Find a Fishing Buddy in Florida

Tampa Bay is one of the largest estuaries in the US and probably the best inshore saltwater fishery on Florida's Gulf coast.

Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Miami's fishing reads like a bucket list.

Tarpon · Bonefish · Permit

Orlando is the trophy largemouth bass capital of the eastern United States.

Largemouth Bass · Black Crappie · Bluegill

Anna Maria Island is a 7-mile barrier island at the mouth of Tampa Bay — one of the most pier- and shore-friendly fisheries on Florida's Gulf coast.

Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Marco Island is the southern gateway to Florida's Ten Thousand Islands and Everglades National Park — one of the wildest, most productive inshore fisheries left on the US coast.

Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Fort Lauderdale is South Florida's boating capital — more than 300 miles of navigable canals earned it the nickname 'Venice of America,' and the Intracoastal Waterway threads the whole city before spilling out at Port Everglades Inlet into some of the fastest offshore access in the state.

Sailfish · Mahi-Mahi · Snook

Key West is the end of the road and the start of some of the most varied fishing on earth.

Tarpon · Permit · Bonefish

Islamorada calls itself the Sportfishing Capital of the World, and the claim holds up.

Tarpon · Redfish · Bonefish

Marathon sits in the heart of the Middle Keys, where the Seven Mile Bridge, Bahia Honda, and the offshore humps put a remarkable range of fishing within a short run.

Tarpon · Blackfin Tuna · Permit

Key Largo is the first of the Keys and the gateway to the reef at John Pennekamp, the blue water offshore, and the Florida Bay backcountry on the Gulf side.

Sailfish · Mahi-Mahi · Yellowtail Snapper

West Palm Beach sits on one of the best-positioned stretches of the Florida coast for fishing — the Gulf Stream swings in close here, so blue water, sailfish, and mahi are a short run from the Lake Worth Inlet.

Sailfish · Snook · Mahi-Mahi

Jupiter packs a remarkable amount of fishing into a small footprint.

Snook · Sailfish · Mahi-Mahi

Boca Raton and the south Palm Beach County coast — Boynton Beach, Delray, and Deerfield — sit on a stretch where the reef and the Gulf Stream are close to the beach and the inlets fish hard.

Snook · Sailfish · Mahi-Mahi

Pompano Beach built its fishing identity on the drift boats out of Hillsboro Inlet and a reef edge that drops into deep water remarkably close to the beach.

Kingfish · Mahi-Mahi · Sailfish

Homestead is the quiet back door to some of the best fishing in South Florida.

Bonefish · Permit · Tarpon

Stuart calls itself the Sailfish Capital of the World, and the St.

Sailfish · Snook · Redfish

Naples fishes the calmer, shallower Gulf side of South Florida.

Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Fort Myers is the hub of Southwest Florida fishing, sitting where the Caloosahatchee River meets San Carlos Bay and opens into Pine Island Sound and the Gulf.

Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Cape Coral has more canals than any city on earth — over 400 miles of them — and a lot of that water is saltwater holding snook, tarpon, and jacks right off the seawall.

Snook · Tarpon · Redfish

Sanibel Island sits at the mouth of San Carlos Bay and the southern end of Pine Island Sound, surrounded by some of the best flats and backcountry in Southwest Florida.

Redfish · Snook · Spotted Seatrout

Pine Island and the fishing village of Matlacha are the backcountry heart of Southwest Florida.

Redfish · Snook · Spotted Seatrout

Bonita Springs sits between Fort Myers and Naples on Estero Bay — a protected aquatic-preserve estuary that holds snook, redfish, and spotted seatrout in the mangroves and on the grass flats.

Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Boca Grande, on Gasparilla Island at the mouth of Charlotte Harbor, is the Tarpon Capital of the World.

Tarpon · Snook · Redfish

Punta Gorda sits at the head of Charlotte Harbor, the second-largest estuary in Florida and one of the best inshore fisheries in the country.

Redfish · Snook · Spotted Seatrout

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Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Clearwater and the upper Pinellas coast fish the clear water of Clearwater Harbor and St.

Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Bradenton sits on the Manatee River at the south edge of Tampa Bay, with Terra Ceia Bay, Anna Maria Sound, and the Gulf passes all within a short run.

Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Sarasota fishes the clear grass flats of Sarasota Bay and the passes at Big Pass and New Pass, with the Gulf beaches of Siesta, Lido, and Longboat just outside.

Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Venice sits where Roberts Bay and the north end of Lemon Bay meet the Gulf at the Venice Inlet, a compact but productive stretch of Southwest Florida coast.

Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Englewood fishes Lemon Bay — a long, shallow, mangrove-lined estuary between the mainland and the barrier islands — with Stump Pass to the Gulf and Gasparilla Sound and Charlotte Harbor just to the south.

Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Titusville, in the shadow of the Kennedy Space Center, sits on the Indian River Lagoon at the doorstep of Mosquito Lagoon — widely regarded as the best redfish and trophy spotted seatrout sight-fishery in the country.

Redfish · Spotted Seatrout · Black Drum

Melbourne sits on the central Indian River Lagoon, one of the most biodiverse estuaries in North America and a year-round inshore fishery.

Redfish · Spotted Seatrout · Snook

Vero Beach sits on the Indian River Lagoon on the Treasure Coast, with the famous Sebastian Inlet just to the north and the Atlantic beaches out front.

Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Fort Pierce is built around one of the most productive inlets on the Treasure Coast.

Snook · Tarpon · Sailfish

Port St.

Snook · Tarpon · Largemouth Bass

Lake Okeechobee — the Big O — is the largest lake in Florida and one of the premier largemouth bass fisheries in the world.

Largemouth Bass · Black Crappie (Speck) · Bluegill

Clewiston, on the south shore of Lake Okeechobee, calls itself the Bass Fishing Capital of the World — and it has the water to back it up.

Largemouth Bass · Black Crappie (Speck) · Bluegill

Sebring, in the heart of Highlands County, is the gateway to Lake Istokpoga — a huge, shallow, grassy lake that is one of Central Florida's best-kept largemouth bass and black crappie secrets.

Largemouth Bass · Black Crappie (Speck) · Bluegill

Chokoloskee and neighboring Everglades City are the true gateway to the Ten Thousand Islands and the western Everglades — one of the wildest, most productive, and least-developed inshore fisheries left in America.

Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Siesta Key, famous for its quartz-sand beaches, is also a compact, high-quality fishery ringed by productive water.

Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Longboat Key is a long, narrow barrier island between Anna Maria and Lido, bracketed by two of the best passes on the coast — Longboat Pass at the north end and New Pass at the south.

Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Port Canaveral, on the Space Coast beside Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral, is one of the great offshore fishing ports in Florida.

Cobia · Redfish · King Mackerel

Sebastian is built around one of the most productive inlets in Florida.

Snook · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Kissimmee is the launch point for the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes — Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho), East Lake Toho, Cypress Lake, Lake Hatchineha, and Lake Kissimmee — one of the best trophy largemouth bass fisheries in the country.

Largemouth Bass · Black Crappie (Speck) · Bluegill

Winter Haven, in the heart of Polk County's lake country, sits on the Winter Haven Chain of Lakes — more than a dozen lakes connected by canals, holding quality largemouth bass, black crappie, and panfish right in town.

Largemouth Bass · Black Crappie (Speck) · Bluegill

Lakeland is surrounded by Polk County bass water.

Largemouth Bass · Black Crappie (Speck) · Bluegill

Deerfield Beach, on the north Broward coast between Pompano and Boca, pairs a classic fishing pier with a reef edge that drops into deep water close to the beach.

Snook · Kingfish · Sailfish

Tarpon Springs, the historic sponge-dock town at the north end of Pinellas, sits on the Anclote River where it meets the Gulf at Anclote Key and the Anclote anchorage.

Grouper · Snook · Redfish

Homosassa, on Florida's Nature Coast with neighboring Crystal River, is hallowed ground in the fishing world — its spring-fed rivers and shallow Gulf flats host a legendary tarpon fishery that has produced world-record fish and drawn fly anglers for generations.

Tarpon · Redfish · Spotted Seatrout

Hollywood sits in the heart of Broward's coast, tucked between Fort Lauderdale and Miami with two very different fisheries on either side of A1A.

Snook · Tarpon · Mangrove Snapper

Key Biscayne is an island at the edge of some of the best shallow-water fishing in the country.

Bonefish · Tarpon · Permit