Captiva Island Fishing Reports (May 2026)

Brandon Douberly
Bartow, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Weather has been good at times windy a lot of the time but we are managing. Targeting sheepshead, redfish and trout inshore, days we are able to go a few miles offshore we are getting lane snapper, grunt, tripletail, red grouper and triggerfish.

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Brandon Douberly Bartow, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Weather has been good at times windy a lot of the time but we are managing. Targeting sheepshead, redfish and trout inshore, days we are able to go a few miles offshore we are getting lane snapper, grunt, tripletail, red grouper and triggerfish.

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Alex Kirby
Bradenton, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Sheepshead and trout here lately also snook biting in certain areas

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Alex Kirby Bradenton, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Sheepshead and trout here lately also snook biting in certain areas

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Noel Shaw
Bradenton, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Get bud,just got from vaca...haven't fished this week other than stone crabs...will be on the water next week...

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Noel Shaw Bradenton, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Get bud,just got from vaca...haven't fished this week other than stone crabs...will be on the water next week...

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Brandon Douberly
Bartow, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

The last couple days have been nothing short of fishy, any and every species you can think of inshore and nearshore. The sheepshead bite has been as good as it’s ever been. Getting limits and personal best fish for customers. Lane snapper are plentiful on nearshore wrecks and reefs, and...

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Brandon Douberly Bartow, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

The last couple days have been nothing short of fishy, any and every species you can think of inshore and nearshore. The sheepshead bite has been as good as it’s ever been. Getting limits and personal best fish for customers. Lane snapper are plentiful on nearshore wrecks and reefs, and the redfish and trout have been keeping us busy inshore with a few snook mixed in.
The cold hasn’t slowed the bite down one bit. Fishing shrimp on jig heads for our bottom and structure dwelling fish and popping corks for the inshore fishing.
Sight fishing reds has been the go-to on grass flats, pot holes and mangroves. We’ve been catching upper slot trout and getting a few over slot gator trout on every outing. The bite is bound to stay hot with some of these strong flowing tides we get in the winter months.

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Alex Kirby
Bradenton, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Mangrove snapper, snook, redfish, trout, and gag grouper as the weather gets colder the gags are gonna fire off even more. Tell them to hurry up and book for a gag grouper cause the season is gonna be shorter next year and this is gonna be the last Dec we...

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Alex Kirby Bradenton, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Mangrove snapper, snook, redfish, trout, and gag grouper as the weather gets colder the gags are gonna fire off even more. Tell them to hurry up and book for a gag grouper cause the season is gonna be shorter next year and this is gonna be the last Dec we get to keep gags.

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Dylan Hood
Cape Coral, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Schools of redfish are all over the place eating artificial baits and live bait.

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Dylan Hood Cape Coral, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Schools of redfish are all over the place eating artificial baits and live bait.

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Dan Muench
Fort Myers, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

I took my brother out yesterday for an early morning Topwater lure run. Excellent morning as we caught three redfish on top water and a few snook as well, including a 28 1/2 inch one!

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Dan Muench Fort Myers, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

I took my brother out yesterday for an early morning Topwater lure run. Excellent morning as we caught three redfish on top water and a few snook as well, including a 28 1/2 inch one!

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Dan Muench
Fort Myers, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has been pretty steady even though we have water temperatures in the high 80s. Today the 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...

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Dan Muench Fort Myers, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has been pretty steady even though we have water temperatures in the high 80s. Today the 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 Baits as long as you work them correctly.

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