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

Hot fishing - If you've been out lately, you know summer is in full swing. It is hot, hot, hot! With the very warm weather, you need not only to change how you fish but how you go fishing. Make sure you take plenty of water and hydrate. Also use plenty of sunsc more...
Capt. Joel Gant - Hernando Beach

Icast - Fishing is getting tough... Gulf and lake water temp is 90... Fish slow and when possible shade... even Redfish will try to find shade as well as snook around docks. Next week My wife and I will be at ICAST... hope to see you there more...
Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach

Redfish, Tarpon and Snook - The redfish bite has been good on high to outgoing tides. I love using pilchards and live shrimp on a float, running down the shadow line of the mangroves. Tarpon are still here. Look for the cleanest water to sight fish for these guys. Lighten more...
Capt. Dustin Hilliard - Tampa Bay

Hot bite on the deep grass in Sarasota! - Fishing really took off this week as the weather settled and the water cleared up! All of the grass flats that I fished in 6' to 8' of water held fish for clients on charters. Marker #5, Middlegrounds, Bishop's Pt., and Buttonwood were all producti more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Summer Fishing and Scalloping - Hernando Fishing Report Summer heat is here in Florida but the fishing is great. On recent charters my clients have been targeting red fish, snook, gag grouper, cobia, grunts, and mangrove snapper. I will start with red fish, reds are roaming the more...
Capt. Josh Fritz - Hernando Beach

Tarpon and Snook Fishing is Excellent - With the warm weather of summer comes big snook on the beaches and passes, and the tarpon migration. It has been a slow year as compared to others for tarpon this season due to high winds and lots of rain, but there is plenty of fish around. Fish more...
Capt. Trajan Rodriguez - Tampa Bay

Good Tarpon Action in Sarasota Despite Tough Conditions - Anglers fishing with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had decent action with tarpon in the coastal gulf in Sarasota during the past couple of weeks. However weather was again a factor during the week of June 19. The coastal gulf wa more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Scollops - check FWC website for dates and changes ... Please be safe out there. I truly recommend flippers for swimming in tides. Equipment Needed Be sure to bring a mask and snorkel when searching for scallops. UF/IFAS Photo by Tyler Jones. Be sure to br more...
Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach

Bigger is always better! - I have lived in this area my entire life. I can honestly say the fishery is making a strong comeback. Our red fishing has remained to stay steady throughout the year and we are getting some big fish under the bush. The snook fishing has been stea more...
Capt. Brian Dopirak - Palm Harbor

Summer Fishing is in Full Swing!!! - Captain John Fischbach of Absolute Florida Flats fishing based out of Tarpon Springs, a long time Guide Service running fishing charters on West Central Florida's Gulf Coast providing Inshore fishing, Flats fishing, Nearshore fishing and Offshore fis more...
Capt. John Fischbach - Clearwater