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

Fishing Report DEC 23,2015 - Fishing Report DEC 23,2015 The full moon, low tides and record high temperatures made for some challenging fishing. Bait was plentiful though, so we loaded up the livewell with pilchards, and along with some shrimp from the bait shop we had plent more...
Capt. Ted Nesti - St. Petersburg

Warm December leads to good snooking - Water temps on the flats are still over 70 degrees. We are still catching plenty of snook on the open flats and still using shiners. A few trout are showing and are a bit late due to the temps. Winter species are creeping in with sheepshead, pompano more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria

Winter Time Fishing - Inshore fishing action is great. Trout are holding in 1 to 5 feet of water around grass flats and kelp grass aka rock grass, Soft plastic jigs are working very good. What I use on my charters are Mirr O Lure little johns in white, root beer, water me more...
Capt. Josh Fritz - Hernando Beach

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim Klopfer 12/26/2015 - The red tide is gone, the water has cleared up, and fishing was good this week in Sarasota Bay! Big Pass was good for ladyfish and the flats nearby at Bird Key and Marina Jacks were productive for speckled trout, gag grouper, black sea bass, flounde more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Windy but a good Bite! - Yesterday was windy, but the bite was good. We caught nice trout. Spanish Mackerel, Ladyfish and Bonnet Head Sharks. The overhead was cloudy with very little sunshine. Today looks to be a better day weather wise with little chance of rain. Tight Lin more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Sheephead are biting - The winds where still blowing out of the southeast yesterday. So we switched to sheephead fishing. The bite was awesome. Turnout to be a good day. more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Post Front action Tampa Bay - The cold front blew through Friday and greeted us Sunday morning with chilly 52 degree air temps and a stiff North breeze 15-20 mph. The baits still thick on local bridges but 3' waves made it challenging to say the least. Good news local grass flats more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Merry Christmas Mangroves! - MERRY CHRISTMAS MANGROVES! You know it's wintertime in Florida when the fickle winds begin to blow. Leave the house and there's barely a breeze, but by the time you get to the boat ramp, it's blowing a gale. Thankfully, the many bayous around the more...
Capt. Ted Nesti - St. Petersburg

Trout Fishing Red Hot ! - Absolute Florida Flats Fishing a Longtime Guide Service for the West Central Florida Gulf Coast serving the Tarpon Springs, New Port Richey and Clearwater Florida, area reports Outstanding Spotted Sea Trout Fishing ! The Water temperatures have fall more...
Capt. John Fischbach - New Port Richey

Snook Blitz lower Tampa Bay - With continued warm weather and higher than normal water temperatures lower Tampa Bay's snook action continues red hot. My mornings started by running to local bridges for bait. White baits very abundant and easy to gather. With strong outgoing mor more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay