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Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida.
Capt. Bob Smith
August 13, 2000
Sarasota - Saltwater Fishing Report
Better days Ahead!
Unless you are running twenty miles or more offshore, the fishing has been slow for the past two weeks. Some of the best action on the bay has been just north of Longbar. Keeper size trout have been hitting live white bait and large shrimp but finding the right size bait can take some time. Soft tail jigs have been working and tipping them helps. The next best fish to show up in numbers has been mangrove snapper. The snapper have been turning up most any place on the bay and at all of the (I) and (M) reefs offshore. The snapper like the small white bait and live shrimp fished on the bottom. I probably could mention twenty different species as being caught this past week some place on the bay or offshore, but I like to cover the higher activity points in my report. In other words, Key West grunts are plentiful all over the Gulf and are very good to eat. They are just as good as mangrove snapper, just less meat for equal lengths. So look for the bigger ones if you want eat them. Blue runners are also plentiful and good to eat if you like a mackerel or tuna tasting fish.
Offshore on the (M) reefs, we still have plenty of barracuda, some tunny, Spanish mackerel, snapper, permit and still an occasional kingfish. The bait can be hard to find at times and the sardines may be on the bottom but when you find them, you can usually fill up your bait well in no time. The best action has started at about twenty miles offshore at the Swiss Cheese in 70 to 85 feet of water. Plenty of grouper have been coming in from this area and it is also the place to start looking for dolphin. Run to 40 miles offshore and you will definitely be in dolphin, wahoo and sailfish water at this time of year. The reports have been good for all of the above. Trolling artificial or live bait will work.
Enjoy and Protect
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