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

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Inshore & Offshore Hot! We finally got some bad weather so I could knock out a report. The fishing has not changed much in the last few weeks. Kingfish are still hot on the “M” reefs in forty to fifty feet of water. We also had a few good d more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Fishing Report From Shell Point Bait and Tackle in Ruskin As we plod into the second week of April, the weather we experienced in March is starting to look pretty good. Yet another cold front passed through Tampa Bay yesterday, and it dropped wa more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Sorry it’s been so long since the last report, my time is very limited this time of year. Believe me it’s not for lack of good fishing but actually the exact opposite. Everything seems to be biting right now and fishing could not be any better. more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - The Last Hour is Magic The last couple of weeks preceding the cold front were very good fishing on Florida’s west coast off the village of Homosassa. Two weeks ago, southwest winds pushed in the gulf waters around the mangrove islands. This more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report The good news this week is that the snook have been biting on the Southshore of Tampa Bay. And it gets even better, because the bait is here in the bay, it’s been good sized, plentiful, and easy to catch more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - The Kings are in! The Kings are in! King mackerel showed up in good numbers on most of the artificial M reefs a few days ago. Reefs 6 and 5 have been focal points but all of the M reefs show promise. The reefs are also loaded with barracuda more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Fishing has been pretty good so far this month in Homosassa. I have a lot of catching up to do since my last report of March 4. My main computer is broke and my e-mail is still down as I write this report from my back-up unit. Fishing has been fan more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Where are the kingfish? Where are the kingfish? The offshore boats are looking but only a few have been caught so far. They are overdue or better said; “It is time for them to show.” That out of the way, fishing has been excellent! The more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Snapper, Snapper and Snapper The fishing is still improving. The sizes of the Spanish mackerel that are being caught on the Allen Fisher reef have increased. A few of the mackerel have made five pounds but the average is about two pounds. H more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report March 07 March is here and that means that the prospects for another freeze are mercifully over. This was the toughest winter I’ve yet seen on Tampa Bay but all it took was a few warm days for local fishing t more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay