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

Estero Bay Report - The fluctuating weather and winds has made the fishing in and around Estero Bay extremely challenging. The winds have created dirty water and the up and down temps has made the fish confused. If anglers can find a bite it will be up around the mang more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Estero Bay: A Captains Day Off - Redfish have been everywhere and they're all upper slot fish. Sight casting redfish is one of my favorite ways of catching them. So my day off, I decided to have some fun and land one of these big fish. Silently I waited for a fish to pop up. Aft more...
Capt. Joe Angius - Estero Bay

1 -15 Feb Sheepies, M Snapper, Flounder and trout - 1-15 Feb 2015 Fishing the first two weeks of February has been a little tougher for the Reds but were still on the Sheep heads, mangrove snapper, flounder, trout and short Snook. The sheep are plenty big and the snappers are a mixed bag of small more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

Challenging coditions, big prgies, lanes & more - Monday, 2/2/15, brought a cold front, right on the heels of a previous front. It was raining by early in the day, and winds and seas kicked up to small craft advisory levels—not a happy way to begin a new month of fishing! Tuesday, 2/3, brought an more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Cold fronts continue but the fish are still biting - The good news is, its not snowing. Other than that, the weather has been very unFlorida like for the past couple of weeks. The bite has been tough with the best catches coming in the middle of the day under sunny skies. More cool weather is on the wa more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers

Cold Mornings turn into beautiful fishy warm afternoons! - The mornings have been a little chilly so no need to get an early start. The past couple of weeks the tides were best late morning into the early afternoons. Redfish and snook are biting well before the fronts using whitebait on a 2/0 circle hook more...
Capt. Scott Theis - Fort Myers

Big Bull Reds, Breeder Sheepshead, Snapper - Finally our weather and seas have calmed. Great catches on our local reefs. A large school of big Bull Redfish invaded our area, only two out of ten fish were small enough to keep. Also caught an estimated 30 Black Drum, which was released. Snapper more...
Capt. Brett Swenson - Fort Myers

February Redfish Dominating the Backwaters - One week into the month, I can report that we have had some truly fantastic winter season fishing so far, with just a couple of exceptions. Transition days between fronts this time of year can slow the bite down, but even those days are bringing som more...
Capt. Todd Geroy - Naples

Pompano, Flounder, Sheepshead, Cobia - Been a bit windy out there lately but it hasn't stopped the fish from biting. Cobia have been consistent on larger structures, especially our wrecks. Great Pompano bite last week. Breeder Sheepshead finally showed up and filling buckets.. Captain more...
Capt. Brett Swenson - Fort Myers

Back From Vacation And Ready To Go! - Sorry. No reports for the month of January, but I've got a busy February on the books. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound