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

Things "should" get Hot after being all stirred up - My last 2 charters sucked the BIG ONE for snook and redfish but produced righteous size trout. In the last week (on 3 occasions) I tried all of my Nearshore spots and the water clarity was simpy not right. On countless occasions, I have described a more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

A Dreadfull Slow Bite In the Second Week of April! - Another big cold front and a week of full moon tides made this one of the slowest bites I've seen in a long time. The week began on Monday with Jim Szabo, a great guy I fished with back in February. He brought along his friend Charley, whom he war more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

These are the times that try Captains' souls... - Just ahead of another cold-front predicted to come through our area Monday evening, Bill Oswald and his eight-year-old daughter, Grace, fished Estero Bay with me Monday morning, 4/6. We had some gusts of wind but nothing like the winds expected on Tu more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Spring is here! - Spring is in the air and everyone is getting excited. The winds come and go, and on the days its calm the fishing can be world class. Calm days and clean water provides endless options, from inshore to offshore! Inshore at the moment during the wi more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Snook and Tarpon - Fishing this past week has been excellent. Snook, redfish, trout, and tarpon have made the Gran Slam possible. The off and on winds of Spring have made it touch and go, but all things were possible this week. I had a super half day fly fishing more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Break Time - It's Spring break time! Breaking weather patterns, breaking Mid-West car tail lights and breaking water surfaces! White bait has been easy as long as I get out early before the winds pick back up. With the water temps in the upper 70's, the sno more...
Capt. Pete Root - Naples

Chokoloskee Tarpon, Reds and The Snook Bite - Well what can you say but wind and cold. When we have calm weather for a few days all 3 species will be on the bite. You really have to know the backcountry,and what sides of the shores produce on a regular basis, especially in the up and comming m more...
Capt. Bert Barkus - Chokoloskee

Strong South winds make for good snook and redfish bite - Fishing report for week endin 4/5, with strong south winds and higher than normal tides fishing oyster bars and mangrove shorelines has been good. With the Saddix family we caught snook up to 4-6 lb. and redfish up to 8 lbs.on live shinners.There are more...
Capt. Gary Clark - Pine Island Sound

King Fish, Tarpon, Snook, And Redfish - I have been busy the last several weeks and the fishing has ranged from good to bad to ugly, depending on the conditions. The wind has been has bad as I have ever seen with some of the windiest days of 2009 last week. The wind has limited my ability more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

Boca Grande 6April 09 - Boca Grande, Fl. 6 April 2009 Tarpon are here. Not in great numbers, but they are showing all around Boca Grande and Pine Island Sound. Strong winds have made catching them tough. The best time is just at daylight before the wind comes up. When more...
Capt. Pete Greenan - Boca Grande