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

Good Sarasota Bay Flats & Coastal Gulf Action - Action exploded in the coastal gulf early in the week of 12/20 as a variety of species gorged themselves in bait balls. Anglers fishing with me on my Action Craft flats skiff the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, caugh more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim Klopfer 1/2/2016 - Both the weather and the fishing were outstanding in Sarasota this week for our Christmas holiday visitors. Sunny skies and temperatures in the mid 80s made for excellent conditions to catch fish! A variety of species were taken using different techn more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Tampa Fishing into the New Year - The weather continues to be very mild. I was just washing the skiff and it felt more like July than the end of December. We have had downright great snook fishing recently and on most days it's the best game going. We are also starting to get some ni more...
Capt. Brandon Henley - Tampa Bay

fishing is hot and so is the weather! - So as we continue this high temp record breaking month the fishing continues to be stellar. We continue to catch 20-30 snook a day all ranging from 18-40 inch trophies! Trout are starting to station up where they should be this time of year so its no more...
Capt. Matthew Salgado - Tampa Bay

Fish are biting - We have had great success in the last few days on the incoming tide. Nice catches of Trout, Shark, & Mackerel on the flats. Finding a good spot out of the wind has been the challenge. more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

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