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

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - The Tarpon are here! The Tarpon are here! Tarpon have started to school and move along the beaches in eight to twenty feet of water. Large live baitfish or crabs will work once you find the pod. Kingfish action has slowed down but could more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Shell Point Bait and Tackle Fishing Report for May 8, 2003 Snook season may be closed, but catch and release action has been good according to the captains fishing out of Shell Point Bait and Tackle. We are continuing to see lots of mackerel up a more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Looking for Tarpon Yesterday was my first tarpon charter this season. We cruised up the beach along Longboat key but never saw the first tarpon. I have been seeing some at first light in the passes but they soon disappear after sunrise. We cruis more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Shell Point Bait and Tackle Fishing Report April turned out to be a funny month, leaving many professional fishermen shaking their heads in wonder. After a pretty good snook bite in March, a series of cold fronts in April slowed snook catching to more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - May is tops for fishing action on the Gulf If asked to choose one single descriptive utterance to characterize just how good the recreational fishing is out on the Gulf of Mexico during May, without hesitation the word that immediately come more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Grand Parents Provide Lifetime Memories Some fishing trips are memorable experiences that last a life time. Matthew Jewell’s grand mother, Nancy, provided the trip for her husband and the kids. Along for the fishing trip were Matthew’s parents B more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report from Shell Point Bait and Tackle in Ruskin FL April 24, 2003 Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report from Shell Point Bait and Tackle in Ruskin FL April 24, 2003 Say hurrah to the passing of the last cold front; more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Plenty of big kings are still being taken on the Seven! Plenty of big kings are still being taken on the Seven! Kingfish have been caught on all of the artificial M reefs in forty to fifty feet of water. Artificial reef M-7 has been the more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Wind Has Bearing on Catching Some days are really good to fish and others are best described as better than working in the office. The last two weeks two cold fronts moved through and set back the water temperature and stunned the fish. Days right more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Deep Gulf Wrecks Produce Big Fish Over this past weekend we fished over one of the deeper wrecks that lie offshore about 30 miles west of Venice. One general rule to fishing on the Gulf is any bottom structure attracts fish. These old ship remnant more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice