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

February fishing in Crystal River - WOW!! What a difference a month can make. Those warm sunny days in January we once boasted about have become a distant memory. Over the first few weeks of February it seems like Mother Nature has pointed every imaginable weather scenario directly more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

It's Still Winter - Fishing in Northern Pinellas County has been nothing short of strange this year. The big seatout of winter have still failed to show up in their normal numbers. Some days, 4-5 fish will be caught and then the next day these trout are absent. In a more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay

Tough bite in Sarasota, water is cold! - Fishing was tough this week as we are experiencing a real winter. Water temperature was in the upper 50's in the morning. Anglers fishing the pass caught a few sheepshead and snapper on shrimp, but the sheepshead run is just getting started. Whitin more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

February Flats Fishing Producing with Artificial Lures and Flies - Flats fishing in the Sarasota Area has been good. Anglers fishing the shallow flats with Captain Brian Boehm out of his Maverick Mirage have enjoyed a solid snook bite and good sight fishing for redfish. Shallow water anglers on recent Quiet Waters f more...
Capt. Brian Boehm - Sarasota

Good Night Snook and Flats Action in Sarasota - 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 Charlotte Harbor and Sarasota Bay and snook at night on flies in the ICW recently. Keith McClint more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Snook and jacks hitting in Sarasota creeks and rivers - Clients caught two species this week, snook and jack crevalle. The only pattern that I had that was producing was casting lures and flies in rivers, creeks, and residential canals. Fly anglers caught snook and jacks on Clouser patterns. Spin anglers more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Wintertime fishing report Bradenton and Anna Maria Island - Over the last 3 weeks we have had some strong cold fronts and in the last 4 days especially, with low temperatures in the 30s and a couple very chilly windy days only getting up to the low 50s. This is the coldest weather our area has experienced in more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton

December was a Tough Month - Chris Conklin and David put together an exciting trip for all of us in December. They had Capt Randall move his big boat up to Morehead City North Carolina. They rented a nice house on the water and started inviting guest to target giant bluefin tuna more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Crystal River

Jacks providing fast action in Sarasota - Weather was a factor this week, it is winter even though it is Florida. It was cold and windy early in the week, improving later in the week. The bite was hot on Friday as we fished just before a severe front moved through. My best pattern is a typic 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 Charlotte Harbor recently. Keith McClintock and Hal D'Orazio, from Lake Forest, IL fished backcountr more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota