Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Tampa Bay weather was a little rough last week! - We are finally back in the United States after spending eight days in Jamaica. Unfortunately, we did encounter some bad weather courtesy of Tropical Storm Gustav during our stay in Jamaica, but overall, it was nice. Gustav was not as strong when it more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Mackerel Bite Heats Up - Light winds let me get out a couple of days this week, and the fishing was okay on Wednesday. I bottom fished with Capt. Rick Bollinger and it was slow, but we caught a few grunts, mangrove snapper, Spanish mackerel and a nice flounder. We caught the more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Afternoon Tailing Redfish - The afternoon low tides brought tailing redfish in portions of upper Tampa Bay. The redfish were feeding in the sloughs, sand holes, and thick grass. Smaller fish were spread out along the flats, and some schools of bigger fish working the edges. more...
Capt. Nick Angelo - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Redfish Take Center Stage... - The redfish have definitely taken center stage over the last couple of weeks. Big schools of up to a few hundred are showing up in several different places in lower and middle Tampa Bay. And, these fish are hungry! The reds have been very willing to more...
Capt. Tommy Ziesmann - Tampa Bay

In The Dark - more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Red Hot Reds - Red Hot Reds Sunday we got back on the water for the first time since Fay. The water temperature was 79 when we left the dock around 930 am, pretty amazing to see the big drop. Bait was a bit of a struggle but after 30 minutes we had a live well more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Fay Missed Us - With small craft warnings up since last Tuesday, there has not been much action on Tampa Bay this week. We really dodged a bullet with Fay, the Tropical Storm that wouldn't go away. The last two guys I saw fishing were in a canoe at the mouth of more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay fish on in just seconds! - Fishing has been pretty awesome lately! The Bay was a little rough last week due to the 10mph to 15mph winds, but the fishing was great. Although each day was different, we were certainly able to catch plenty of fish. We had a g more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Downtime with Fay - Tropical storm Fay skirted East of Tampa Bay area but has managed to cause enough of a disruption to cancel trips and keep most everyone in port. The busy fall fishing season is just around the corner so I took the time to catch up on periodic mainte more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Hot, Wet, and Windy - Wet weather, high winds, and thunderstorms continue to make summer fishing on Tampa Bay an iffy proposition. I got my skiff off the lift on Monday with light winds, but the water clarity was poor. It wasn't tea colored; it looked more like espresso. more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay