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

Tampa Bay Kingfish - The winds were down earlier this week, but the tides were slow, and so was fishing on Southshore Tampa Bay by most accounts. Capt. Tom Rinehart of Apollo Beach reported finding some kingfish well inside the bay. He said he saw some bait skipping out more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tarpon Migration Turning On - Hello from Anna Maria. Well things are starting to look a lot better around here. The tarpon migration finally showed up after being about two weeks late. This was because of two late unseasonable cold fronts that blasted in, one a month ago and a a more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Catch your Grouper on the Gulf Grouper - Gulf Grouper Fishing Report 11 May 08 Grouper are still cooperating on a consistent basis. We are still catching Grouper all-day long in all depths of water. Customers are so tired of cranking in fish that they are often taking breaks to re more...
Capt. Rick Rodriguez - Hernando Beach

Tarpon At The Sunshine Skyway - Alot of folks have been asking me when are the tarpon going to be at the Skyway ? Well I don't think they ever truly left this year. The Way holds some resident tarpon year round. However, this is the first year that I can recall in wh more...
Capt. Sean Hagen - Tampa Bay

Capt. Rick Grassett's Fishing Report for 4/28 through 5/2/2008 - Anglers fishing with me on the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action with trout, bluefish and snook during the week of April 28th. The best action was on deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay with trout and blue more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Kingfish and shark action is busting wide open! - This past month the fishing on the gulf has been nothing short of amazing! We're still catching lots of kingfish, with some up to 30 pounds. The biggest problem we've been having is getting them to the boat before a shark hits them. May is one more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Tampa bay fishing getting hot and heavy! - Let me start by saying the bite is on! Just about all of the fishing is going off. It's warming up more and more every day and more fish are coming out of their little hiding spots. We have had a lot of Tarpon start to show up on the beaches and ot more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Flats Holding Big Fish - The flats the flats the flats are on fire! Big reds, snook, and trout have moved on the the flats and the action has been red hot! During recent charters the red fish bite has been explosive. For the last 3 weeks we have been more...
Capt. Sean Hagen - Tampa Bay

Sight casting time of Year - April and May are two of my favorite months of the year to fish (besides the other 10). With hardly any rain and almost perfect weather days it's no wonder why people come from all over the world to fish the famous flats of Crystal River and Homosas more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Summer Like Fishing Last Week - Snook season ended Wednesday and I failed to put a keeper in the box, despite seeing quite a few fish along the mangrove in front of Sand Key. I did catch a 22-inch redfish on the flats in front of the island, and that fish went home for dinner. It h more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay