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

Sarasota Fishing Report Capt Jim Klopfer 8/2/2014 - The week started off a bit slow with slack tides and stiff breezes, but conditions improved and by the end of the week fishing was fantastic! The speckled trout bite really turned on, complimenting the already good mangrove snapper fishing. Bluefis more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Red tide in area - Thank you for contacting the FWC's Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute with your concerns. A bloom of Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, has been confirmed 40-90 miles offshore in the NE GOM. The bloom is approximately 80 miles l more...
Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach

Tampa, FL Fishing Report July 29, 2014 - Reel Till U Feel Charters Fishing Report for Tampa Bay. This last week the rain has changed to normal west coast late afternoon pattern, With morning lows between 78° to 82°. The Hot Bite this last week has been the Mangrove Snapper. Incoming or Out more...
Capt. Mark Magni - Tampa Bay

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim klopfer 7/26/2014 - Fishing was VERY good early this week on the deep grass flats near Big Pass and New Pass. Marina Jacks, Radio Tower, and Middlegrounds were the best spots. One day it was big grouper, the next Spanish mackerel, with some of the best mangrove snappe more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Tarpon Time Isn't Over Yet! - Summertime weather in Tampa Bay might be unpredictable, but the fishing is great. We are catching tarpon, snook, redfish, snapper, and other species. Bending a rod in the Bay is easy right now so please visit www.castawaychartersinc.com and boo more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa, FL Fishing Report July 23, 2014 - Reel Till U Feel Charters Fishing Report for Tampa Bay. Tampa has had right at 12 ½ inches of rain so far for the month of July, With an average rainfall of only a little over 7 inches, Putting the Tampa area about 10 inches above normal year to date more...
Capt. Mark Magni - Tampa Bay

Great Fishing And Sscalloping - Fishing is great in our local back waters, snook and red fish are chewing great on a incoming tide and first of the outgoing tide. Live bait is producing the best action I use green backs and pin fish rigged on a 2/0 to 3/0 circle hook with a 25 poun more...
Capt. Josh Fritz - Hernando Beach

Good Tarpon Fishing Action in Sarasota - Fly anglers fishing the coastal gulf in Sarasota with me on my Action Craft flats skiff the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, continued to have action with tarpon, getting numerous shots, jumping 8 and catching and rel more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Mangrove Snapper Frenzy - As usual July bring a feeding frenzy of mango on just about any structure. Offshore reefs have the bigger ones in the 15 plus inch range. Small shiners or sardines are the best bet. Large shrimp are also excellent but many other species will eat up y more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim klopfer 7/19/2014 - Clients experienced very good action on charters this week using live baitfish. Trips start with bait-catching, which has been easy, only taking ten or fifteen minutes, then anchoring up over the deep grass flats and chumming brought the fish right more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota