Bill. I was t more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Sanibel Fishing with www.anglerschoiceoutfitters.com - Lock Jaw Today I had the pleasure of guiding 3 men from New England, Barry, Jeremy and Kevin. We started the day a little late at 9am, but quickly made up for time. After a very short run to a snook spot I dropped the Power Pole and as soon as the more...
Capt. Jason Marsh - Sanibel

Fly and SPin Fishing for Tarpon and Snook in Pine Island Sound - Fishing Report from Spotted Tail 6/2/09 It's been a good week. Monday I arrived in Fort Myers, dropped off my stuff, picked up David McCleaf, and went scouting. We found tarpon everywhere we looked. I had actually had time to take some shots wi more...
Capt. John Kumiski - Pine Island Sound

Naples beach Snook cooperate nicely - Spent the morning with Craig Mauritz of Pennsylvania today. He had only caught a few beach Snook before, so I was anxious to put him on fish. The conditions for the first couple hours were not very good (dirty water and waves), but he stuck a f more...
Capt. Paul Wolter - Naples

great action with tarpon and snook. - 6-1-09 report Tarpon are everywhere and the winds are backing off to get at the Beach fish. Boca Grande Pass the surrounding areas are loaded with giant silver kings. This past weeks West winds have kept us off area beaches and everyone fishing more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande