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

Fall fishing is on the way to Tampa Bay! - The recent hard northeast winds that have swirled through the Tampa Bay area have brought about some changes. Yes, it has cooled the temperature down a bit, which could be considered a good thing, but it has also caused the fish to be on the move. more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Bonita Action Tampa Bay - Bait on the flats was really tuff this morning. A bucket of chum along with 10 tosses of the cast net resulted in maybe 20 decent white baits. Captain Steven got wise and quickly ran to the Skyway Bridge and was greeted by tons of white bait. No chu more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

The bite is on fire - lets go fishing - The winds made the afternoon fishing tough last week, but the morning's were fairly calm. The weather has a huge influence on fishing. It determines where and if anglers can fish, and it will cause a variety of species to migrate to a more comfortabl more...
Capt. Keith Tomlinson - Hernando Beach

Snook and Trout Action Good in Sarasota - Anglers fishing with me on my flats skiff the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, caught and released trout, blues and redfish in Sarasota Bay on jigs and flies during the past couple of weeks. Very high tides towards th more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

The Fun of Fall Fishing - Cooling temps, changing weather patterns and an abundance of bait fish are what most anglers are homing in on these days on the local flats off the Nature Coast. As the summer heat begins to give way to cooling temps and fall breezes, many inshore f more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Tampa Bay fishing will let the pictures talk! - I'm going to keep this one short and sweet… the fishing has been awesome and the weather has been right there with it! The pictures say the rest… Tarpon on! More Redfish then you know what to do with! Trout well! Even more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Red's on fire in Tampa Bay - The last several weeks the big Redfish have been roaming the flats off south Pinellas County in big schools. On resent trip we have been getting between 10 and 20 over the slot fish ( we have only had 2 keeper out of the last 80+ redfish caught). more...
Capt. Little Jim Fesperman - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay redfish action remains hot - Captain Steven eased out of the marina under the cover of darkness Sunday morning. Low humidity combined with the NE breeze made the run to gather bait a true joy. It took some patience to find the redfish candy aka white bait. Choppy water condi more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Mega redfish day Tampa Bay - Blitzing is common for Mackerel, Bluefish, Bonita but not Redfish. Today was one of those phenomenal days that happens once in awhile. More in a minute. Today I had the distinct pleasure of having to super redfish anglers onboard. Dave & Jim are n more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Shark Fishing! - Tampa Bay is a shark fishing hot spot! Capt. Mike Guerra AKA Capt.Scully landed a 8ft. hammer head in Port Manatee shipping channel on Tarpon spin gear! Bonnetheads and nurse sharks have been on constant patrol in the shallow water grass more...
Capt. Sean Hagen - Tampa Bay