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

Week of Grand Slam Fishing - Wow the wind has been howling and the fish are chewing. We have had 20knt south winds all week, but the fishing is good in the backwaters. Pilchards are in the deeper water on the wrecks, you just have to get out to get it. Seas have been anywhere more...
Capt. Chris McCubbin - Naples

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Inshore & Reef Report - With gusty winds and high seas Sunday morning, 3/22, Stuart Norris and Mike Holers took my recommendation to fish the backwaters. We fished central Estero Bay with live shrimp, where we caught a 23 inch black drum (see photo) and five keeper sheepshe more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Poor Tides Make for a Tough Bite the Week Ending 3/21/09 - Very poor tides and a trip to Port Manatee to fulfill my TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential) requirement cut the work week a bit short. First up on Sunday was my good friend Dr. John Hitt, of UCF. He was over from Orlando for s more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Typical March is blowing through! - Well, the first two week of March were as perfect as a March could be. Now we are getting the typical winds that usually come along with March. The fishing was on fire before this big high pressure moved over the state. During the calmer days the more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Super great fishing to come for the Naples and Marco area - Well here we are nearing the end of March and things seem to be right on track with the fishing. The Naples, Marco, and Everglades seem to be alive with fish and all willing to eat a fly or artificial or white bait. Everything a go for a good sprin more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

Boca Grande Report 3/23 - Boca Grande, Fl Report 23 March 09 Fishing this week has been rated good. Best catches are seatrout and snook. Redfish have been elusive but seem to be getting better. Tarpon are beginning to show up more each day. Snook are biting best on t more...
Capt. Pete Greenan - Boca Grande

Snook,Redfish,Tarpon - Fishing has been excellent these past few weeks. Snook, redfish, and tarpon are on the prowl. I have been catching all three on live bait. Tarpon have been coming into the Marco area and the Ten Thousand Islands. I have been catching them on live ba more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Great week of Snook Fishing - This was a week that many of my clients wait for the warmer air temperatures and water have the snook very active with many oversized fish being caught.Fishing in South Matlacha Pass and San Carlos Bay There were lots of snook in the 3-5 lb. range an more...
Capt. Gary Clark - Fort Myers

Tarpon Rising - The tarpon have been pretty spread out,but their here in numbers if you have the conditions to spot them ,or blow one out when your searching. By searching I DONT mean running threw a bay and blow one out. What i'm refering to is to pole around an more...
Capt. Bert Barkus - Chokoloskee

Sanibel Fishing charter - Sanibel Fishing This weeks Sanibel fishing Charters were warm and fishy. This week the bait moved in as the water warmed up. It has been like throwing on the switch. Spanish Mackerel have been cutting my leaders, while we are Trout fishing more...
Capt. Dave Andrews - Sanibel