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

Fishing Tournament Results reflect what I have always maintained - 26 Boats in a recent tournament (last Friday and Saturday)fished on the same days as my charter. Of the 26 Boats fishing out of the Sportsman Tournament at Cabbage Key, 14 boats came home at the end of the day with 0 redfish and 0 snook. Only 6 boats more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Spanish and king mackerel are hungry and waithing for you! - 10-19-08 web report Weather and fishing are great. We are so blessed to enjoy our lives here around the Boca Grande area. This week was an extra special reminder. While clients and I were enjoying the great fish catching; hundreds of the big more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Mullet Run and Tarpon - The last 10 days has been absolutely amazing in the Naples area. It all started with the big schools of glass minnows in the Clams Pass area. Tarpon, sharks, and mackeral were all going absolutely nuts on the bait. I was throwing mainly DOA Baitbus more...
Capt. Chris McCubbin - Naples

Fall Fishing Fest - Its the best time of the year for fishing in the Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor area now. With as much bait as you want to catch and hungry fish around every corner, a good trip will be a easy task. If you are throwing the cast net for bait you nee more...
Capt. Andy Boyette - Boca Grande

SW Florida - Fishing report for SW Florida Oct 15th., 2008 Redfish has been on fire! A few going into the 30 class. I've been doing best on high tides that have good current. Shrimp, shiners & cut bait has been working the best for me. The schools can be more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

Snapperfest gulfside & good bay fishing too - Wednesday, 10/8, I fished the backwaters of central Estero Bay, along the mangrove shoreline, with Henry & Lois Wilson and friend, Harold Fleming. We used live shrimp to catch and release five redfish to 17 ½ inches, two snook, 22 inches and 24 inche more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Outside Madness - Well the fall is in full swing with the hordes of bait of the beaches. Schools of mullet have been washing in the inlets in numbers compared to the mullet run on the east coast. This past weekend I witnessed millions of mullet balled up so tight more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Snook And Jack Action - Fishing this past week has been steady. Bait has left the beaches for now but is available on the near shore piles. They are real net wreckers so be careful. I had just gotten back from visiting and fishing the Port Antonio International Marlin To more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

One Trip for the Week, But a Great One! - It was another one day workweek, but it was a great day with a wonderful family, David, Jennifer, and son Ted Arthur, over from Ft. Lauderdale. The day began as always with the catching of bait. Once we were loaded up and organized, we headed r more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing is often PERVERSE - 2 GiddyUp Charters produced 2 different levels of results. How unfair. How Perverse. And how sick and twisted can the life of being a Professional Guide be? On Wednesday of this week, two really cool Dudes step onto my 23' Andros Cuda for a 1/2 D more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers