We have several South Florida fishing guides to choose from, the list updates are done continuously. If you have previous when with us and your guide is not listed please call the office for details and contact information. If your looking for specific things, non-smoking, live-bait specialist, artificial only, etc. give us a call we have the right guide for you!
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South Florida Fishing Guides
Palm Beach * Boyton Beach * Boca Raton * Fort Lauderdale * South Beach * Miami * Homestead * Florida Keys * South Beach * Homestead * Weston * Davie
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Capt. Brett Isackson is a full time guide, specializing on Florida Peacock bass and largemouth bass in the Everglades and on Lake Okeechobee and has been known to be vary versatile, livebait or artificial he can catch them. No trip is to long and there’s always more fish to be caught, that’s his motto.
Brett’s energetic and can be heard on our Audio fishing reports every week giving his latest fishing report for the Southeast Region of Florida. Hay, it may be you he’s going to talk about!
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South Florida Fishing Guides
Capt. Tony Masiello is a full time guide, specializing on
Florida Peacock bass in Miami and largemouth bass fishing in the Everglades. Livebait or artificial, Tony can teach you both of them. Tony’s specialty is going way back into the Everglades flats and fishing topwater all day, does that sound like fun or what!
You can also read Capt. Tony fishing reports every morning giving his latest fishing tips. Your trip with Tony is guaranteed to be a fun trip, so do not ask for Tony unless your interested in a good time.
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South Florida Fishing Guides
Captain Mark Shepard is a full-time guide and touring professional. Experience includes BASS Master, FLW Tours, Everstart, BFL tournaments and many others. Mark has a list of accomplishments in the fishing industry a mile long including a Everstart WIN on Lake Eufaula, AL. Mark originally from Florida moved to Ohio to sharpen him northern skills and moved back from Ohio years ago to master guiding on world famous Lake Okeechobee. Mark enjoys watching trophy largemouth bass crush the giant wild shiners, but can also teach you many artificial techniques. Site fishing and has become a master skill of Marks, as well as using small crankbaits!
Mark is sponsored by: Jolly Roger Marina, Zoom, Shimano, Cabin Creek Baits, Mercury Marine, Power Pole and Bass OnLine.com
Mark’s our lead guide on the “Big O” Lake Okeechobee, he has also become a master of the Everglades and his home base is in Clewiston, Florida.
So come fish with Captain Mark a true professional in every sense of the word.
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South Florida Fishing Guides
Capt. Tim Nichols has been fishing for the past 15 years and a professional South Florida bass guide for over 5 years and has had
many accomplishments along the way. He has been very successful fishing for peacock bass up and down the east coast. For many years now, he has concentrated on the canals of South Florida for freshwater bass fishing, and has also enjoyed many successes. Capt Tim is a well-rounded fisherman, he fishes for peacock bass, largemouth bass in the Everglades and now also chases the non-native snakehead as a sport fish. His experiences growing up in South Florida is invaluable when guiding in the Miami lakes, FL Everglades, and others areas.
Tim’s a real TEAM player and considered one of our young guns!
He also does guide trips for fly-fishermen while fishing for largemouth or peacock bass!
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South Florida Fishing Guides
Capt Bob Miley started bass fishing in 1969, in the Everglades. The very first trip out he caught a 10lb 0/8 o/z largemouth bass, and has been fishing for bass ever since. His largest bass to date is 15 lbs. He caught it in the everglades on a musky jitter bug.
Robert started the fishing club called the Homestead Ambassadors in 1974, which was B.A.S.S. affiliated at the time. He won numerous club tournaments and was Fisherman of the Year twice. He also belongs to Trail Glades Bassmasters, of Miami, where he am still a current member.
Robert also belongs to S.A.F.E.R., South Florida Anglers for Everglades Restoration. We are working with the Corps of Engineers, so as passionate bass fisherman, we don’t lose our access to the canal system in the Everglades.
Fishing the Florida Everglades and Lake Okeechobee is Robert Miley’s passion, although the urban South Florida Peacock bass have become one of his main target species. South Florida is a sportsman’s paradise with year round beautiful weather and access to the best bass fishing waters in the Untied States. A morning sunrise will take the stress out of anyone’s life. This is nature at it’s finest and Robert works very hard in trying to preserve this environment and way of life.
Robert Miley has been fishing professionally on the B.A.S.S. Eastern Division, for the past 7 years. He also has been working with several Rep Groups over the past 6 years, and travels to most all of the Bass Pro Shops on East Coast working with rep groups and sponsors and their product lines.
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Capt Roger Gonzalez is a local bass fishing professional. Experience includes Stren Series, BFL tournaments and many others. Two time top 5 finishes on the FLW Tour. He has several accomplishments in the fishing industry, including being one of the best Peacock bass guides in South Florida and conveniently speaks Spanish for all of our South American visitors. Capt Roger is well versed all types and styles of fishing, one of his favorites is the Skinny Dipper. Ask him about it, you would never guess there could be so many options. Roger guides in the Everglades, but really excels at Peacock bass in the Miami area.
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South Florida Fishing Guides
Captain Dave Manack has been a full-time guide for over 25 years
in Florida. With a long history of fishing the Everglades.
He known as the singing angler, guaranteed to yelp once or twice.
He has been known to have caught big bass simply by singing to them!
Always a great time, our guarantee for having fun.
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South Florida Fishing Guides
CAPTAIN TODD KERSEY has been a full-time guide for over 10 years
in Florida. With a long list of tournament experiences, including the FLW, Everstart, BFL and many other local and state tournaments. With over 10 top ten finishes by his clients he has become a commodity on the big lakes during FLW/BASS tournament season.
Becoming one of Florida’s top rated guides, written up in FLW Outdoors Magazine, Private Clubs Magazine and twice in Forbes. He also was featured in Field and Stream, pronounced as the “The Bass Artist.” Captain Todd competes and runs several celebrity tournaments for NASCAR, NFL, MLB and others.
Todd’s the founder of BASSonline and is very well versed in all of the bodies of water in Florida. His conviction for freshwater recreational fishing has lead him to be very involved in many aspects of conservation and law making procedures throughout Florida.
Todd sponsored by: Jolly Roger Marina, Bass Assassin Lures, Colmic Rods and Bass Online.com
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South Florida Fishing Guides
Captain Juan Ruiz is a licensed U.S.C.G. guide and a professional fisherman specializing on Lake Okeechobee and has won numerous tournaments on lakes all over South Florida. Captain Juan competes in Wal-Mart BFL, B.A.S.S. Federation, Headturners Outdoors and numerous other tournament trails.
Captain Juan is a former B.A.S.S. Federation Tournament winner and has had several Top 5 finishes in the BFL’s. In 2005 Captain Juan and his team partner won the Okeetantie Team Trail Anglers of the Year title, which is considered to be the toughest team trail on Lake Okeechobee. Captain Juan works full-time as a Recreation Supervisor for the City of Greenacres and enjoys introducing troubled youth to the sport of fishing. If you want to learn how to flip heavy cover for lunker bass, Captain Juan is your guide!
Captain Juan is sponsored by Ranger Boats, Yamaha Outboards, Shimano, Reaction Innovations and Airrus Rods.
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South Florida Fishing Guides
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