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2019-01-08
12:49 PM
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Happy New Year! - Cold fronts are here causing wind, rain, and what we hate the most - dirty water! In between fronts, the trout bite has really turned on with almost all of the trout being solid fish. Quarter once jigs with mirror lure little Johns worked slowly on more...
Capt. Dustin Hilliard - Tampa Bay |
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2018-10-20
8:41 AM
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No Red Tide Here - No red tide here!! Water is clean and clear. Snook bite has been going off and on greenies and croakers; but grunts have been the go-to baits. A bucktail jig worked slow on the bottom can produce some bites in deeper areas when they're eating. No more...
Capt. Dustin Hilliard - Tampa Bay |
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2018-07-03
5:43 PM
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Summer is Here! - Super-hot air temperatures and super warm water temps make it a little more unbearable to fish all day! Using livewell pumps along with recirculated pumps just to try to keep baits more lively helps. Tarpon: there's still some around the beaches and more...
Capt. Dustin Hilliard - Tarpon Springs |
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2018-05-09
3:41 PM
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Late Cold Fronts - Late cool fronts have been moving bait and some fish around along with weird breezy north winds. Snook are finally pushing hard on to the beaches for their summertime spawn. White bait, pinfish, grunts have been productive in moving water. The red more...
Capt. Dustin Hilliard - Tampa Bay |
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2018-03-25
9:42 AM
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March Fishing Report - Fishing has been good after these cold fronts have passed, when the water temps warm up a bit. The bait starts to show back up, and the fish get back into their spots, ready to feed.
The trout bite has been steady with greenies being the go-to on more...
Capt. Dustin Hilliard - Tampa Bay |
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2018-02-20
7:09 PM
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Spring in February - Spring has arrived early and we're glad to see the water temperatures out of the 50's. Bait is thick and gamefish are a lot more active.
The trout bite has been on fire with 17 to 22 inchers being the average size fish. White bait has been the g more...
Capt. Dustin Hilliard - Tampa Bay |
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2017-12-27
1:08 PM
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Winter Fishing in Florida - Winter is here after the last few strong cold fronts. It has changed things a bit moving bait away and dirtying up the water putting fish in different spots making catching a hole lot harder.
With the water temps warming back up, the bait has mo more...
Capt. Dustin Hilliard - Tarpon Springs |
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2017-11-03
3:33 PM
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Fall Fishing - Fall fishing with the two hard fronts behind us, they dropped the water temperatures dramatically. The lower temperatures have changed things up for the last couple weeks. The bait has moved around and our target fish have huddled down a bit. Now more...
Capt. Dustin Hilliard - Tampa Bay |
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2017-10-04
4:52 PM
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After Hurricane Irma - The water is cleaning up nicely after hurricane Irma decided to come up our coast. Lots of bait pushed back in causing other species to follow. There are lots of Spanish mackerel feeding on the schools of threadfins. Placing your baits into the sc more...
Capt. Dustin Hilliard - Tampa Bay |
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2017-08-03
5:49 PM
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Dog Days of Summer - The dog days of summer are here! It's hot and so are the water temps which can slow the bite down a bit making some days real tough to catch a lot of fish. Fishing at night can be a great way to beat the heat and catch more fish.
During the day fo more...
Capt. Dustin Hilliard - Tampa Bay |
