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

Summer Fishing and Scalloping - Summer heat is here fish early to beat the heat. Inshore fishing action is great we have a bunch of snook roaming the outside islands and creek mouths, fish a moving tide for best action. Live green backs for fast action. Red fish are holding all ove more...
Capt. Josh Fritz - Hernando Beach

Catch and release - WOW ...I went fishing on a lake with my wife on Sunday. The two boats that were loading up to go home told me the both caught a limit of bass and was heading home to clean them. What happened to catch and release... guess that is another thing in more...
Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach

Still Some Tarpon Fly Fishing Action in Sarasota - Fly anglers fishing with me recently, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, continued to have some action with tarpon. Despite poor conditions with the passing of Tropical Storm Emily, we got out for a couple of trips. When fish were high more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Inshore Bite Has Been Great In Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay Inshore Charter Report Tropical Storm Emily came in with a lot of rain, but other than that it was not too bad. Let's talk Mangrove Snapper first; the bite has been red hot the past three weeks! Small white bait and chumming has been th more...
Capt. John Rivers - Tampa Bay

Dog Days of Summer - The dog days of summer are here! It's hot and so are the water temps which can slow the bite down a bit making some days real tough to catch a lot of fish. Fishing at night can be a great way to beat the heat and catch more fish. During the day fo more...
Capt. Dustin Hilliard - Tampa Bay

Hot fishing in the hot weather! - Fishing was outstanding again this week for clients on fishing charters out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters. I never wandered far from the passes as that is where the bait was and the nearby grass flats held plenty of fish. Marker #5, Marina Jacks, Ra more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Holy Snapper! - Wow.. what a great day on the water with some terrific clients. Chris Lambert & crew killed it! Weather was perfect - fishing was too! Whats the biggest yellow-tail snapper you have caught? This ones pretty nice! Don't Be shy! come get your Salty Do more...
Capt. Brandon Vaughan - Johns Pass

Fly Fishing Tampa Bay, St Pete Beach, Anna Maria Florida - Fly fishing Tampa has been great this summer. We had lots of great fly fishing opportunities for big tarpon. Baitfish are plentiful right now so we look for migrating species like false albacore, mackerel, and tarpon to continue to be primary target more...
Capt. Nick Angelo - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Hot Bite! - The weather is not the only thing that is hot in Tampa Bay. The bite is on fire. We have been catching great snook, snapper, trout, redfish, grouper, and tarpon. Small bait is aplenty, but some of it is a bit too small. The fish wi more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Fly Tarpon Anglers Getting Some Late Season Action - Capt. Rick Grassett's Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 7/23/2017 Fly anglers fishing with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, continued to have some action with tarpon recently. We had numerous shots at tarpon each trip, jumping se more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota