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

Redfish and Snook Everywhere - Tampa Bay fishing is really excellent right now. Excellent tides have really had the redfish chewing. Fishing around the oyster bars and mangrove shorelines has been extremely productive. Hammered gold spoons, cutbait and live pilchards have all caug more...
Capt. Brandon Henley - Tampa Bay

Seeing Red(fish) - Anna Maria Island Fishing Charters August 1st - 14th Report Seeing Red(fish)... Well, the past two weeks we have seen a low pressure system that sat on top of Anna Maria Island and Florida for six days straight. The low pressure system brought more...
Capt. Kyle Taylor - Anna Maria

Fast action on the deep flats continues in Sarasota, Fl - Fishing was good once again this week on the deep grass flats near Bird Key and New Pass, with action picking up to VERY good on Thursday and Friday. Bait was easy to catch, with most of it being good sized pilchards, and was used to catch all of th more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

New Bass rules - New Largemouth Bass Regulation Change Statewide 5- fish daily bag limit, only one of which may be 16 inches or greater in total length Largemouth bass are Florida's most sought-after freshwater sportfish. About seventy percent of Florida's more...
Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach

Epic Nature Coast Scalloping and Fishing! - Well, it's been an epic scallop season for the Nature Coast so far this year. The relatively dry weather (up until last week) has resulted in the clearest water in years, and the biggest crop of scallops this decade. In recent weeks many scalloper more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Scallop Fever - Scallop fever in still in full swing. From Hernando Beach to Crystal river, look in the 4 – 8 foot water. If you don't have any ideas where to go, just look for the congregation of boats. With just a mask, snorkel and fins, scalloping is a grea more...
Capt. Joel Gant - Hernando Beach

Good action in Sarasota, despite unsettled weather - Fishing was good once again this week, though we had some weather issues later in the week. The deep grass flats once again proved to be the most consistent spots, with the flats near Bird Key being best this week. Speckled trout, silver trout, Spa more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Upper Tampa Bay Fishing Report - As summer continues the water temperatures in the bay are right around 90 degrees. This can make for a tough bite but there are still plenty of fish around to catch. This time of year the incoming tide can be more effective due to the fact that it is more...
Capt. Trajan Rodriguez - Tampa Bay

Great Family Fun For Summertime !!! - Long Time Tarpon Springs fishing Guide and Tarpon Springs Fishing Charter guide service serving the West Central Florida Gulf Coast, Captain John Fischbach of Absolute Florida Flats Fishing reports that Deep Sea and near shore reef fishing has been p more...
Capt. John Fischbach - New Port Richey

Good Tarpon Fly Fishing Action in Sarasota - Anglers fishing Sarasota Bay and the coastal gulf in Sarasota with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action with tarpon, trout and bluefish during the past couple of weeks. Anglers fished Sarasota Bay with me a couple of da more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota