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

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

Target Tarpon - Offshore: Lots of action throughout the region. Crews found grouper on the reefs at 9 plus miles. Grouper are active and pinfish, squirrelfish and threads are go to baits. Snapper area mainstay and limits of fish in the 1-3 plus lb. range are availab more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Estero Bay Report - The passes and nearshore waters continue to be the place for anglers to go looking for action. Drifting shrimp tipped jig heads in the deeper water is producing snapper, whiting, and silver trout. The spotted seatrout, ladyfish, pompano, and small more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Estero thru Captiva - Snook continue to be found both along our beaches and in their backcountry haunts. Anglers this week were occasionally greeted by large packs of snook usually of similar size. Live baits such as thread fin herring or pilchards worked great on 3/0 cir more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Great variety offshore & nice reds inshore - Evan Hamilton, Arly Smart, and Arly's son, Justice, fished 22 miles west of New Pass with me in calm seas on Monday morning, 6/22/15. The guys used live shrimp to catch a 24-inch keeper red grouper, along with twenty keeper lane snapper, a keeper man more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Giant triple tail-Boca Grande-Charlotte Co. - Saturday June 26th Our target for today was triple tail (Lobotes Surinamensis) aka flasher or steamboat. What? Anyway, I bought four dozen large shrimp and met my good friend Joe at the boat ramp early. Our first stop we free lined shri more...
Capt. Darel Carter - Boca Grande

Boca Grande Buffet of fish - I was contacted by Susan, a customer that wanted a four-hour flats fishing trip. She also advised that she wanted to go early so her 93 year old dad could avoid the midday sun. I have chartered an 85 year old and 92 year old angler in the past that t more...
Capt. Darel Carter - Boca Grande

Back Bay and Shallow Water Wrecks fishing report! - Redfish and Snook have been the main targets fishing around deep shorelines and oyster bars. The water temps are in the upper 80's so look for spots near the passes and beaches. Shallow water wrecks off Ft. Myers beach are producing nice catches more...
Capt. Scott Theis - Fort Myers

Estero Bay: Redfish - Snook - Tarpon - Fishing has remained consistent in Estero Bay. Now that the water temperatures have risen, fish have been most active early in the mornings. My bait of choice this month for redfish and snook have been pinfish. Later in the morning, when the sun come more...
Capt. Joe Angius - Estero Bay