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

Typical Winter Fishing - More typical winter weather this week made for slow fishing on Southshore Tampa Bay. Capt. Danny Guarino told me he caught a single snook in the Little Manatee River this week, and a few trout on the flats in front of Cockroach Bay. He said there was more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Giving Back - Giving back to our community and people in need is more important than ever. If you love inshore fishing for Snook, Redfish and trout and like helping others in need at the same time I have an outstanding opportunity for you. The 2009 Tamco Foundat more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fish Are On The Move! - It's getting to be that time of the year…the time of year where the fish start moving even if the weather is a bit cold. Although we've had a few days that have been a bit chilly, the water temperature is good. It is still above 60 degrees and the more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Learn to Catch More Fish with Frank Sargeant's Line-Up - Well folks, I am back after a long [but much appreciated] winter off. I always love to kick off the season and get into the mood for guiding anglers to Homosassa's redfish, trout and tarpon with the 18th annual Tampa Tribune Outdoors Exposition host more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Winter Trout - Busy busy weekend for Captain Steven and Chris. We fished Ft. Desoto and Tierra Verde areas all weekend. Armed with shrimp and soft plastic jigs we departed Oneals Marina looking to take advantage of the large trout roaming the deeper flats. It was n more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Cold, Windy = Slow Fishing - If you are going to fish for anything besides sheepshead, it's a good idea to keep an eye on the water temperature. You don't need a thermometer, you can just go online if you have access to a computer and Google Florida Marine Weather. At this writi more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Bait and Switch Amberjacks - We have had many trips the past few weeks fishing for Amberjack. Not necessarily from lack of other fish biting but rather the strict regulations being imposed by the National Marine Fisheries. The grouper bite this year has been phenominal, as has t more...
Capt. Lance Brooks - Tampa Bay

Gulf Grouper Report, Hernando Beach, Who is on the water fishing - Charter Boat Gulf Grouper Fishing Report Hernando Beach 18 Feb 2009 Grouper fishing has been unbelievable. Yesterday we caught 13 keeper size Gag Groupers and a cooler full of Grunts; 6 of the Gags were way over 10 pounds. Steady action all more...
Capt. Rick Rodriguez - Hernando Beach

Passing Cold Front Gets Amberjack Hitting - This is a great time of year for fishing on the Gulf. All of our shorter trips are producing lots of fish. Right now most of the action is concentrated on the bottom. Some of the species we're catching aboard the Legacy are mangrove snapper, lane more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Past The Cold Spell - Hello everyone, well finally some warm water again. That last cold front really put a damper on the fishing for a couple of days. The snook fishing was awesome before that last cold front. Then slowed for a few days as the water temps dropped to 5 more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay