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

Late summer fishing remains consistent in Bradenton & Anna Maria - We are in the dog days of summer right now in August but the fishing has been great. We are mostly running half day fishing charters right now beating the mid day heat. We have not had many afternoon thunderstorms or much rain in general these last more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton

Tarpon Season is Coming to an End - Quiet Waters fishing charters, run out of Sarasota, FL were focused on tarpon over the last two months. Adult tarpon are still around, but their numbers dwindle more every day. We mixed in some shallow water flats trips and dock light trips as well more...
Capt. Brian Boehm - Sarasota

Nature Coast Tarpon and Scalloping Report - Welcome to Tarpon Country ladies and gentlemen!!! It's that time of year again where anglers from all over the world descend onto the flats of Crystal River and Homosassa looking to accomplish one goal/life long quest: CATCH A BIG ASS TARPON ON FLY! more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Snook and Redfish Still Viable Targets - Snook fishing has just started to slow after 3 - 4 weeks of excellent fishing. From mid May to Mid June, many large fish were caught…mostly on larger whitebaits, grass grunts and slippery dicks. As is common this time of year, waters are heating up more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay

Good Tarpon Action in Sarasota - Anglers fishing with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action catching and releasing tarpon in the coastal gulf recently. A couple of Sarasota Bay trips also produced a few trout and bluefish on Clouser flies. more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Summer Fishing Charters Bradenton & Anna Maria Island - We are having some very productive fishing charters the last few weeks and we are looking forward to keeping it going through the end of the summer. The weather is hot but the fishing has been just as hot. We are concentrating on fishing the morning more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton

Good Tarpon Action in Sarasota - Anglers fishing with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action catching and releasing tarpon in the coastal gulf recently. Sea conditions were tough but fish were hungry when Dave Reinhart, from Pittsfield, MA and Dan Reinha more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Variety - What a variety the month of May was! I drove to Little River S Carolina and met up for dinner with Gary and Linda Hall, Buddy Smith and his fiancé. After dinner Gary, Linda and I explored the land base flounder fishing possibilities of Cherry G more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Crystal River

Big snook are here - As June arrived, so did the very large breeder female snook of summer. Fish exceeding 40 inches are now in the neighborhood so tackle up a bit to be prepared. These fish will take blistering initial runs, usually followed by a strong secondary run more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay

Gag Grouper Season 2022 - It's Grouper Time! Anglers have been patiently waiting for months to be able to take these guys home again. Definitely more of a challenge than the normal trout or redfishing as our shallow water Gag Grouper don't give up easy. Once hooked up angler more...
Capt. Nicholas Warrington - Crystal River