Florida Fishing Reports

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Mangrove snapper have been consistently reliable even on the tough days when nobody else wants to eat. There seems to be no shortage of them if you just look around a little bit. As a matter of fact, I often turn to “mangoes” when all el more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Indian River Lagoon & Banana River - The water in the Indian River Lagoon continues to be low and clear, with excellent conditions for sight fishing. There have been loads of slot sized reds around, often in big schools with hundreds of individual fish. Big trout are sunning themselves more...
Capt. John Kumiski - Titusville

Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Saltwater Fishing Report - The inshore scene has remained much the same since my last report. Reason being is this is one mild winter. My long pants days are only up to 5 so far all winter. The Tarpon are still hanging in the ICW around the 17th street bridge project. Most more...
Capt. Andy Roydhouse - Fort Lauderdale

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - The weather in east central Florida has been like spring the past few days with light winds and clear skies. The catching has been even better than the weather. My clients have been catching up to forty reds on the half-day trips along with some nice more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Spring Preview There was a welcome break in the weather this last week. It was a sign of things to come. I wouldn’t put the woolies away just yet. Old Man Winter is quite capable of giving us a shot drawn from the ankles in the fifteent more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - Fishing on theTreasure Coast this past wwek has been hit and miss for snook. The snapper, trout, sheephead and black drum bite is still going strong. The few snook that were caught were small and skinny. I caught one while fishing on the Ft. Pierc more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - getting back to a more normal type of February. The african pompano are starting to show up again and some up in the low thirty pound class have been weighed in over the past several days. Again, I stress the release of these fish as they are only f more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Fishing the Homosassa flats this past weekend was a success. My guest were David Robbins and his wife Royal from St. Louis, Missouri. This couple fishes with me several times a year. The day started out a little cool and jackets were needed for more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Key West Fishing Report - Offshore - Finally, some good news on the fishing scene. The red tide has almost cleared up and things appear to be getting back to a more normal type of February. The african pompano are starting to show up again and some up in the low thirty pound class have more...
Capt. Ralph Delph - Key West

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - IF WE PUT MORE INTO FISH MANAGEMENT WE'LL GET MORE FROM FISHING. The Englewood Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) chapter has F&W Commission's (just re-elected) Chairwomen Julie Morris scheduled for their 17 Feb. meeting at the Lemon Bay Envir more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande