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

Trout Heating up Soon - As of mid-December, water temperatures were still in the low seventies…pretty much unheard of for this time of year. These abnormally high temperatures affected several fisheries. Large seatrout, a primary target in early winter for those fishing S more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay

Crystal River Fishing Acion - Tis the season to wish all of my fishing friends a Merry Christmas. It was not to long ago most of us were wondering if we were going to be able to fish together again. Times have changed and I am extremely thankful for all of the great people who more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Good action on fly in Sarasota - I experienced an interesting and diverse variety of fishing charters this week. 4 of my trips were fly anglers, two in the bay, two in the rivers. I also ran a spin trip inshore. Speckled trout were plentiful, though many were small. The fly trip on more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Good Action in Sarasota for a Variety of Species - Fly anglers fishing with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action catching and releasing tripletail in the coastal gulf and snook at night in the ICW and spin fishing anglers scored with DOA Lures on snook, trout, redfish, more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Spanish mackerel arrived in Sarasota! - Spanish mackerel showed up in Sarasota this week! My clients encountered them in the middle of Sarasota Bay near New Pass on Mon and Tuesday. We went in the afternoon to avoid the fog and very low tides in the morning. Spin anglers caught them on Rap more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Tampa Bay Fly Fishing/Light Tackle Report - November - Sight fishing for redfish and spotted sea trout has been phenomenal this month with cold fronts really putting them into their winter patterns. With the water temperatures being consistently in the 60's, the water clarity is becoming much better all more...
Capt. Ethan Kiburz - Tampa Bay

Winter patterns producing in Sarasota - Once again, the best bite was fishing creeks and residential canals. Jack crevalle were plentiful, with a few snook also being caught. Clouser Minnow flies and #8 Rapala X-Raps fooled them. The action in the passes slowed a bit, but there were still more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Good Tripletail Fly Fishing Action in Sarasota - Fly anglers fishing with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action catching and releasing tripletail and a bonus false albacore on flies in the coastal gulf recently. My brother Kirk Grassett, from Middletown, DE, visited fo more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Good action on snook and jacks in Sarasota - I mixed it up a bit this week on my Sarasota fishing charters. My clients spent most of the time casting Rapala X-Raps and flies for snook, jacks, and other species. A )* white (Ghost) X-Rap did well on snook and jacks in area creeks and residential more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Fall Fishing Bonanza - November can be an exciting month for inshore and near shore fisherman off the Northern Pinellas County Coast. During warming trends, redfish, and even snook can be reliably caught. Granted, the snook average significantly smaller than those found o more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay