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

Pelagics on Fire along Nature Coast! - Finally!! The warm weather is here to stay. Air temps are hanging in the 80's and water temps are finally cemented in the low to mid 70's. This combination of warm air and water is a recipe for disaster along the Nature Coast of Florida. The warm more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Red Sunday - The hunt for Redfish in April is as exciting as the Hunt for Red October! An amazing sunrise greeted my anglers Sunday morning. The early morning low / incoming tide meant we would be hunting reds in the potholes away from the Mangrove islands. Bre more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

More and More Wind - Wind continues to complicate things for Tampa Bay anglers. I went across the bay on Saturday morning to Pinellas Point to fish for trout and it was relatively calm. Once I got there and set up a few drifts, the wind picked up out of the East and bega more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Trout and Snook Best Bets in Sarasota - Anglers fishing with me on the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action recently with trout on CAL jigs with shad tails and flies on deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay. In addition, we also caught a few snook, p more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

less wind more opportuity - The Tarpon have started to show up in the West Central back waters. The best time to target these brawlers is from daybreak to around noon. For the backwater enthusiast, there are plenty of these giants from Tampa Bay to St. Joseph's Sound. These are more...
Capt. Craig Lahr - Clearwater

Keeping the rods bent - Saturdays afternoon trip was focused on quantity and keeping the rods bent. The brisk winds from this morning trip were still present but had laid down enough to allow a comfortable run to Pinellas Point where we have been catching copious amounts of more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Night Time Snook Party - Night time is party time for adult snook. And we all know a good party has to have the right appetizers. Mature female snook are suckers for whitebait and pinfish. Friday night's party started on the flats off the Skyway Bridge where the groceries we more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

April Weather Confused Anglers and Fish - God provided two outstanding and beautiful days back to back on this April new moon and it looks as though more great fishing weather is on the way. We started out the day fishing for trout in skinny water. Jerry Weisner of Dunn, SC was putting it more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Big snook action for Big snook on Anna Maria - The last month was probably the best snook fishing in the last 5 years for catching big snook.Big snook to me means fish over 32 inches. We landed over 40 snook between 32 and 38 inches with all being released. Rookie fisherman may not like this typ more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria

Tampa Bay Tarpon Are Back! - The million dollar question has been answered! The tarpon are finally here, and they are big. After fishing for tarpon on a handful of trips, we finally hooked several. The first tarpon that we hooked weighed over 175lbs. Unfortunately, the large more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay