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

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Working Hard No matter where you fished this past week, you had to work hard to get your fish. Offshore we had Spanish mackerel, king mackerel, little tunny, sharks and barracuda and we also had three and four foot seas. Some days only spoons w more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - The shark wins one. If you did not mind a little rock and roll, Artificial reef M-1 had plenty of action all week. Large Spanish mackerel and small king mackerel stayed on the bite all week long. Trolling small spoons worked best unless you more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - This week we have been fishing several of the artificial reefs west of Venice Inlet. I've had good success fishing most of the reefs at different times. The key is to be at the right spot, at the right time, with the right bait. This particular day w more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Giant Silver King Tarpon Lives To Spawn Capt. Mike Locklear and Yancy Stribling III of Atlanta, an experienced fly fisherman, came face to face with a giant silver king. The fish was bigger than any Mike had caught and “definitely the biggest more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Tarpon Tarpon fishing along the beach is about as good as it gets. We have been able to find plenty of tarpon from Big Pass to Longboat Pass and they are moving slow. They are hard to see sometimes because they have been staying deep, so a good more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Big Homosassa Tarpon Wins Freedom My wife Sherry, wrote this fishing report. Mike and Yancy Stribling III of Atlanta, an experienced fly fisherman, came face to face with a giant silver king. The fish was bigger than any Mike had caught and “ more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Kings and more kings May 25, 2000 Sarasota Fla. Fishing Report By Capt. Bob Smith Almost the end of May and the wind and high pressure are still with us making the fishing drag. The only consistent fish has been the king mack more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Today the wind was breezing up pretty good out of the south, and although the weather service called for a light east wind with seas two to three foot, it was more like four to five. The fish bit like crazy all day. We started out trolling spoons and more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Flyfishing for Tarpon With less than a half inch of rain since January, the gulf waters have been extremely clear and have made spotting tarpon very easy. With very little cloud cover so far this month, the glare has been very minimal. Homosas more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Looking for Tarpon May 7, 2000 Sarasota Fla. Fishing Report By Capt. Bob Smith This was my week to start looking for Tarpon, but I found not one tarpon! We ran along the beach from New Pass to the Venice Jetty's about 15 miles south of New more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota