Fishing Reports by Capt. Clay Eavenson

More Big Trout - Shivers ran up my spine as I walked out to the truck this morning. Oh no I thought as I sat in the truck and the thermometer on my rear view mirror said that it was 28 degrees colder than yesterday morning. It made me worry a little about the day's more...
Capt. Clay Eavenson - Tarpon Springs

Mack Attack - It's that time of year again and the veracious toothy critters known as spanish mackerel are ruling Tampa Bay. Everywhere you look you can see them thrashing the surface as they crash small baitfish. They roam Tampa Bay is packs of 100+ fish or more more...
Capt. Clay Eavenson - Tarpon Springs

Getting the kids hooked up! - It was hard to tell who the grownups were this past week. Everybody that got hooked up with a big fish on a Tarpon Springs or Tampa fishing charter this week had a grin from ear to ear. Redfish was the fish of the week with a few nice snook thrown more...
Capt. Clay Eavenson - Tarpon Springs

Things are heating up - There's no hiding it anymore, summertime is here. I love the feeling of loading the boat at 5am while getting ready for a Tarpon Springs charter and it's 75 degrees already. Hitting the water when the sun is rising and seeing birds chasing the s more...
Capt. Clay Eavenson - Tarpon Springs

Red-iculous - B.J. and his two sons scheduled a charter with me early in the week and they really wanted to do some tarpon fishing in St. Petersburg. We met at the dock at 7am and headed out to pick up some bait and then swing by the Skyway Bridge for some tar more...
Capt. Clay Eavenson - St. Petersburg

Silver in the Shade - I've got some upcoming tarpon fishing charters in St. Petersburg and I've been so busy catching redfish, snook and trout in Tarpon Springs that I haven't had a chance to try for tarpon yet. So, yesterday I had a rare day off and more...
Capt. Clay Eavenson - Tarpon Springs

I should have holes in my boat! - 4/25-4/28 Because the fish tried their hardest to chew the bottom out of it! The last 4 Tarpon Springs and and Clearwater fishing charters I've had got to do some of the best fishing if the year thus far. 35+ redfish plus 30+ trout plus 5-10 snook more...
Capt. Clay Eavenson - Tarpon Springs

Game On! - The fish are in a full time feeding frenzy in the Tarpon Springs and Clearwater areas right now. We've had a few fishing charters this week that have boated 50+ redfish! On top of that we've been able to get a few snook and several nice trout. Spring more...
Capt. Clay Eavenson - Tarpon Springs

"Red" hot fishing! - Apart from the few good days we've had lately, the rest of them have been great We've had 20+ redfish days with 20+ trout days and a few snook and cobia brought to the boat over the past week. Fishing Charters in Tarpon Springs and Clearwater hav more...
Capt. Clay Eavenson - Tarpon Springs

The Water's Warmin Up and so is the Bite! - We had a cold front early in the week and the water temps dropped drastically. Thankfully, the air temps are back up and so are the water temps. As of today the temps are flirting with 70 degrees in New Port Richey and Tarpon Springs. That has the ba more...
Capt. Clay Eavenson - Tarpon Springs