Bokeelia Fishing Reports (December 2025)

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Dan Muench
Fort Myers, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Dan Muench Fort Myers, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Hey David, the fishing has been pretty steady even though we have water temperatures in the high 80s. Today my guest, a non-fisherman, brought in a 32 inch snook off the flats today! What a great find this time of year. I have also seen plenty of red fish this last week and the speckled sea trout bite is still hot as usual. No live bait needed for the Speckled SeaTrout, as they will hit soft plastics and hard Subsurface Bates as long as you work them correctly.

Speckled Trout / Spotted Seatrout fishing in Fort Myers, Florida

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Jon Fetter
Fort Myers, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Jon Fetter Fort Myers, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

The inshore bite has been as hot as the temps here in SW Florida. The seatrout bite is crazy good around the grass flats in 3-5 feet of water. Shrimp under a popping cork is the ticket. There have been some quality redfish hanging around the mangrove edges and oyster bars on higher water. Free lined pinfish or pins under a float will work best. Just remember to get out early to beat the heat as the bite has been over around 11 am.

Redfish fishing in Fort Myers Beach, Florida

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Victor Medico
Cape Coral, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Victor Medico Cape Coral, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

The redfish bite in the back bays of Southwest Florida is starting to pick up and will only get better through the end of October. Plenty of breeder snook can be found in the passes and along the beaches. Bait has been plentiful on the grass flats which is a good place to work artificial lures for trout. Tarpon can still be found but time is running out on the 2022 season.

Speckled Trout / Spotted Seatrout fishing in Bokeelia, Florida

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Dylan Hood
Cape Coral, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has been great. Snook, snapper, and grouper are biting on pilchards and pinfish. Weather conditions are good and sunny!

Dylan Hood Cape Coral, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has been great. Snook, snapper, and grouper are biting on pilchards and pinfish. Weather conditions are good and sunny!

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Jon Fetter
Fort Myers, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

The fishing has been really good both inshore and nearshore. The shallow water bite has been good for spotted seatrout and ladyfish. Plenty of keeper seatrout. Mostly caught in shrimp under a popping cork. The nearshore shark fishing has been crazy good with both size and variety! Cut bait and...

Jon Fetter Fort Myers, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

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Dylan Hood
Cape Coral, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

A lot of snapper and snook right now. Snapper we can keep and they have to be 10" to keep and we have been limiting out almost every day.

Dylan Hood Cape Coral, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

A lot of snapper and snook right now.
Snapper we can keep and they have to be 10" to keep and we have been limiting out almost every day.

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We had a wonderful day out on the water. Jason put us on fish and we couldn’t be happier with our experience.
Pamela M. | November 30, 2025

Trip: 10 Hour Trip – Snapper/Grouper
★★★★★
Captain is a real professional!! We were on snook minutes from leaving the dock. We caught Red grouper, gag grouper, mangrove snapper and snook. My wife and I highly recommend Captain James.
Jack L. | November 15, 2025

Trip: Fort Myers/Sanibel Fishing Trip
★★★★★
Captain Jesse knew where the fish were and just a great captain to hang with very knowledgeable would for sure go out on his boat with him again
Michael A. | November 9, 2025

Trip: Fort Myers Beach Local Captain.
★★★★★
Amazing trip. Caught a variety and saw plenty of amazing places.
Nicholas J. | November 4, 2025

Trip: Fort Myers Beach Fishing Charters
★★★★★
Excellent day on the water with Logan and Austin. We will enjoy another day on the water with Logan and Austin in the spring. Both knowledgeable fishermen and great people.
Earl S. | November 1, 2025

Trip: 4 - 8 Hour Trips With Capt. Logan
★★★★★
We had a great time! We had Captain Chris and he was a fun and awesome guide. Highly recommend.
Janelle S. | October 10, 2025

Trip: Iguana Hunting Veteran Guides
★★★★★
Had a great time catching fish. Billy was patient with us and extremely helpful. 10 out of 10 would recommend!
Sebastian L. | October 4, 2025

Trip: Inshore Bay / Flats
★★★★★
Our group had a great trip. Our guide gave us every chance to take lots of iguanas. Great attitudes and great hospitality. If we visit Florida again we will definitely be coming back!
Ross K. | August 27, 2025

Trip: Iguana Hunts
★★★★★
365 Outdoor Adventures TV had an amazing time with Todd. Todd is very knowledgeable, thorough, engaging, energetic, professional and exactly what you want in a guide! We had a blast and were successful in all aspects of our trip! Book with Todd for your next successful and amazing trip!
Jon R. | August 21, 2025

Trip: Iguana Hunting Veteran Guides
★★★★★
Captain Ray was knowledgable about area and fishing spots. He was a great guy and a well trained captain. However, we paid for 5 people on a charter and only 2 - 3 poles were ever in the water. This was due to high chop but still somewhat disappointing. I would try captain Ray again.
Marc M. | August 12, 2025

Trip: Captiva And Sanibel Fishing Trip

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