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

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - The Kings are In! King Mackerel have turned on! Heavy king action was reported on the artificial reef M-1 Friday morning. The best action was on live bluerunners but trolling hardware worked as the day wore on. Finding live bait is still ha more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - So far October, has been a fair month for catching spotted sea trout. My parties and I have had to work hard for what we catch. Getting the limits are still kind of hard at times as I think the biggest push of fish are yet to come. My averages h more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Kingfish Just Offshore Of Venice Beaches This is one of my favorite times of the year. As each day that passes grows a little shorter and the nights longer, the air and water temperatures have starting to cool down, thus opening up all sorts more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Grouper, Cobia and Flounder Close In Gag grouper have moved in close and are on the (I) reefs in 25' to 30' of water. Keeper size grouper have also been moving into the bay and it should get better. Cobia action is also picking up along the beac more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Cold Front Here comes the cooler weather and sure, the front is going to knock down the fishing for a while but it is what we have been waiting for. Already there have been a few kings caught offshore and bluefish on the grass flats. The larger more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - The month of September is always a great redfish catching month especially for the big ones. Last month turned out to be a banner month with several catches of 40 reds per day. Bob Gorham and son Bill come to Homosassa each and every year during more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Fishing for fun The past week was a fun week mostly due to the cooler temperatures and not because of the amount of keeper fish. We started off the week with a good run of Spanish mackerel along the beach and redfish along the docks on the ba more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - About a month ago, I had the pleasure of meeting and taking my webmaster, Michelle Swedburg on a half day fishing trip. Along for the fun was her dad and mom, Doug and Julie Lines. We met at MacRae’s about 7:30 in the morning. Michelle more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - September, the unpredictable month! Not much has changed in the last two weeks. There was a short lived flurry when the barometer dropped as the hurricane passed our shores and then the action dropped off due to the dirty water. Redfish were be 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 aver more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa