United StatesCaptiva Island
Details
Location:
Sanibel, FL
United States
United StatesCoordinates:
26.513, -82.1503
Distance:
0.0 Acres
Description:
Welcome to a tropical island getaway on Southwest Florida's Gulf. We invite you to enjoy an atmosphere that's a little quieter, a little less hurried and a lot less like the rest of the world. A place of exotic tropical wildlife, pristine white sand beaches.
Sanibel and Captiva are barrier islands connected to the mainland by a three-mile-long causeway that stretches from the southern reaches of Fort Myers out across San Carlos Bay,where the Caloosahatchee River empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
Created by nature to protect the mainland, the palm- and pine-tree lined islands are famous for their beaches and the incredible variety of shells on their shores. And also for their reluctance to allow too many intrusions of the modern world: there are no stoplights on either island, and buildings on Sanibel are no taller than the tallest palm tree."
Snook, redfish, tarpon, trout, grouper, pompano, shark and a host of other fish species are caught here. Internationally known the World over, as one of the supreme fishing areas in one of Florida's most diverse estuaries
Spot Access:
Boat Ramp, Parking (car/truck), Parking (boat/trailer), Picnic Area, Power Boats Allowed, Swimming Area, Pier, Disabled access, Shore fishing access, Restrooms, Beach, Fly Fishing, Wading, Floating, Bait shop on site, Rental boats available, Marina
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Fishing Reports
Captiva Island Fishing Report 03.05.12
Fishing report for the week ending 3/4/2012Our warm weather will give way to more seasonal temperatures this week and a few windier days to start the week. Above trout have again dominated, with good numbers of 3-4 lbers. and lots of sub-slot fish making for plenty of action.Above Mike Bronan and his wife with a nice trout, with shortage of snook these bigger trout are showing up where the snook used to be. I am still using shrimp under a popping cork but if you like artificials soft plasti...
Captiva Island Fishing Report 02.13.12
The warming water temps have really started to get the fish in a feeding frenzy. The nearshore reef bite is great right now with mackerel, sheepshead, trout, flounder, snapper, and even pompano. Shrimp on a jig head will work just fine. Anchor up on some structure and put out some baits. It won’t take long to get a bite going. The bite right off the beach is pretty god right now with keeper trout, and tons of ladyfish. Shrimp on a jig head or...
Captiva Island Fishing Report 01.17.12
Fishing report for the week ending 1/9/2012
Coming from pre-christmas mid 80 degree air and water temps up to 75 to last weeks low 30 degree air and water falling into the 50″s we have seen it all. Don”t tell Rob Wackerman you can”t catch quality fish on a cold day. Above Rob holds a personal best 12 lb. snook caught on a redfish magic.
Rob added this 11 lb. snook above and another 7 lber. below when everything else was hard to come by. Way to go .
In the follo...
Captiva Island Fishing Report 01.10.12
This past week was the calm before the storm. The temperatures were still very warm and the fish responded well. The seatrout bite was great over the grass flats in about 4 feet of water hanging around the grass to sand bottom transitions. Shrimp under a popping cork worked best. The redfish bite remained strong around the mangroves on high water. Shrimp on a jig head seemed to work fine. The sheepshead are also starting to move around in the back waters...
Captiva Island Fishing Report 12.09.11
Fishing report for the week ending 12/2/2011
Fishing remained good with the arrival of cooler weather.
There are fewer light wind days as winter comes on but on the day or two before fronts come in top water plugs can be very effective. Above a snook on a skitterwalk. Winter trout on top water, there have been some big ones like this.Redfish on top water plugs one of my favorites. George Samenuck with a redfish, he has been a regular lately. There have been some nice trout mixed in wit...
Captiva Island Fishing Report 09.15.11
The word for the last week has been Redfish.
The bite remained very steady with numerous slot size fish being boated. There were also a few very nice oversized fish caught as well. Shrimp under floats around the mangrove shorelines on high water seemed to work best. Also, shrimp on 1/8 oz jig heads proved effective in the same areas. If artificials are your thing, then Zara spooks and rapala skitterwalks will work fine. Use them early in the morning and switch to jerk shads eit...
Captiva Island Fishing Report 09.14.11
The word for the last week has been Redfish. The bite remained very steady with numerous slot size fish being boated. There were also a few very nice oversized fish caught as well. Shrimp under floats around the mangrove shorelines on high water seemed to work best. Also, shrimp on 1/8 oz jig heads proved effective in the same areas. If artificials are your thing, then Zara spooks and rapala skitterwalks will work fine. Use them early in the morning and switch to jerk shads eithe...
Captiva Island Fishing Report 08.24.11
With this heat the fish are really slowing down, but they are still eating. There is still plenty of pinfish and whitebait on the grass flats. Get to your spot before first light and start your chumming. The pins will show up quickly, but the whitebait might take some time so be patient. The snook are still hanging around the mangroves and docks inside the passes. Free lined pinfish worked better than the whitebait this past week. Use a 2/0 circle hook and snip off the tail of the pinfish ri...
Captiva Island Fishing Report 04.15.11
Capt. Butch and Dave Wank catching redfish on the flats of Captiva.
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Captiva Island Fishing Report 04.08.11
Fishing report for the week ending 4/3/2011
Pictured above is Lauren Lehizh with a 38 inch cobia she caught being held by her father Mitch. This fish was caught free-lining shinners in Pine Island Sound. Great Fish!
April started warmer than normal and with winds much like March. Fishing has stayed good but a couple of strong fronts stirred the bay up and made riding around difficult at times.
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BarHopp'R Kayak Guide Service Capt. Butch Rickey
over 2 years ago
(01/31/2011)
Captiva Island Fishing Report 01.31.11
It's been a tough January for kayak fishing and business in general, but things are definitely looking up for February and March. I did run one trip this week with Tom Becker, a great guy and avid angler from Victoria, Minnesota. We had a ball.
Our last shot to get this trip run was Monday. It was right behind another big cold front, but conditions had tamed down quite a bit from Saturday. We met at the ramp at 9 AM, and got our two Ultimates launched after going over the e...
Captiva Island Fishing Report 01.27.11
At a chance of sounding repetious we are getting as many as two or even three fronts a week. Its hard to tell from day to day which directions the wind will come from next, the one thing for sure is its jacket time. With highs only in the mid to upper sixties our water will probably stay at or below sixty making the fish hold up in deeper areas. Sea trout, rat reds (under ther slot) and sheepshead are the norm, anything you fish with needs to be lower and slower. Pothole fishing an...
Captiva Island Fishing Report 01.17.11
Sea trout, Redfish and Sheepshead, yes its january and the weekly coldfront pattern has set in.
With only one or two days a week being marginal weather the days between the fronts have been productive. Most of the higher water has been late in the day making pothole fishing the way to go, water clarity has been good on most days. Finding the deeper holes, working baits slowly and having a lot of patience pays off.
Setting your boat uptide and upwind of the pothol...
BarHopp'R Kayak Guide Service Capt. Butch Rickey
over 2 years ago
(11/19/2010)
Captiva Island Fishing Report 11.19.10
Just one trip again this week, but it was a great day of redfishing from the kayaks with a great guy.
My customer for Wednesday's kayak trip was Don Marano. Don and I met in August when he contacted me about a possible interest in my Talon. We've chatted back and forth since, and he booked a kayak trip. I could tell from talking with Don via email over the last few months, he was a guy I was really going to like.
We decided to try launching at Turner...
Captiva Island Fishing Report 10.12.10
Team R & R Charters had a good weekend while staying at the Tween Waters Inn on Captiva Island. The weather was beautiful and the wind laid down for us all weekend. The trout bite was strong this weekend. Friday we caught 25 trout while on Saturday we caught near 40 trout. After getting our fill on trout we moved to catching Red Fish on a high tide. We used chunks of cut Lady Fish to lure them out. We fished the mangroves throughout the back country and let me tell you it was awesome. The...
Captiva Island Fishing Report 06.10.10
by
Capt. Butch Rickey
Well, I can't sugar coat it. The snook and red fishing, and for that matter trout fishing, just sucks in the southern half of the Sound. We were already at July water temperatures in May, and needless to say, so were the air temperatures. It's unseasonably hot. We're experiencing the slowest fishing in my sixty-five years. I've not run across anyone who's not baffled by what's going on. Thank God for mature, patien...
Captiva Island Fishing Report 01.12.10
Captiva Island Fishing
The fishing around Sanibel Island and Captiva this week has been cold.
Most of my Charters have caught trout and sheephead.
Sheephead are fun to catch when they get over 15”. Florida fishing regulation is 15 sheephead per angler.
Trout regulation for the Sanibel Captiva area is 4 per angler.
Even if the weather is cold we still have good news in this area. Grouper is also another species open until February. Some of these big fish will come inshore when t...
Fish
Dolphinfish, Common (Coryphaena hippurus)
Drum, Black (Pogonias cromis)
Drum, Red (Saltwater) (Sciaenops ocellatus)
Flounder, Gulf (Paralichthys albigutta)
Grouper, Black (Mycteroperca bonaci)
Grouper, Gag (Mycteroperca microlepis)
Grouper, Red (Epinephelus morio)
Jack, Crevalle (Caranx hippos)
Mackerel, King (Scomberomorous cavalla)
Mackerel, Spanish (Scomberomorous maculatus)
Pompano, Florida (Trachinotus carolinus)
Seatrout, Spotted (Cynoscion nebulosus)
Shark, Blacktip (Carcharhinus limbatus)
Shark, Lemon (Negaprion brevirostris)
Shark, Sandbar (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus)
Snapper, Gray (Lutjanus griseus)
Snapper, Mutton (Lutjanus analis)
Snapper, Yellowtail (Ocyurus chrysurus)
Trout, Speckled (Cynoscion nebulosus)
Guides
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Look at the rest but fish with the best!
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Lodges
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The Island Inn is a resort property featuring a combination of quaint "Old Florida" cottages and modern lodges sitting on 10 beautiful Gulf front acres, offering 550 feet of private beach with some...
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Tournaments
There are no tournaments associated with this fishing spot.
