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

Stuck in the Doldrums - Warm water and hot weather combined to keep the mid day fishing action to a minimum this week. The best fishing was on the strong falling tides of late afternoon, but there was also some activity along the north shoreline of the Little Manatee River more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Topwater Redfishing!!!!! - What makes inshore light tackle fishing so special? Is it the variety of species an angler can pursue? Is it the awesome scenery? Is it the anticipation of the one-on-one battle that every angler looks forward to? In my opinion what makes inshore more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Tampa Bay's redfishing at its best! - The weather has slowed us down a bit over the past couple of weeks, but despite having to dodge the summertime rainstorms, we've managed to get on the water everyday and catch fish. If the thunder and lightning got to bad, we just took a short lunch more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Doldrums Are Here - The summer doldrums are here, and local fishing suffers accordingly. Despite a few days of calm winds and plenty of sunshine, the fishing I did can only be described as mediocre. I have been across the bay twice this week to fish for pompano and tro more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Capt. Rick Grassett's Fishing Report for 7/14 through 7/27/2008 - Anglers fishing with me on the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action with trout and bluefish in Sarasota Bay during the past couple of weeks. In addition, tarpon are still available in the inshore Gulf of M more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Tampa Bay redfish are getting bigger! - Fishing has certainly changed over the last few years. I sure am lucky that I get to spend so much time on the water to see the changes. Fishing always changes a bit with each new year, but it has done a whole heck of a lot of changing this year. more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Fishing and weather has been hot!!!!! - The Snook bite has been good as of late. Finding decent bait has been the challenge. This mornings outgoing tide produced some nice numbers for Snook. We managed about 20 or so all in the 22 to 26 inch range. I had to chum heavy to get them to bite. more...
Capt. Jason Prieto - St. Petersburg

Summertime is Snapper time - Fishing around the full moon this week had it's ups and downs. The best tides were in the afternoon early in the week, but thunderstorms made them unavailable until Thursday. I went across the bay with Roger Mills and his son Chris to look for some p more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Summertime fishing in the bay! - It's summertime in Florida! We Floridians know what that means…the rainy season. One thing you can count on in the summertime in Florida is rain. Hey… at least it cools you off. Despite the rain, the fishing has been outstanding. This year has b more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Gulf Grouper Fishing Report - Mangrove Snapper have dominated the Grouper lately. This summer has blessed us with two to three pound Mangrove's. Most are caught on the bottom while fishing for Grouper and some are caught on spinning tackle near the surface. Chumming with more...
Capt. Rick Rodriguez - Hernando Beach