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

SW FL-Kingfish in 42 feet - Monday and Tuesday's winds and seas of 2-4 feet scared my anglers away. Wednesday, 4/29, I headed offshore to about 40 feet with John Holtman and three of his friends. Winds were easterly but still pretty strong and seas were hefty. The group caught more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Quick scouting of the local Naples beaches 4/30/09 - Having just returned from some epic Cutthroat Trout fishing at Pyramid Lake, Nevada, I was curious to see how the Snook are moving into our local beaches. There have been a good number of fish around the last few days, with a few fish caught by frie more...
Capt. Paul Wolter - Naples

Snook on the loose. - Summer is almost here and the water temp. is in the upper 70s which is perfect for the snook bite. We've been doing well on the gulfside (as long as theirs no wind)and also in the backcountry. Those large snook are becoming somewhat easier to take more...
Capt. Bert Barkus - Chokoloskee

Naples Tarpon Fishing - Well April is almost over and hopefully the wind will go with it. It has been blowing hard for the last two months making the beach tarpon fishing tough, on the bright side this weekends forecast has the wind letting up. I have been tarpon fishi more...
Capt. Chris McCubbin - Naples

Fishing in the Naples and Marco waters in April and May. - Fishing this month in the Naples and Marco area has certainly been interesting and challenging. Some days you couldn't miss while other days you felt like you were swimming backwards against a strong outgoing tide that would never end. Overall the more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

Tarpon Fishing Is In Full Swing - Tarpon Fishing has been on now for about the past 3 weeks in the Boca Grande area. Although the weather has been less than cooperative to say the least. I have fished further up Charlotte Harbor over the past few weeks than at any time in my career. more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

A Six Day Week Turned Into Four, But the Fishing Was Pretty Good - It was to be a six day work week, but it seems it's been impossible to get a full week in this season because of the constant fronts. This week was no exception! First up on Monday were John Hanson, and his friend Wes Iijima, a couple of great gu more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Sharks/+25-30Kt Winds, tough times - No SW FL Pro Fishing Guide I know is doing much based on current conditions. Countless charter are being cancelled by those who consider safety before money. For those who run the charters anyway at the risk associated with these dreadful conditions, more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

big snook that got away story. - 4-26-09 fishing report The big one got away today but we still caught dinner. Cliff Kidney and his friend Joe Ball drove down from St Pete today to get in some last minute snook fishing; the season closes Thursday at Midnight. Weekends are cha more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Go away wind - Well typical April winds seem to be holding their own, non stop everyday for weeks. The fish are here yet the weather makes it tough to find the right conditions. Tarpon and snook are around and are feeding, yet the water has been stirred up, givin more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands