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

The Redfish Bite Is On In Estero Bay - Another week of good fishing both inshore and nearshore brought October to an end. Redfish continued to bite along shorelines and transition areas where flats dumped off to deeper waters. All sorts of fish are moving in and down our shores. Snook fis more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Estero Bay report - The fishing this past week offered anglers plenty of options. The backbay bite was pretty good with redfish, seatrout, sheepshead, and snook. Shrimp tipped jig heads worked best for the sheep's and redfish around the oyster bars and mangrove island more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

November 2015 Fishing in Everglades City & Chokoloskee - November 2015 Forecast: Chokoloskee, Everglades City, and the Everglades National Park November is just about always my favorite month here fishing the Everglades National Park. My top reasons are that the daytime air temperatures will average in more...
Capt. Brandon Acosta - Everglades City

It's not just the weather that's hot this November! - The bite has been in keeping with the temps this month... hot, hot, hot! So far every day has brought some record setting temps, which for this time of year is a welcome reprieve from the norm. The light southerly breezes have really done wonders at more...
Capt. Geoff Crouse - Naples

Warm weather leads to a nice mix near Estero Bay - Unusually warm weather has been the talk among anglers this past week and it looks to continue for another week. The Gulf temperature was 81, as this report was being written, and that's about 10 degrees above normal for this time of year. It's not a more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

November Fishing - As we close down September and October it has truly been a great time to fish here is SWFL. It seems as though every weekend the tournaments in this area helped support a lot of local charities and the fishing action was hot. The redfish and snook more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples

Fort Myers Fishing Report - Perfect Conditons For The Weekend - It has been very pleasant to be on the water during the day thanks to cloud cover combined with the tides, although it has been a bit windy. The rain has been great for keeping boat traffic to a minimum. The fishing has been good with most everything more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers

Estero Bay: Redfish - The redfish bite in Estero has been amazing this past week. Schools of fish can still be found on the right tide. They have been eating shrimp, crabs, and small bait fish. My go-to setup is a long 25lb or 30lb Fluorocarbon leader with a 3/0 Owner hoo more...
Capt. Joe Angius - Estero Bay

Wind didn't keep away the redfish, snook and flounder - A drastic change in the wind and the temperature mixed things up this week. As two cold fronts pushed their way through, prefrontal redfish could be found chewing on incoming tides along mangrove shorelines with an occasional flounder in the mix. Vic more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Fort Myers Fishing Report - Great Topwater Action Now - In my last report I encouraged everyone to get out and take advantage of the great top water bite both inshore and off the beaches. My clients yesterday Brian and Katie are experienced top water anglers but had never fished top water for saltwater more...
Capt. Eric Anderson - Fort Myers