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

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Wind Has Bearing on Catching Some days are really good to fish and others are best described as better than working in the office. The last two weeks two cold fronts moved through and set back the water temperature and stunned the fish. Days right more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Deep Gulf Wrecks Produce Big Fish Over this past weekend we fished over one of the deeper wrecks that lie offshore about 30 miles west of Venice. One general rule to fishing on the Gulf is any bottom structure attracts fish. These old ship remnant more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Inshore & Offshore Hot! We finally got some bad weather so I could knock out a report. The fishing has not changed much in the last few weeks. Kingfish are still hot on the “M” reefs in forty to fifty feet of water. We also had a few good d more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Fishing Report From Shell Point Bait and Tackle in Ruskin As we plod into the second week of April, the weather we experienced in March is starting to look pretty good. Yet another cold front passed through Tampa Bay yesterday, and it dropped wa more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Sorry it’s been so long since the last report, my time is very limited this time of year. Believe me it’s not for lack of good fishing but actually the exact opposite. Everything seems to be biting right now and fishing could not be any better. more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - The Last Hour is Magic The last couple of weeks preceding the cold front were very good fishing on Florida’s west coast off the village of Homosassa. Two weeks ago, southwest winds pushed in the gulf waters around the mangrove islands. This more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report The good news this week is that the snook have been biting on the Southshore of Tampa Bay. And it gets even better, because the bait is here in the bay, it’s been good sized, plentiful, and easy to catch more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - The Kings are in! The Kings are in! King mackerel showed up in good numbers on most of the artificial M reefs a few days ago. Reefs 6 and 5 have been focal points but all of the M reefs show promise. The reefs are also loaded with barracuda more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Fishing has been pretty good so far this month in Homosassa. I have a lot of catching up to do since my last report of March 4. My main computer is broke and my e-mail is still down as I write this report from my back-up unit. Fishing has been fan more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Where are the kingfish? Where are the kingfish? The offshore boats are looking but only a few have been caught so far. They are overdue or better said; “It is time for them to show.” That out of the way, fishing has been excellent! The more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota