Fishing Report 10/15/08
Lots of reports still coming in despite the howling 20-30 mph winds out of the east. Lots of mackerel and jacks on the beaches. It is hard to throw any kind of small jig or spoon and not get a bite. There are plenty of ladyfish mixed in as well. I saw one report of a big tarpon caught at the Skyway Bridge and plenty of snook and redfish reports, even some over-slot fish. Nobody really venturing offshore yet.
Fishing Report 9/9/08
Inshore: It has been the most productive mangrove snapper year I have ever seen. Either that or they are just following me around. I am being rewarded with keeper snapper at just about every spot I have fished in the last 4 months. Other than that, snook have been feeding near the passes and tarpon are still hanging around. As we move into October I expect that the Speckled Trout bite will pick up and should be a strong winter if we can survive the next couple months without red tide setting in. Jeff Haas reported seeing some down in Boca Grande. Lets hope it was just a algal bloom from Tropical Storm Fay runoff.
Fishing Report 7/27/08
As mentioned in the article yesterday, fished at Upham Beach for about 2 hours. Tide was out and slowly coming in. Caught lots os small (7-9″) mangrove snappers and a ladyfish. After weeding through those caught a 3# snook. Reports from other are big snook around the passes, lots and lots of sharks and a steady amount of tarpon up around Dunedin. Offshore: Reds and gags are the primary chewers right now.
Foto Phun
I don’t have a lot of photo editing experience, but when I played with this one I knew I needed to post it on the website. The original shot was taken under the Skyway a few months back while fishing for Tarpon. Enjoy!!!
Fishing Report 7/10/08
Inshore: Good reports of tarpon still hanging around the beaches and skyway. Snook are still all over the beaches. I chased them for a little over an hour last night with artificials but no luck, saw about 10 that I spooked off. Spoke to Vince yesterday with Skinny Water Culture, looks like he has a lot of cool shirts with some new designs and colors.