We have several Southwest 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!![]()
Southwest Florida Fishing Guides
Naples * Cape Coral * Ft Myers * Punta Gorda * Sarasota * Bradenton * St Pete * Tampa *
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Capt. Mark Rogers is a full time guide, specializing on Lake Okeechobee and largemouth bass in the Everglades and is known to be vary versatile, Captain Mark Rogers has over 30 years of fishing experience. He grew up in southern California where his dad introduced him to fishing. He learned about deep water, clear-water reservoirs and started tournament fishing at age of 14 years old. Shortly after that, his family moved to Naples Florida. He learned about Florida fishing, by going all of the state’s major lakes and now have over 22 years experience fishing Florida. He worked my way up the tournament ranks to fishing the Professional levels of FLW and the Bassmaster Elite Series. He competed at that level, the highest and most prestigious in Bass fishing, for 8 years. In between tournaments, he began guiding on a Professional level and have been doing it now for over 10 years. More recently, I am thrilled to be able to enjoy guiding on a full-time basis in the Southwest Florida region. I cover waters on Lake Okeechobee, in the Everglades, from Naples to Tampa, and all areas in-between. He is a very adaptable angler and enjoys saltwater fishing as well. He specialize in artificial lures, but is also well-versed in shiner fishing. He continues to enjoy fishing local tournaments when the guiding schedule permits. He is always ready to take people out on the water to catch fish and have a good time. Let’s go fishing!
Audio Florida fishing reports every week giving his latest fishing report for the Southeast Region of Florida. Hey, it may be your fishing trip he’s talking about!
You can read more about Capt Mark and visit his website at Naples Fishing Guide or Lake Okeechobee Bass Fishing
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Southwest Florida Fishing Guides

Captain Ray Malafarina: is a full time guide on the Lake Okeechobee, specializing in largemouth bass. Ray is a very experienced freshwater professional angler. Recently Ray finished 12 out of 179 in BFL (FLW tour). Ray is originally from Italy and been in competitive freshwater fishing since age of 14. He also was a team member of an USA Freshwater team participating in the world championship 2000 . Ray is a distributor of COLMIC fishing rods in the United States.
Ray is very versatile angler specializing in artificial and live bait. Currently sponsored by COLMIC USA; Gary Yamamoto baits; Vastar braid; Idroflat crankbaits; and BassOnline.
And additionally he is fluent in Italian and Spanish. Ask Ray to be your next guide for an exciting bass fishing adventure. Ray can be found on facebook where you can read more about his current fishing experiences.
You can read more about Capt Ray on our sister websites at Sarasota Fishing Guide or Lake Okeechobee Bass Fishing
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Southwest Florida Fishing Guides
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