Fishing Reports by Capt. Matt Ercoli

July, Last Month of the Tarpon Run - Hello, how is everyone doing these days? Great I hope, and staying cool. It's been pretty hot out there the past few weeks and that's one of the reasons I prefer to stay in the open water tarpon fishing. It's been good this week with tarpon staying more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tarpon On The Beach is in Full Swing - Tarpon season is in full swing and it doesn't get anymore exciting. It's no wonder I wait every year for it to happen, large schools of roaming tarpon patrolling the beaches and open waters of Tampa Bay. I love it when I ease up to the first pod of more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tarpon Migration Turning On - Hello from Anna Maria. Well things are starting to look a lot better around here. The tarpon migration finally showed up after being about two weeks late. This was because of two late unseasonable cold fronts that blasted in, one a month ago and a a more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Spring on The Flats - It's that time of year guys, which direction do you go. Inshore, offshore, snook, redfish and cobia on the flats or kingfish, little tunny and grouper offshore. It's all happing now and the action is fast which ever direction you pick. It's really be more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay's snook, redfish, trout and grouper action is red hot! - It's the beginning of April, and as every April I can remember, the fishing really couldn't be any better than it is right now. To say the fishing is hot is an understatement. I have had some days this week where we lost count after 80 snook and re more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello everyone, looks like another early spring. Although we had a cold snap last night it seems like the cold weather only sticks around for a day or so, not long enough to really push the fish off the flats into the deeper holes. I spent most of more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello everyone, I hope you all had a great holiday and a happy new year. I had a nice time myself and did a lot of good fishing over the holiday season. I would just like to say thanks to everyone for making my 2007 fishing season a successful o more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - December is here and the shallow water flats fishing remains strong. I guess all you northerners can tell by just walking outside that winter is right around the corner. I guess for many of you it’s already full fledge winter, at least that’s what more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello everyone, hope you had a nice Halloween, the kids didn’t make it to my house enough times so I’m sitting here typing and fighting the urge to eat another left over Reeses peanut butter cup. Any how, fall is here on the island of Anna Maria for more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello fellow sportsmen, fall is in the air and we have finally had our first minor cool snap cooling us down just a little bit. The fishing has really been heating up inshore and offshore. Inshore the snook fishing is really fast action. Most of th more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay