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

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Fish Seek Warmer Waters The recent frost and freeze this past week dropped water temperatures to the middle 50’s in Homosassa Bay. However, the headwaters near the spring fed rivers of our county provide a winter refuge for many species of salt wa more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Cold but not too cold! Well it’s starting to feel a little more like December. I think over the next couple of weeks we are going to see a lot of changes. I know at the beginning of the week the water temp was at 71 degrees and when I was on th more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota & Charlotte Harbor, FL Fishing Report for 12/5 through 12/11/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had good action during the past week on deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay with bluefish and catch and release trout. The shallow grass flats more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Is it really December? Well! well! well! I don’t know what to say other than I hope it stays like this. I forget is it December? I can’t believe how warm it is and how good the fishing is. It is all about the weather, if it stays th more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - December Gulf Fishing Forecast December can be somewhat of a transitional month when it comes to fishing out on the gulf. What species of fish to target, and how good the fishing action will be is truly dependant on the weather conditions. If we more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 11/28 through 12/4/2004 Fly anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict caught and released snook, redfish, trout, bluefish and ladyfish during the past week. Anglers using spinning tackle had a great day with bluefish and pomp more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Grouper on the bay! Grouper on the bay! Yes, this is the time of year that small boaters have a chance to limit out on keeper size gag grouper and the occasional black grouper. They are hard to tell apart but are equal in table fair and have more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report for December 01 Fishing behind cold fronts often proves fruitless, and my last two trips bear that out. Both were bright and beautiful with clear blue skies. For me that’s usually a recipe for a nice day on the more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - First Snook! Well were do I start. It’s getting to be the time of the year when the fish start doing a whole lot of moving. If and when all these fish are moving all around you can usually find them in large numbers and if you are able to e more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Sarasota and Venice - Southwest FL Fishing Report for 11/15 through 11/27/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had steady action on deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay during the past couple of weeks. Fly anglers scored with Clouser flies and spin anglers connected with j more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota