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

Getting back to normal weather - After a cold and windy week we are warming up,trips on friday and saturday produced nice trout, jacks, lots of ladyfish and a few undersize snook. I have been fishing potholes on the dead low tides and canals in the middle of the day. On Monday and T more...
Capt. Gary Clark - Pine Island Sound

Fort Myers Fishing Report - After 9 days of almost unfishable weather we got a reprieve just in time for a full week of charters. This week i have been focusing on very shallow water. The water temps dropped into the lower 50's after the last cold front and its been gradul more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Boca Grande Report 2/9/09 - Boca Grande Report 2/9/09 Fishing has been getting better since the weather has warmed. Even the strong winds did not inhibit the bite. Typical of winter conditions, we caught redfish, seatrout, bluefish, pompano and flounder. Anglers fish a v more...
Capt. Pete Greenan - Boca Grande

Catching improves with warmer water. - 2-09-09 web report Warmer weather and fishing picks up. Spring like conditions this week should help our fishing dramatically. Last weeks very cold winds dropped water temps down into the lower fifties. With a full week of warm days some up in more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Wind and Cold in Ft Myers - Tue is week 5 since I broke 3 ribs. I was a Seminar Speaker over the weekend at The Florida Sportsman. It was amazing to see such big crowds. The Doctor says no anchor pulling, throwing nets, ect until week 6. I do have a charter this Wed (what d more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Cryin' Over Gags; Settling for Sheeps, Trout - Monday, 2/2/09, I fished near-shore at the six-mile reefs off Bonita Beach with Larry Dahlstrom and friends. We debated a while over whether to go or not, with rain predicted to usher in our next cold front and with rough conditions to follow. But it more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Redfish Are Schooled Up Tarpon Around The Corner - With the cold fronts that past over the past week and low temps the coldest they have been in recent years, I took a cold run around the flats and backcountry waters yesterday.Fortunately the water temps have been low enough from previous cold weathe more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

Sanibel Fishing - Cold Sanibel Island Fishing Bbrrrrrr!! This week has dropped the water to 54 degrees. We managed to catch some fish on very windy days. The temperature is on the rise now, and the forecast is great. Soon we will be in the 80's again. I'm hea more...
Capt. Greg Hood - Sanibel

Sanibel Fishing - Fishing near Sanibel Island was tough Tuesday 02/03. The Wind was howling out of the north at 20+ knots with white caps stacked on top of one another. We got alittle damp running to some protected areas but it was worth it. POW!! redfis more...
Capt. Dave Andrews - Sanibel

good weekend forecast. - Web report for Feb. 4, 09. We got some needed rain and unwanted cold wind but have great forecast for this weekend. How about that Tampa Super Bowl? It's been cold and windy so I've been relaxing and catching up on boat and book work. Not as more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande