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

Hernando Fishing Report - Fishing is just absolutely great right now in the back country waters. Red fish are holding tight to lime rock bottom and oyster bars fish the last few hours of the incoming tide and first of the outgoing tide. Live jumbo shrimp or pin fish has been more...
Capt. Josh Fritz - Hernando Beach

New Year - New Year As we start the New Year, try setting some new fishing resolutions. By this I mean spend time enjoying why you started fishing. Remember as a kid fishing from the bank of a lake or from a saltwater shoreline or pier. Remember fish more...
Capt. Joel Gant - Hernando Beach

Great Grouper Action in Crystal River - Tis' the Season and the month of December has already brought visiting anglers some extremely nice gifts this month. The most welcomed gift of all was the exit of the heat and humidity that most Florida residents become accustomed to starting in Apr more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Variety of Fish to Target Lately - On our fishing charters lately in Bradenton & Anna Maria Island we have been catching lots of seatrout, bluefish, spanish mackeral, ladyfish and jack crevelle, all typical catches for this time of year. We have also been catching a good amount of red more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton

Fantastic flase albacore bite in Sarasota! - Action was excellent once again this week for clients on Sarasota fishing charters with the highlight being the continued fantastic false albacore bite in the inshore Gulf of Mexico. Albies fed aggressively on the surface all along the beaches, par more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Great Fly Fishing in Action in Sarasota Coastal Gulf - The fantastic action and conditions that we've had in the coastal gulf continued as fly anglers fishing with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had great action catching and releasing false albacore (little tunny) and tripletail on f more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Fall Brings Cooler Temps and Fishing Heats Up! - Back to normal temps this time of year has the fish biting! The bite has been outstanding the past 10 days and it should stay like this for a while. Let's talk Trout fishing; my clients are enjoying some nice trout to take home this time of year a more...
Capt. John Rivers - Tampa Bay

Good action in Sarasota this week. - Anglers did well this week on Sarasota fishing charters on a variety of species in both Sarasota Bay and in area rivers. Sarasota resident Bill Kish and I hit the Manatee River and encountered some BIG jack crevelle that hit diving plugs with reckles more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Fishing Continues to be Great! - The fishing inshore and nearshore has been awesome and providing many different options for anglers on our fishing charters in the Bradenton and Sarasota area. Bait has been plentiful pretty much everywhere you look whether it be on the flats or off more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton

Great Fly Fishing in Action in Sarasota Coastal Gulf - Anglers fishing with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action catching and releasing tripletail, Spanish mackerel and false albacore (little tunny) in the coastal gulf on flies, CAL jigs with shad tails, jerk worms and DOA more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota