Sarasota Fishing Reports

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - “M” Reefs The bay fishing has slowed down while fishing the offshore “M” reefs has staid hot, most of the time. Kings, barracuda, permit, cobia, and plenty of sharks are being caught on the “M” reefs. An occasional sailfish has also been cau more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 6/20 through 6/26/2004 Spin and fly anglers continued to have good tarpon action during the past week. Southwest wind was a problem for a couple of days early in the week, but by Wednesday we were back into a normal more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 6/13 through 6/20/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had great action in the coastal gulf waters off Sarasota with tarpon during the past week. The week started off hotter than a firecracker and the bite slowed so more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 5/31 through 6/13/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict have had great action off Sarasota area beaches with tarpon during the past couple of weeks. So far, this has been one of the better tarpon seasons that we’ve h more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - He caught the tarpon on live crab Kingfish, barracuda and little tunny are still active on most of the “M” reefs but you may need to have patience between chews. We have also had plenty of baitfish schools from the beach out to the “M” reefs. A more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 5/24 through 5/30/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had great action with tarpon during the past week. Tarpon schooled heavily in the coastal gulf waters off Sarasota as they prepared to spawn on next week’s full more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 5/16 through 5/22/2004 Fly anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict connected with tarpon during the past week. As expected, tarpon have become plentiful along our beaches from Anna Maria Island to Venice. The action was slo more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 5/9 through 5/16/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had good action in Sarasota Bay with trout, bluefish, redfish and snook during the past week. The best action was with trout on deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay. more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - King mackerel are still hot! King mackerel are still hot on the “M” reefs. Live Whitebait netted on the beach or in the bay and sardines via Sabiki rigs are doing the job. Rigging: A six inch length of number 3 to 5 coffee wire leader, b more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 5/2 through 5/9/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had good action during the past week on lures and flies, particularly with trout. In addition, anglers caught and released redfish, snook and bluefish while fishi more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota