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

Hernando Beach fishing and scalloping on fire! - As we move through the next month, anglers can rely on a few inshore patterns when planning a fishing, scalloping, or boating trip. The trout bite will be great in 6 - 10 ft of water, the scallops are thick off Hernando Beach, and there is a good cha more...
Capt. Keith Tomlinson - Hernando Beach

great fishing and scalloping in Hernando beach - Great fishing in Hernando beach Fishing is great in our deeper grass flats. Trout, sea bass, sharks, mackerel, flounder are all over the place. Target 8 to 12 feet of water on spotty bottom gulp shrimp in white and new penny are doing the trick. S more...
Capt. Josh Fritz - Hernando Beach

Summertime patterns - Summer fishing off Anna Maria means getting on and off the water early. Most of my trips are half day this time of year and that is just fine with me. Mackerel fishing on the beaches could not be much better. In fact on some days it can just abo more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria

Tampa Bay July Fishing Report - Tampa Bay July Fishing Report Tampa bay Tarpon fishing ended as a good season this year. We did battle some rough weather and lost a few days to the tropical storm but all in all I can't complain. It was a good Tarpon season and we caught a lot o more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tarpon On A Fly Still An Option in Sarasota - Conditions were good for tarpon fishing during the week of 7/9 and they got aggressive as we got further away from a full moon the previous week. Anglers fishing the coastal Gulf of Mexico off Sarasota with me on my Action Craft flats skiff the Snoo more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Steady action in Sarasota with Capt Jim Klopfer - Fishing was good once again this week, although rains resulted in constantly changing water conditions. That dark root beer water is just not productive. Most of the fish were caught using Gulp! Shrimp under noisy floats. Rapalas, shrimp, and li more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Offshore Gag Grouper, Young and Old timers ! - Absolute Florida Flats Fishing and Guide Service with Capt. Rich Knox reports very good Reef and Wreck fishing charters since tropical storm Debby and other various tropical waves, depositing record amounts of rainfall in our area. The Gag-grouper more...
Capt. John Fischbach - Clearwater

Tampa Bay Grouper Fishing - Grouper has been the good word lately with a lot of keeper fish being caught in and outside Tampa Bay. We're using a combination of artificial jigs, live bait, and cut bait. The palm sized pinfish have been getting hammered on the shallow structures more...
Capt. Chris Haught - Tampa Bay

Weather makes a few changes in Tampa Bay fishing! - We have recently endured some stormy weather in the Tampa Bay area. Although we had to dodge several thunderstorms last week, the weather seems to be getting more predictable and just producing our normal summertime afternoon showers. The weather d more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Hot July Fishing And Scalloping - Hot July Action July is going great for both fishing and scalloping. Fishing the deeper grass flats from 8 to 12 feet is very productive with monster trout, sea bass, mackerel, black tip sharks, and a few flounder. The way I like to fish more...
Capt. Josh Fritz - Hernando Beach