Naples Fly Fishing

Naples, FL has its place in our local fly fishing scene as not only a convenient location for fly anglers to slip out for a quick half-day, but also as our only place to fish white sand. The Naples beach runs the coastline from Estero Bay to the north, down to Keewaydin Island to the south and consists primarily of white sand.

In the summer (May-October), our beaches fish well. Tarpon migrate up the coast while snook stage around the passes to spawn and can be sight fished over white sand. In addition to snook and tarpon, sometimes there is the ability to sight fish pompano, the permit’s smaller cousin, feeding and tailing in the surf.

In the winter (November-April), Naples’ beaches can hold snook and redfish, but the main attraction is when there are bait runs that can bring in southbound tarpon as well as bonito (aka albies, false albacore, little tunny). It is also possible to fly fish for tripletail in Naples this time of year.

In addition to the beach fishing, Naples has a backcountry of mangrove shorelines, bays, and creeks where you might see a big snook sliding around in the mud, a redfish tailing down a shore line, or a tarpon rolling in the current all within a couple miles of the boat ramp.