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

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Big Reds Redfish have been the main attraction on the bay for the past week. Although we have had plenty of action on the grass flats from small trout, ladyfish and jacks, the big fish has been redfish. Some of the best action has been in the basi more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Thanks to Hurricane Gorden the Gulf of Mexico sure got stirred up a bit this week.But honestly other than a few missed days of fishing, the Venice/Engleood area once again got spared from a direct hit. We did spend the better part of Sunday down at D more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Big Reds Redfish have been the main attraction on the bay for the past week. Although we have had plenty of action on the grass flats from small trout, ladyfish and jacks, the big fish has been redfish. Some of the best action has been in t more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Come and fish the Redfish Tour Tournament Fishing has been average around Homosassa this past week due to flat tides and a low pressure area hanging around for a week. The upcoming redfish tournament this weekend will see a little better than more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Time to fish the Great Barracuda Now is the time to get in on some great summertime fishing. Most barracuda are probably caught while trolling for other species and are unwanted by most fishermen who have their sights set on something grander. more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - FOR BIG FISH HIT THE GULF By Capt. Dave Pinkham For those of you anglers that desire to catch the big one, you really don't have to travel halfway around the world to do it. Just west of local area beaches, beneath the seemingly harmless placi more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Redfish Love Pinfish in Homosassa The report below is current. Look for Recapping Homosassa Tarpon Action Part 3 in a future report. Aunt Curly Locklear Holgate and husband Ed of Atlanta/Homosassa stopped by the house to visit last Sunday with more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - The mackerel came back! Friday brought the Spanish mackerel back along Longboat Key Beach. The small whitebait we netted at the Bait shop docks worked very well on light tackle. Drifting the rock piles about three miles north of New Pass in 18 more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Better days Ahead! Unless you are running twenty miles or more offshore, the fishing has been slow for the past two weeks. Some of the best action on the bay has been just north of Longbar. Keeper size trout have been hitting live white bai more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Recapping Homosassa Tarpon Action - Part 2 If you read my last report you would know that I recapping the Homosassa 2000 tarpon season on the fly rod. I love catching fish on the fly rod and well, big tarpon just happen to be here in May and Ju more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa