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

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Warmer weather has brought up our water temperature to 70 degrees on the Homosassa flats. Redfish are beginning to eat with tides slightly better than weeks before. Pompano are starting to bite early this year. Trout have been very plentiful. Ang more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Cuda Hole Lately, my fishing has been concentrated around the Cuda Hole in fifty to sixty feet of water. Mangrove (Gray) snapper have been moving in for the past few weeks and are getting up to four pounds. You won't find them on the bite al more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Bill Fehn of Chattanooga and his fiancée, Debbie checked out of Tennessee and headed for Homosassa to get a sunburn and catch some fish. Bill has been fishing with me for 10 years now, always fishing in January. Every time he catches fish. Sometim more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Winter is Time For Bottom Fishing Brrrrr, the New Year started out a bit chilly for me. Enough of this cold stuff, I'm already looking forward to a blustery spring afternoon. Now I remember why I live down here in South West Florida, I don't like more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Catching fish during the Winter season can be a challenge. Fortunately, our winter season is usually short lived lasting between 2 to 3 months. With that being said, the reality is just a few weeks within that period we feel the cold air. Most tim more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Well, we finally had a real cold snap move in. The day before yesterday and the day before that we saw low nighttime temps plummet into the mid-thirties. This has chilled the water considerably but sure hasn?t cooled the fishing a bit. This is wh more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Hot, south of bay The fishing is still good fifteen miles offshore but few of us can get out there to fish. There have been plenty of snapper and a few grouper on the bottom. Kingfish and little tunny are being caught on the troll. With all the more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Writing about fishing is fairly easy. However, where I really have trouble is with my network communications and technical difficulties. Namely, Internet Service Providers. However, I can not blame them entirely as my personal computer also went on t more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Happy New Years all, I hope you had a nice Christmas. Well the last few days the weather has been much more the seasonal norm. For me a relief from the heat, for others perhaps a bite chilly. Today could not have been any more beautiful, flat, calm more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Mother Nature Rules The best action is still well offshore, kings, snapper and grouper. Due to the wind and high seas, this has not been an option for me as well as many others. Bay fishing is almost at a stand-still and the cold front did n more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota