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

Red Tide Going Away? - After the arrival of red tide in Mid-June off of Northern Pinellas County, fishing has been hit and miss. Red tide's first push into the area seemed to drive the redfish out and do significant damage to local baitfish populations, especially the gra more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay

red tide affecting fishing in Sarasota - Fishing was slow this week with morning thunderstorms cancelling most of my trips. Friday was nice, though hot, but red tide shut down most of Sarasota Bay. There is an area of cleaner water to the south, and bottom fishing produced some snapper. The more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Super Summer Fishing Selections - Long Time Tarpon Springs Professional sport fishing Guide charter service owner/operator Captain John Fischbach of Absolute Florida Flats Fishing reports that Deep Sea and near shore reef fishing has been producing constant Gag Grouper action and lot more...
Capt. John Fischbach - Tarpon Springs

red tide slows bite in Sarasota - Unfortunately, the red tide that has been plaguing Tampa Bay moved into our area this week. There was not a huge fish kill, but it certainly slowed the bite. It also makes fishing with live bait difficult as and red tide that gets in the well will ki more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Good fishing resumes in Sarasota after Else - Fishing was good this week, despite tropical storm Elsa moving through. I did not fish Tuesday or Wednesday, but was back out on Thursday to find minimal effects from the storm. The jig bite did slow a bit this week and the best action was had by cat more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Pandemonium Cycles out!!!! Fish NOW!! - Captain John Fischbach of A West Central Florida Gulf Coast Charter fishing service, Florida Absolute Florida flatsfishing and Offshore Charters reports that: Mother Nature, from my understanding, not opinion-influenced comment is- I believe the rai more...
Capt. John Fischbach - Tarpon Springs

Action and variety in Sarasota! - Anglers experienced both action and variety on fishing charters this week. The strategy of casting lures early then switching to chumming with bait worked well. Jigs caught plenty of fish in the first hour or two. The bait is small, but just large en more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Tarpon Obsession - WHAT IS BIG, SILVER, AND THE MOST AWESOME INSHORE SPECIES ON THE PLANET? If you guessed the MEGALOPS ATLANTICUS a.k.a. TARPON then chances are you're Tarpon obsessed just like the rest of us. I refer to Tarpon fishing as an obsession because af more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

jigs and bait combination produces in Sarasota - I have eased into my summer strategy of casting jigs early, then switching over to chumming with live bait. This is very effective as anglers take advantage of the low light feeding, when fish are generally active. When that slows, it is time to catc more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Decent action in Sarasota this week - Action was steady this week, with clients catching a good variety of species. The numbers of fish were down a tad, we did have some unstable weather and weak tides. Still, anglers casting jigs caught speckled trout to 20, bluefish, silver trout, Spa more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota