Fishing Reports by Capt. Bob Smith

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Cold fronts will knock us down. There is not a lot I can say about the last couple of weeks fishing. Windy and cold conditions have kept us off the water for most of the time. When we did get out, we found the bay and inshore fishing very slow wi more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Pompano & Permit During the week there were some very nice fish caught but there have also been days like Thursday, when you could hardly loose a bait. Except for the pompano there has been not much of a pattern to the inshore bite. Pompano more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - A mixed bag of fish and tricks! November was a mixed bag of fish and tricks! This last week found pompano in the passes, small mackerel and little tunny along the beach. The next day we would have large Spanish mackerel on the (M) reefs or goo more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Big Macks and Bull Reds The fishing has been good for the last couple of weeks if you could get offshore. There was plenty of large Spanish mackerel, 3-5 pounders around the (M) reefs in 40-50 feet of water. Some very nice kingfish are also bei more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - The Kings are In! King Mackerel have turned on! Heavy king action was reported on the artificial reef M-1 Friday morning. The best action was on live bluerunners but trolling hardware worked as the day wore on. Finding live bait is still ha more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Grouper, Cobia and Flounder Close In Gag grouper have moved in close and are on the (I) reefs in 25' to 30' of water. Keeper size grouper have also been moving into the bay and it should get better. Cobia action is also picking up along the beac more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Cold Front Here comes the cooler weather and sure, the front is going to knock down the fishing for a while but it is what we have been waiting for. Already there have been a few kings caught offshore and bluefish on the grass flats. The larger more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Fishing for fun The past week was a fun week mostly due to the cooler temperatures and not because of the amount of keeper fish. We started off the week with a good run of Spanish mackerel along the beach and redfish along the docks on the ba more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - September, the unpredictable month! Not much has changed in the last two weeks. There was a short lived flurry when the barometer dropped as the hurricane passed our shores and then the action dropped off due to the dirty water. Redfish were be more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Big Reds Redfish have been the main attraction on the bay for the past week. Although we have had plenty of action on the grass flats from small trout, ladyfish and jacks, the big fish has been redfish. Some of the best action has been in the basi more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota