Fishing Reports by Capt. Matt Ercoli

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello fellow fishermen, sorry for the delay in my fishing report. We just can't seem to get rid of these cold fronts. It's not like we are in a deep freeze or anything, we just can't seem to get enough sun long enough to warm up the flats. All it w more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello fellow fisherman! I hope you had a happy holiday season and that 2005 brings good luck for all of us. Spring is right around the corner and before you know it tarpon will soon follow. So far this winter has been my best ever as far as fishing more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Well things have changed around here quite a bit. The last couple of cold fronts have put us into full winter fishing conditions. This has not been a bad thing for my charters though. The fishing remains very good as I follow them into their backco more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello everyone, our fall fishing temperature has yet to settle-in. I’m not complaining though, cool mornings climbing to just warm enough to break a sweat if the wind isn’t blowing is the time to be on the water. Flats fishing is so good I’m spendin more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Coming up on the end of the month and time for a new fishing report. I have to say the weather couldn’t be nicer. We have been so fortunate here on Anna Maria that none of the four hurricanes have caused us any problems here this year, and that ever more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - How is everyone out there on the fishing scene? First I would like to say thank you to those of you that called and emailed to see how I weathered the storm. It’s nice to know that you where thinking of me. Everything is fine here in Tampa Bay and more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - I know it’s been awhile but my time is limited. The fishing is as hot as the weather right now. It seems that the tarpon migration has been winding down but resident tarpon have been picking up the slack. Most of my tarpon fishing has been early m more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Tarpon, Tarpon, and more Tarpon. In two words I can sum up our fishing news around here, tarpon are thick and biting. The tarpon where a little late due to a late spring, but once they made their showing they made it with full force. I have seen a more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - So far it has been a typical March, pretty much as good as it gets. The snook are definitely the prime target for most of my fisherman with average catches of 25 to 45 per day. Some fish approach the 40inch class, it’s easy to see why they are the m more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Springtime conditions are finally here and the flats are teeming with fish. The weather has been superb, except for a couple of days following this weekend’s cold front. Warm weather is in the forecast though and snook especially are on the feed. more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay