Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida.
Capt. Bob Smith
October 28, 2000
Sarasota - Saltwater Fishing Report
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 hard but it can be done. Spanish mackerels have been thick at times on the artificial reefs.
Gag grouper have also been on the bite. Trolling Stretch 30 lures have produced large grouper in 30 to 50 feet of water and fishing live pinfish on the bottom has also worked. I was not able to find a large concentration of grouper on the bay last week, but I was able to produce some nice gags and flounder offshore. Fishing in 25 to 40 feet of water with live pinfish and large shrimp, we found plenty of action.
The strong East winds of last week allowed me to fish the coast and I concentrated on the ledges, hard bottom and artificial reefs. We caught a large variety of fish, even a few true black grouper. A few cobia have been taken this past week but not enough to sit on.
The fishing is basically good at this time but it has been a start and stop situation. When bottom fishing, you may need to get the smaller fish going (grunts and snapper) before the larger fish will turn on. I like to keep plenty of live shrimp or white bait on hand and use the light tackle to get things going. This is also a good time to check the crab trap floats for triple tail, they love live shrimp.
Enjoy and Protect
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