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

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Plenty of west and northwest wind on the Gulf this week. Kept me in Monday and Tuesday, but finally on Wedsday we got out. I was glad we did too, as the fishing was good despite the choppy seas. The kingfish have continued to be dependable, so I d more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Reds are always fun action on Homosassa flats Sam Shine and his friends fish with me 6 or 8 times a year. He always try to pick the best tides so we do not have an excuse as to why the fish do not bite. Just recently Sam and his neighbors came more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Grouper Digging April 23, 2000 Sarasota Fla. Fishing Report By Capt. Bob Smith It was grouper digging time for those who ran offshore to 70'to 80' depths or more. Good catches of red grouper up to 15 pounds with a few gags mixed in were th more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - April is Cobia month in Homosassa Some exciting fishing on the Homosassa flats is when the cobia follow the sting rays. Today one of my fishers caught two on light tackle. The fish were not very big as cobia standards go, but they were plenty f more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Fishing the Gulf over the past week has been enjoyable. The areas around the artificial reefs at seven and thirteen miles west of Venice Inlet have been consistently providing decent catches for us. There has been lots of baitfish hanging around the more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Gulf is Hot Offshore is where most of the fast action has been. Kingfish, Barracuda, little tunny, grouper, snapper and there are large schools of baitfish everywhere. M-7 has been hot for the kings and live shrimp or baitfish has worked we more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Are Cold Fronts Good For Fishing In the last week or two the fishing has been very good. Grouper catches have been phenomenal. Although, I do not regularly fish for grouper I have had several nice catches. Lately, several clients caught a Hamme more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Practice Good Releasing Techniques The folks that fish regular along Citrus County’s Nature Coast know first hand that the fish stocks seem to be improving in size and quantity. This is because of improved fisheries management and from folks li more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - The front that passed through our area last week brought with it high winds and really kicked up some rough seas. All the surf action along the beaches contributed to reducing the Gulf’s water visibility. This may be partly to blame for pushing more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Homosassa Bay is chalked full of fish! Fishing Homosassa has been terrific the past few weeks with many good catches. The weather has been superb and most of the cold fronts have not been making it to our area which means warmer gulf temps and more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa