Southwest Florida Fishing Reports

Water temperatures are starting an upward trend and the freshwater bite has been heating up. Fly anglers in pursuit of peacock bass are having

The last week of January brought along a short-term… very short-term warm-up with good numbers of fishing coming to the boat, which was soon

While the recent series of cold fronts has dropped water temperatures down around 65 degrees, the good news is that we’ll start seeing a

Our first major winter front means it’s time to switch over to finesse presentations and use slower retrieves to get bass to bite. Ned

We’ve had some wind to contend over the past couple of weeks, but daytime temperatures have been holding in the 80’s, and the peacock

In Collier County canal systems, peacock bass and exotic cichlids continue to be a consistent warm-weather bet on topwater popper or walk-the-dog lures and

With Southwest Florida summer temperatures holding in the 90’s, the butterfly peacock bass in Southwest Florida’s canal systems are still fired up on topwater

Peacock bass have been active in canal systems where there’s plenty of rip rap or rocky limestone ledges along the shorelines. Focus your fishing

Fly anglers can take advantage of the topwater bass bite by tying on number 4 to number 6 poppers, and fishing them during the

Drought conditions and higher temperatures have called for finesse presentations when targeting our Florida-strain largemouth bass as of recently. The Ned Rig has been