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

Just Name Your Target in April - April fishing continues to shine with steady action from everything that swims along with some giant fish being caught. Snook, tarpon, sharks and redfish are the big headliners with some of the largest snook of the year being released. Tarpon are n more...
Capt. Todd Geroy - Naples

Backwater and nearshore bite has been fantastic! - Whether you wish to explore mangrove shorelines, or fish on the outside, you will not be disappointed. Big Snook, Drum,Reds have all been making a showing the last few weeks, and they've been hungry! I've also had several good reports of big Snoo more...
Capt. Geoff Crouse - Naples

Bull Bay snook and redfish are slaming the greenbacks - The day started out with launching the boat at about 10 am with the wife. We went strait to Devil fish key for bait because my usual spot did not produced on the last trip. I think it was because of the poor tide conditions or lack of tide. It took a more...
Capt. Darel Carter - Boca Grande

Redfish, Snook and Trout Action Heating Up in Estero Bay - Plenty of species are eating and the weather been great all week. When fishing the typical weather patterns this time of the year anglers will be able to fish offshore, nearshore, and In the backcountry all in one day. Winds will typically come from more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Warm Weather Warm Water = May Tactics - Conditions: Neap tides of the past week are now behind us. Good flow and water temps in the low 80s will produce great conditions. Watch out for those afternoon storms though. Bait: threadfin herring, Green back Herring, pinfish, shrimp Fishing Tac more...
Capt. Dave Pecci - Charlotte Harbor

Good Fishing, Tough Catching - Fishing Report for the week ending 4/4/15: It's Saturday morning.  The day before Easter, and the day of the third Blood Moon in the last year.  I crawled out at 5 AM, after laying there tossing and turning for three hours.  I guess something in m more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel

Crazy hot snapper bite! - Monday morning, 3/30, after a windy weekend, seas had calmed down to two-to-three feet, and I headed twenty miles offshore with Paul Kikendall and friends, Greg, Rick and Tom. The guys did very well snapper-fishing with live shrimp, and caught forty more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Warming water brings great bite from permit, tripletail, redfish - Another week of warming water was proof of an epic bite to come. As our water temperatures slowly climbed back toward 80 degrees fishing got better and better. The nearshore bite for cobia continues to be good. Most of the fish my clients caught were more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Big Sharks, Goliath Grouper, Cobia, Clear and Calm waters - The awesome weather continues... Captain John Glenn caught the biggest Goliath Grouper he has ever seen. Hugest schools of Barracuda have been hanging around all structures. Best months for Cobia and we have been catching them on most trips. First Ta more...
Capt. Brett Swenson - Fort Myers

SW Florida - Snook: The water temperatures are in the 70's and the snook are on Fire! They can be found near mouths of creeks, passes, canals, pot holes and points. White bait, pinfish, shrimp, cut ladyfish, flies and jigs all will work. Fish them on a tide with more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound