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

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Afternoon fishing this week continued to be a crapshoot with thunderstorms lurking in every direction. My fishing at the beginning of the week was confined to early morning. I had the boat in the water before daybreak on Monday, looking to head to Eg more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Sarasota and Venice - Capt. Rick Grassett’s Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 7/16 through 7/31/2007 Anglers fishing with me the past couple of weeks continued to have action with tarpon in the coastal gulf along Sarasota beaches. Tarpon schools have thinned and aren’t s more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Hernando Beach to Chassahowitzka - Fihing the skinny water in the summertime! The scenerio for the next two months isn't going to change much. Fish early as possible, siesta from noon until 4 PM, grab a bite to eat and fish until dark. The Hernando Beach channel has been p more...
Capt. Larry Roderick - Hernando Beach

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Afternoon fishing was a bit testy this week with thunderstorms cavorting around Southshore Tampa Bay. I tried several times to get out late in the afternoon to fish the strong falling tide for snook at the mouth of the Little Manatee River, but high more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Getting hot! Hot, hot, hot, But not too hot. The fishing bite is hot and the weather isn’t too hot. Most of the days we have been getting started early in the morning just after the sun comes up. This has helped because we are off the water befor more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - It's Right! The fishing and the weather have been great in the morning, but almost every afternoon we get rain showers, which tend to put a damper on fishing. Luckily, most of the rain showers last week only lasted for about 30 minutes. We had t more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Fl-Fishing Tarpon Is Prime Now Upon arrival to tarpon central of the Panhandle of northwest Florida, my anticipation was building to ramp in the Hells Bay Marquesas and go out to scout the waters. My long time friend, Gene Strickland, reported th more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - July Gulf Forecast Looking ahead into the month of July local anglers should anticipate some great action on the Gulf. As the air and water temperatures continue to rise the fishing activity will heat up as well. This time of year weather c more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Sarasota and Venice - Capt. Rick Grassett’s Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 7/9 through 7/15/2007 Anglers fishing with me this week had decent tarpon action with flies and live bait. Although tarpon have thinned out, there are still plenty of fish available. The patter more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Local fishing was almost as hot as the air temperature last week, and that’s saying a lot. Capt. Larry Malinoski reported great catches of kingfish 20 miles out into the Gulf, with several smokers that topped 30 pounds. He caught Spanish mackerel and more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay