Regional Fishing Reports for:
West Florida (Englewood to Cedar Key)

Red tide gone from Sarasota and fishing is good! - The good news is that the red tide seems to be gone and the water is looking good! After a cool and breezy start to the week, it warmed up nicely. Fishing the deep grass flats produced numerous trout to 20, along with some big ladyfish and a few blu more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Fly Fishing Report - Tampa Bay - This month has been unseasonably warm with record high temperatures for the day being reached. Water clarity has already begun to diminish, adopting the summer time look due to the abundance of algae. Fishing around the lower tides has presented our more...
Capt. Ethan Kiburz - Tampa Bay

Shallow and Deep Grass Flats Producing Quality Fish - Anglers fishing with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had some action catching and releasing snook and reds on DOA Lures in Gasparilla Sound and Tampa Bay recently. Anglers also caught and released snook on flies and DOA Lures in t more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

3 Top Reasons for Fishing the Nature Coast During the Spring - Top 3 Reasons to Fish the Nature Coast during the 2023 Spring Season Incredible Weather: Florida's winter season tiptoed on by this year. Gone are the memories of the extreme freeze in December as abnormally warm weather has settled in along t more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Fishing about to Turn On - Warming waters in late February signal that fishing is about to get better. There may be another cold front or two, but the strength and magnitude of these is usually less this time of year and water temps seem to rebound more quickly. The large se more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay

River fishing produces big snook in Sarasota - Action was steady this week on the grass flats in Sarasota Bay. Unlike the last few weeks where fish seemed to be all in one spot, most of the deeper grass flats provided some action. Speckled trout and ladyfish were fairly plentiful and readily took more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Good Shallow Water Action - Anglers fishing with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had some action catching and releasing reds, snook and trout on DOA Lures in Gasparilla Sound and Tampa Bay recently. Fly anglers also caught and released snook in the ICW at ni more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota Winter Fishing in Full Swing - Shallow water anglers on recent Quiet Waters fishing trips fished waters as far south as Placida and as far north as Tampa Bay. We fished dock lights in Sarasota as well as dock lights throughout the Venice and Nokomis area for snook and other spec more...
Capt. Brian Boehm - Sarasota

Winter Time Fishing The Nature Coast - Happy New Year anglers!! All of the great guides here at Reel Florida Fishing Charters hope that 2022 was a prosperous year for everyone and we wish all of you the very best going into 2023. Let's work on making this year the best year ever!!! --- more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Cold Front Fishing Tampa Bay - January Tampa Bay Fishing Report What a weird weather pattern we've dealt with in November being 5 to 8 degrees warmer than normal and December was similar. A lot of people asked what's this done to the fishing, and here is the answer.The trou more...
Capt. John Rivers - Tampa Bay