Anna Maria Island Fishing Report – Warm Weather Pushes Snook and Trout Back to the Flats
Warm weather has finally returned to Anna Maria Island, and with it comes a welcome shift in our inshore fishing patterns. After several weeks of cooler temperatures and deeper-water action, the rising air and water temps have pushed snook and trout back onto the shallow flats and bays. This is the transition period I look […]
December Fishing Report 2025
Winter time is quickly approaching and the fish are slowly making their transitions to their haunts. With each passing cold front the fish will push closer and further back into the creek and canals. They will see refuge from the negative low tides only pushing on the flats when the water warms up and comes […]
Orlando Fishing Report
Fishing in and around Orlando Florida has been tremendous. On the mosquito lagoon and and the Indian river lagoon the water temps have cooled, the water has cleared and the redfish are happy and tailing. Black drum have also begun to school up in good numbers out on the flat providing great shots for both […]
Sea Spirit Deep Sea Fishing – November 2025 Ponce Inlet Recap
November was one for the books here at Sea Spirit Deep Sea Fishing. From heartfelt community events to historic fisheries news, cooperative research milestones, and the kickoff of the holidays with our biggest sale of the year—this month reminded us why we love what we do and who we do it for. A Turning Tide […]
River Snook
As the weather cools & the wind comes the Rivers stay consistent. At least along the nature coast that is, our vast estuaries are full of natural aquifers releasing warm spring water attracting temperature sensitive fish. One of my favorites being the Snook. As the temperatures drop in the gulf the brown & brackish water […]
SWFL November Fishing Report
November has continued with the mild temps and red hot fishing in SWFL. Baitfish have been plentiful and so have the redfish, snook, trout and mackerel. Most of my trips have been averaging 40-100 fish combos between reds, snook and trout! A lot of nice trout have been showing up with the cooler temps. Great […]
Anna Maria Island Nearshore Fishing Report – Snapper Action Heating Up
If you’ve been looking for steady, high-quality fishing action off Anna Maria Island, now is the time to get out on the water. Our recent nearshore reef trips have been nothing short of outstanding, with Mangrove Snapper, Lane Snapper, and even a few surprise Hogfish keeping rods bent and coolers full. Conditions have been consistent, […]
Hubbards Marina Fishing Report 11-21-25
NEAR SHORE Spanish & Kings — Mackerel were thick along the beach runs and channel edges but have thinned out a lot. However, keep an eye out and watch birds and surface showers. Kings are still around in pulses; keep a flatline out and a pitch rod ready. Troll spoons or plugs to locate, then […]
Mosquito Lagoon Redfish Report November 20, 2025
The tailing redfish action in Mosquito Lagoon has been as good as it gets recently. Schools of happy fish have been staying on the flats in less than 2 feet of water most of the day. The fist cold front of the year schooled up the reds and also brought some big seatrout up shallow […]
Tampa Bay Fishing Report
For the past week or so we have had some incredible weather. It has been very warm and light winds with clear blue skies. Everyone thinks that beautiful days like that are great for fishing, but that is not always the case. Those days typically have a higher barometric pressure and can really make the […]
Sea Spirit Deep Sea Fishing Report — Ponce Inlet, Florida
We’ve had a great run of November weather over here on the East Coast of Florida, near Daytona Beach! Calm seas, sunny skies, light winds, pretty water, and fish that want to bite… Does it get any better than that?! This week’s 5 Hour Half Day trips saw anglers bringing home vermillion snapper, lane snapper, […]
Hubbards Marina Fishing Report
NEAR SHORE Hogfish — Turning on in 35–70 ft over low‑relief hard bottom and shell adjacent to ledges. Live shrimp, 30 lb fluoro, 3/0–4/0 hook, 1–2 oz knocker rig and a 10–15 ft topshot. Lane Snapper — Prolific from ~60–100 ft. Squid gets quick bites; live shrimp and cut threadfin sort the bigger lanes. […]