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Sarasota and Venice
Capt. Rick Grassett
July 16, 2005
Sarasota - Saltwater Fishing Report
Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 7/9 through 7/16/2005
Fly anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had fast action with snook during the past week. We fished lighted docks before daylight with Grassett’s Grass Minnow flies and at dawn with poppers. In addition, crevalle jacks and snook corralled and busted bait along seawalls where they attacked poppers with the same vengeance. Sarasota Bay seems to be rebounding from red tide as we saw numerous schools of glass minnows along the west side of the bay
Bill King, from Osprey, FL, fished near Bird Key and north Siesta Key on Tuesday morning and had one of his best snook trips ever. He caught and released 10 or 12 snook to 25” and several jacks. Jacks and snook chased glass minnows along seawalls at dawn and busted fly poppers that were dropped into the frenzy. Bill also had a few shots at reds that were so spooky they spooked at the fly line in the air. We waded them to get closer but found them equally as challenging while we were wading.
Bob Harness, from St. Louis, MO, fished the same area with me Wednesday morning and also had fast action. He caught and released about 15 snook to 25”. The frenzy with jacks and snook at dawn that we’d experienced the day before wasn’t happening due to a slack tide at that time. We moved on to try to catch a redfish with a fly and found them behaving the same as they were on Tuesday.
Snook before daylight are one of the better options now. In addition there are some tarpon in the upper portions of Charlotte Harbor that will eat a DOA Baitbuster or a fly if you can get on them. They key to success now will be to find pockets of water that are clean (free of red tide) and will be refuges for fish. Sarasota Bay, as of the middle of the week, appeared to be cleaning up nicely.
Tight Lines,
Capt. Rick Grassett
www.flyfishingflorida.net
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