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Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida.
Capt. Bob Smith
May 7, 2000
Sarasota - Saltwater Fishing Report
Looking for Tarpon
May 7, 2000
Sarasota Fla. Fishing Report
By Capt. Bob Smith
This was my week to start looking for Tarpon, but I found not one tarpon! We ran along the beach from New Pass to the Venice Jetty's about 15 miles south of New Pass. I did hear of some tarpon being seen at the Jetty's and maybe if we had gone further south we would have found them but I heard no chatter on the VHF.
We found plenty of Spanish mackerel and little tunny feeding on acres of small half-inch baitfish at Casey Key. This is also a popular place to look for tarpon (DGPS 2709.517 / 8229.405). This area also has some very nice 6' and 8' ledges in 25' feet of water where we caught some mangrove snapper to 16" and keeper grouper. Some grouper were also caught along the grassy beach area, which is also a good place to catch sea trout. Casey Key Beach is a comfortable place to fish with a strong SE wind.
The kingfish are still on the bite offshore. M-7 and M-6 areas are hot spots for Kings, Little tunny, shark and barracuda. On the average, the kings have been small and with all the Rock and Roll, deep trolling has worked the best. Drifting live bait is working and is a lot more fun, especially with small size kings. Live bait is plentiful from the Gulf marker out! Yellowtail and mangrove snapper are also being caught on the (M) reefs; 60' has been best for yellowtail. Fish with large live shrimp and small pilchards on the bottom for the snapper.
Enjoy and Protect
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