Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida.
Capt. Bob Smith
December 16, 2001
Sarasota - Saltwater Fishing Report
It was a good day at Table Rock!
The best fishing is still well offshore! We found plenty of gray snapper (mangrove), a few keeper scamp, large porgy and sheepshead. We also had plenty of nice size gag grouper around but had trouble putting a keeper in the boat on our last trip. We used large live shrimp and fished on the bottom. It was a good day at Table Rock! Table Rock is a five foot ledge in the Cuda hole area and it is well known. The area has plenty of ledges from two to seven feet high. It is in approximately fifty feet of water and just about makes the federal line, over nine miles offshore. Take a compass course of 240/ to 245/ out of New Pass and that should get you there.
Kingfish have been strong about twenty miles offshore and the large grouper are good at forty to fifty miles. The hard part is catching the bait before you make the long run. The baitfish has been very hard to find.
Bay fishing has improved with a few nice trout and snook being caught, but you will need to work at it. If this warm weather continues throughout the winter, we may see some unusual behavior as far as the fishing goes.
Enjoy and Protect
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