Learn more about the deep sea fishing in the Naples, Florida area.
Fishing for Pelagic Fish
What are Pelagic Fish?
Pelagic fish get their name from the area that they inhabit called the pelagic zone. The pelagic zone is the largest habitat on earth with a volume of 330 million cubic miles. Different species of pelagic fish are found throughout this zone. Numbers and distributions vary regionally and vertically, depending on availability of light, nutrients, dissolved oxygen, temperature, salinity, and pressure.
The waters off of Naples, Florida are fairly shallow, so this a popular destination for pelagic species such as sailfish, marlin, tuna, wahoo and mahi mahi. There are some anglers that will head 80 to 100 miles out from shore, but for the most part, anglers will be fishing inshore, nearshore or not as far offshore while targeting the reefs and wrecks along the bottom.
Bottom Fishing
Reefs & Wrecks
You aren’t going to find a lot of deep water close to the shores of Naples, but there are plenty of reefs and wrecks to fish in the offshore waters here. Anglers fish the offshore reefs and wrecks for grouper, snapper, king mackerel, amberjack, cobia, sharks, barracuda and many other species of fish.
Artificial Reef Locations
Visit the reef locations on the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission website.
