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

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Fishing in Homosassa has improved but has been a roller coaster in bites vs. no bites. Redfish are here but kind of sluggish. Trout are biting as the recent high tides have put them in close to shore. Water temp was around 63 degrees. 10 more deg more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello fellow fisherman, how has it been in your neck of the wood? I would have to describe our weather as off and on. It's raining and too windy to fish today so I am taking this opportunity to update the fishing report. Although it has been a bit more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - IFA Redfish Tour Report- Hammered in Titusville The cold front that swept through the first week of March had lasting effects from cooler water temps to high winds that hampered my abilities to catch fish or even go out fishing. Some days are m more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Kingfish Moving Up Florida's Westcoast Looks like the annual spring run of king mackerel is cranking up here on Florida’s Southwest Coastline. Over the past week the action west of area beaches has been improving daily with plenty of bait star more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - How is everyone doing this week? The snook fishing has been absolutely unbelievable since my last report. An average day for snook has been between 40 and 50 fish on live bait, and 15 to 20 per day for flyfishing, including 3 days when we broke 30. more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Tournament report of the Inshore Fishing Association This report is mainly about my participation in the Ranger/Mercury Pro Redfish Tour. First, I wanted to bring you up to date on my other activities. Last month, I was invited to the Tampa more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - Spring is finally here. Homosassa's fishing action has improved dramatically. Finally, enough water has come in with the last new moon phase for redfish action. The west winds also help to bring push in more water and baitfish. The flats are ali more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida - The month of March should prove to be a lot more productive than February. The changes to warmer water temperatures in the gulf will bring in bait fish and shrimp. Most salt water fish seem to feed better when the water temperature rises above 70 more...
Capt. Mike Locklear - Homosassa

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Arriving Front Excites Gulf Fish Into Feeding It always amazes me when just the slightest change in something as simple as the wind direction will set fish into a feeding mode. To illustrate what I'm talking about I'd like to share the experie more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - All right, this is nice weather! I wish the weather stayed like this year around. Man is it ever nice down here now, not too hot and not too cold, perfect. The water temperature is climbing into the mid 70s on the shallow flats in the afternoons a more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay