Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Tampa Bay's great snook action resumed - It's amazing how much can change in 48 hours. Today's afternoon bite was solid unlike the challenges we encountered over the weekend. In reality there was not a promising tide today, guess that why it's called fishing. Bait is very easy to chum o more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Offshore Kingfish Are Hot - Fall is such awesome time to fish, perfect weather, most all the water to yourself, and lots of fish. I probably spend some of my most enjoyable fishing days on the water this time of year. I mean don't get me wrong everyone knows I love to tarpon more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fly Fishing October Report - The temperature is finally stating to drop a little and the fishing is getting the way it should be this time of year. Fly fishing for redfish is really starting to heat up in areas inside of Tampa Bay. The water clarity is good and we've been having more...
Capt. Nick Angelo - Tampa Bay

Planning your day - On my website www.onthemarkcharters.com I frequently get questions from what's biting to how to tie a knot. This week I got a great question, Captain Steven on your charters fishing the flats of Tampa Bay do you have a game plan prior to leaving the more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing with Some Great Days On The Water! - Sometimes wind is a good thing when it comes to fishing! Many times it makes fishing in some areas easier. We could have used a little more wind last week when the weather was super hot and the water was extra calm. Many times when the water is t more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Plenty of Redfish - Redfish are everywhere and they're eating. We had several good day catching plenty of redfish and snook. We've had success on both live and cut bait. Recently, we used artificial lures and did exceptionally well working the open grass flat pothole. more...
Capt. Woody Gore - Tampa Bay

First Cold Fronts of the Season - After the first cold front of the season passed through the bay early in the month summer weather returned. It was in the low 90's for about a week in Mid October and that actually brought the water temperature back up to 89 degrees. It has been dry more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Flats Slam - Snook, reds , and trout are all chewing well on Tampa flats despite high water temps. Manatee County is producing good fish. We have been hooking quality snook, reds , and trout on the grass flats in one to four feet of water. Tr more...
Capt. Sean Hagen - Tampa Bay

TAMPA BAY FISHING NON STOP ACTION! - It is October, but it sure feels like August because the weather is still blazing hot. Hopefully, over the next couple of weeks it will cool down a bit. The fishing has been great, and although, it will change when the cooler weather comes our way, more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Grand Slam - Tuesday was much improved from the last few days. I changed gears and traveled to the Ruskin / Apollo Beach areas. Today's angler Ricky from Boston had 4 snook on his first four casts. Fly lining small white baits worked best, bigger baits were left more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay