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

Things Ain't Good All Over! - There is no fishing report for Pine Island Sound for the week ending 11/08/08. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Things were on Fire for 1 Hour....Strange Day - My every instincts given all the info available to me was to troll Big Lips (+25 Deep Divers) first thing this AM. The colors of choice were Orange and Pink. Go ahead and say it. WHAT? One of my findings is how hot these colors are in certain light c more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

October cooled the fishing in the Naples and Marco Area. - Fishing in the Naples and Marco area was definitely hot and cold at the end of October. A cold winter blast came though which interrupted some spectacular Snook and Tarpon fishing. And even though the daytime fishing slowed the night still belonged more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

A Wild Weather Week Makes Things Very Interesting! - This week proved to be a wild weather week. Last week's rain and wind finally ushered in this record cold front, which sent temps dropping like the DOW for October record cold temperatures. Wind was also a problem. It blew pretty hard on Monday fo more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Pompano, flounder, sheepshead and snapper - Wednesday, 10/23, I fished the Bonita reefs with David Koenigsmark and Hubert Wright. Seas were predicted to build and we knew heading much further out than the reefs wasn't likely to be too comfortable. The guys had just this day to fish, so we deci more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

We had "cool change" fair weather, great fishing now - 10-29-08 web report Cooler weather invades Southwest Florida but we will have good fishing. We are experiencing a cold front that has dropped our temperature to record chills. This will move fish around and change the game but should actually h more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Snook and Redfish - Fishing this past week has been excellent. For those who like to use live bait, catching them has been a no brainer as it is just about everywhere from the beach to the near shore bays and coves. Double digit days with snook are a great possibilit more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Winter is in the Air - Well as I walked outside this morning I could feel the coolness of winter on the way. We are supposed to get our first cold front tonight, they say the air temp will drop to the lower 60's by tommorrow morning. This will be the start of the transi more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Mother Nature Kicks Us While We're Down - Well, here we go, again! Mother Nature has seen fit to kick the southwest Florida guide community while it's down. I had three trips this week from Wednesday to Friday, and lost Thursday and Friday to the big system that moved in bringing lots of w more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fall Fishing In Naples - I fished everyday from October 9th till the 20th and enjoyed every bit of it. Most mornings started at 4:30am netting mullet and ladyfish. I picked up my clients at 6:15 and were off to get on an excellent tarpon bite. The early morning outgoing tid more...
Capt. Chris McCubbin - Naples