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

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The wind died and the rain let up for a few days last week but the inshore fishing is still typically slow for August. Water clarity is poor, and there is plenty of hook grabbing plantlife on the surface, which makes keeping your lures weed free pra more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Just big enough! The bite has been different every day, but I guess that is why they call it fishing. Some days it was more like catching an every day it was a different type of fish. This week I can’t say which fish we caught the most of. Believ more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Sarasota and Venice - Capt. Rick Grassett’s Fishing Report for 8/1 through 8/12/2007 Anglers fishing with me on the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, caught and released snook, redfish, trout, ladyfish, bluefish, tarpon and jumped severa more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Hernando Beach to Chassahowitzka - Stillwaters of Summer Today, the water was like a mirror. Every wake or ripple from a fish swimming near the top of the water could easily be seen from great distance. It made sight fishing very easy. Today’s charter, Laura and Tara Black, mot more...
Capt. Larry Roderick - Hernando Beach

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Thunderstorms continued to dominate the angling scene on Southshore Tampa Bay through the first week of August, and not only in the afternoon. I awoke to the sound of thunder several times in the early morning. Water clarity has suffered with the more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - A challenge on the light tackle! Wow! We sure have had some warm weather over the past couple of weeks. We also had quite a bit of rain and that has helped cool it down a little. The water temp was up to around 88-91 degrees. 91 this year being t more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - August is a Great Time for Fishing out on the Gulf So far this summer the Gulf has been beautiful, with clear waters, no red tides, and lots of good fishing action. Generally this time of the year the longer trips produce the most and biggest fi more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Water temperature in the Gulf of Mexico dropped to 87 degrees this past week with a two-day deluge of rain. This made for slow fishing up until Friday when the sun finally came out again. There are still plenty of mackerel around the Port Manatee more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hi everyone, hope that you’re staying cool now that the heat has turned on, I’m trying to but it’s not easy this time of year. It doesn’t seem to have bothered the fish much though, even with the water temps on the flats getting into the low 90’s i more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Another day! Off with another great week of fishing. Most of the days are starting really early in the morning that way we're off the water before the sun gets too hot. The way I look at it if you start earlier in the morning and you are o more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay