Placida Fishing Reports (December 2025)

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Matt Fueyo with Reel Tight Fishing Charters
Sarasota, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Catching a ton of fish in the bay and when it’s nice offshore we’ve been able to get into some nice cobia and plenty of sharks!! Fun times for all ages!

Matt Fueyo with Reel Tight Fishing Charters Sarasota, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Catching a ton of fish in the bay and when it’s nice offshore we’ve been able to get into some nice cobia and plenty of sharks!! Fun times for all ages!

Blacktip Shark Fishing in Sarasota, Florida

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Tom Katz
Fort Myers, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Fishing 50 miles offshore Sanibel. Bottom fishing for snapper, African pompano& mahi

Tom Katz Fort Myers, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Fishing 50 miles offshore Sanibel. Bottom fishing for snapper, African pompano& mahi

African Pompano Fishing in Fort Myers, Florida

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Dan Muench
Fort Myers, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Dan Muench Fort Myers, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

We are still in a bit of a transition. As the water temperature begins to drop. Soon the migration will be in full force into the back bays and estuaries and Caloosahatchee river. The trout bite has been hot with a few being caught over 20 inches. Lots of juvenile redfish around as they begin to move in from the Gulf. I also have been seeing a few permit on the Inshore grass flats. They are a lot of fun to catch as they pullback pretty hard!

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Brandon Douberly
Bartow, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Brandon Douberly Bartow, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

The weather is cooling down but the fishing is heating up, and it’s getting to be some of the finest fishing of the year. We are finding large schools of redfish, big hungry snook, larger slot sized trout and to top it off the sheepshead are moving inshore for the winter months. We are starting to transition over to fishing shrimp but still catching nice white bait for the big predators to eat. It’s a great time to get out and fight some fish, the winds have held us up from going offshore much but the inshore bite is just as good and the results speak for themselves.

Tripletail Fishing in Pine Island, Florida

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Dustin Lambert
Sarasota, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Lots of amberjacks and cobia!

Dustin Lambert Sarasota, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Lots of amberjacks and cobia!

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Matt Fueyo with Reel Tight Fishing Charters
Sarasota, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Fishing has been productive. We are catching kings and cobia off the beach. Snook and redfish are chewing in the passes.

Matt Fueyo with Reel Tight Fishing Charters Sarasota, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Fishing has been productive. We are catching kings and cobia off the beach. Snook and redfish are chewing in the passes.

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James Gibson
Sarasota, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

James Gibson Sarasota, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

The holiday season is upon us in Sarasota, Florida and the fish seem to know it. Our fishing charter customers had success targeting Snook, Redfish, Trout and Jacks in the shallow flats of Sarasota bay. As water temperatures dropped we found fish congregated on low tides in deeper mud holes in the buttonwood bay area on the back side of Longboat Key. On higher tides we found fish on top of shallow oyster bars around the bully creek area near the Sarasota airport. The nearshore fishing in Sarasota was also hot on the public reefs in front of Siesta, Lido and Longboat Key. Our customers enjoyed catch and clean fishing charters catching Kingfish, Triple tail, Cobia and Snappers.

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Jon Fetter
Fort Myers, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

The fishing is about as good as it gets right now! The shallow water bite for redfish has been WOW! Shrimp under popping corks is the ticket fished along the mangrove islands on higher water. October did not disappoint and the bite should only continue with the cooler temps coming!

Jon Fetter Fort Myers, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Florida Pompano Fishing in Fort Myers Beach, Florida

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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
★★★★★
Booked a trip with Captain Cole and from the start there was good and timely communication. Brought my two younger boys who had a blast! Cole was patient, answered their 100 questions, and took us to nice spots where we pulled out some nice fish and the boys were thrilled! We had a blast!
Morgan H. | November 25, 2025

Trip: Sarasota Inshore/Nearshore
★★★★★
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
★★★★★
Had lots of fun
Elam P. | November 13, 2025

Trip: 4 Hours 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
★★★★★
Had an awesome day on the water with Marc. Despite cold and windy weather, Marc worked hard to make sure we caught fish. My niece said it was her “best fishing trip ever!” Will definitely ask Marc to take us out again in the future.
Dan P. | November 3, 2025

Trip: Back Country Fire Up
★★★★★
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

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