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

Tampa Bay offers a big variety - Wednesday's late afternoon / night trip was abruptly halted by a huge thunderstorm at the mouth of Tampa Bay. Thursday was much improved and allowed us back out. The Skyway Bridge was thick with scaled sardines and needed only 2 tosses of the cast ne more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Fish Early for Best Sarasota Action - Anglers fishing with me on the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, caught and released snook, trout, bluefish, Spanish mackerel and jumped a tarpon on several trips recently. The best action continues to be with trout on more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Summer Doldrums are Here - The near miss by a tropical storm shut the bite down pretty hard for a couple of days. Even the offshore fishing was reported to be slow, according to Capt. Larry Malinsoki. We did catch a few fish ahead of the storm. Last weekend we had great l more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

hernando beach opportunity fish - Opportunity Fish I would like to talk about what I call Opportunity Fish Many times when I'm targeting say redfish or trout, as I'm moving to and from my flats spots I come across an opportunity fish. What is a opportunity fish? This may be a c more...
Capt. Joel Gant - Hernando Beach

Homosassa Scallops & Redfishing - Homosassa Scallops & Redfishing Homosassa was recently declared The Scallop Capital of the World, by one of our local Tampa news stations, Bay News 9! Although Homosassa Scalloping hasn't been as good as the last couple of years, folks a more...
Capt. "Red Ed" Brennan - Homosassa

Hernando inshore fishing report -Bulldog Fishin Charters - The weather this past week gave anglers the opportunity to get out and fish and the bite was good. The early morning is still the time to get out to avoid the summer heat and the afternoon thunder storms. It appears the hurricane season has finally s more...
Capt. Keith Tomlinson - Hernando Beach

Florida Tarpon Reside In and Out of Rivers - Tarpon are in and still giving me the fever. There are a few schools still around on the flats and in the rivers bays. I guess they are native fish. This past season was probably the best I have had in several years. The reason is, I was luck more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Tarpon Reside Year Round in Homosassa Rivers - Tarpon are in and still giving me the fever. There are a few schools still around on the flats. I guess they are native fish. This past season was probably the best I have had in several years. The reason is, I was lucky and had some great an more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Day or Night Tampa Bay rocks - We continue to fish under the stars with good to very good success. Snook & Trout that are too sluggish during the day wake up and are looking for dinner at night. Would you want a big meal during the day? Think about it? Just like us our metabolism more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Persistency rewarded - Persistency has been the key to successful fishing over the past week. Fish aren't exactly jumping into the boat. But that's OK. I like those days when you have to work hard for your fish and you're rewarded with quality. That's what happened on more...
Steve Gibson - Sarasota