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

Estero Bay Report - This past week the snook were feeding around the floating docks and mangrove shorelines near the passes. Free lined whitebait on 3/0 circle hooks works fine, but anglers might want to beef up their leader to 40-50lb. There have been some very large f more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Boca Grande Mango Snapper bite - July 14th 2015 I was going to take out three customers from Georgia that wanted to catch some fish to eat. I put in early at the boat ramp to catch bait before I picked them up. I caught plenty of bait but was worried that it would not stay alive wh more...
Capt. Darel Carter - Boca Grande

A Great Sanibel Vacation From Jim Cromer - Here is a great fishing report from my friend Jim Cromer. He had some great fishing and a wonderful vacation in late May and early June. Worth the read. Hi Butch! I was in Sanibel when I received the email about your illness. I hope that you more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel

Estero thru Captiva - With water temperatures reaching 90 plus in the shallow back country waters, fishing has slowed down once the hot afternoons set in. Getting an early start has proved to give anglers their best shot at quality fish inshore. Snook fishing is still goo more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Super-Snook Bites Two Hooks! - Joe George and his two sons, Eric and Brad, fished 23 miles west of New Pass with me on Monday morning, 7/6. The catch-of-the-morning was a 27-inch red grouper, which bit a baitfish. The guys also caught a dozen keeper-sized lane snapper, which they more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Mid July Fishing for Naples and Marco - Fishing still continues to be strong in the Naples/Marco area. Good catches of Snook early in the morning and late in the evening. Mid-day is for napping. Redfish catches on fly have been okay in the back country waters. While searching for Redfish, more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples

No Reports for the Month of June - Sorry! Due to ongoing health issues there will be no fishing reports for June. I hope to be back on the water soon. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel

Summer is here - As the water temperatures continue to warm up and the dog days of summer set in getting an early start or fishing early evening has been key. Fishing with artificial baits this week early in the morning worked well as bait was sometimes hard to find more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

1-11 July It's Hot! Make a Plan and stick to it. - 1-11 July 2015 It's Hot and the fish think so too! Make a plan and stick to it! My last couple of trips seem to have almost been identical other than where we were at on the tides. I've been out catching my bait for the day a half hour in front of more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

Early Birds Get the Fish in July - I am taking some needed time off this month to recover from recent foot surgery. In the mean time, some good fishing has continued without me and my son Capt. Ben has done a fine job getting our clients on some great fish! Water temperatures are more...
Capt. Todd Geroy - Naples