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

Spansih Macekerel, Trout, Snook, the bites on fire! - April showers brought May, well, more showers, actually. It had been raining off and on for nearly 12 days straight and the ground was saturated, and the rivers were about swollen to near max, and then came Alberto. Luckily, for our area, the rain wa more...
Capt. John Rivers - Tampa Bay

Tarpon Time 2018 - Get your game on folks its finally tarpon fishing season here along the Nature Coast! Windy conditions have prevailed during the start of our season in Crystal River and Homosassa as everyone gets ramped up to target the Silver King on the flats, in more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Tarpon Action Should Be Strong During June in Sarasota - Tarpon should be plentiful in the coastal gulf this month as big schools of fish migrate along our beaches. Also look for cobia, tripletail and false albacore (little tunny) in the coastal gulf. Catch and release snook fishing should also be good in more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Fishing in Sarasota rebounds after Alberto - Mother Nature challenges anglers who took out charters with me the last few weeks. I did take a week off to go up north on a family visit (squeezed in an Indiana bass fishing trip) but the weather was sketchy before I left and when I came back. I g more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Tarpon Time - June Fishing Report. Inshore fishing action is good, start early with a good incoming or high outgoing tide for red fish action. With all the fresh water pumping out from all the rain we got the reds are more out in the cleaner water like the out more...
Capt. Josh Fritz - Hernando Beach

Solid Snook Bite Lately - On our Bradenton fishing charters lately guests have been experiencing fast action on snook and spotted sea trout. The bite for snook has been really good on the morning incoming tides the last couple weeks with live pilchards whitebait used for ba more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton

Tarpon are Here! - Tarpon are showing in good numbers along the beaches on Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key. They have been already packed into the area's passes. Best times are early morning and evenings on the outgoing tides with a big flow of crabs. Permit fis more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria

It's Tarpon Time! - Its that time of year when the silver king begins to make its way into the passes of Tampa Bay. As the fish continue their migration, they will visit us here in Tampa Bay for a few months. The best way to target the silver king is with pass crabs or more...
Capt. Trajan Rodriguez - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report May 2018 - Expect good things this month especially as the winds lighten up. Fishing will keep getting better and better. Looks like the best days will be the first and third weeks of May, so make sure to check your tide charts for moving water. more...
Capt. Woody Gore - Tampa Bay

Good action in Sarasota on flats. - Fishing was good this week, with anglers catching a variety of species using several different techniques for clients on Sarasota fishing charters. The deep grass flats continue to be the most reliable pattern. Speckled trout were plentiful on flat more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota