Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Big Snook Big Storms Tampa Bay - Wednesday I ran a late afternoon and evening trip. Before I hit the water I ran into Capt. Billy Nobles of the Reel Animals who had just returned from offshore charters. Besides a great day with deep water targets they scored Mahi and a Sailfish! How more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Mixed bag in Tampa Bay - Three charters last week! The key word was hot, hot and more hot. My first charter was with Chris and his 8 year old son Collin. No snook on the beach for us this day. We did find snapper and a bunch of trout to keep Collin's rod bent most more...
Capt. Little Jim Fesperman - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Right Bait, Right Place, Right Time! - Many factors have to be right for a great day of fishing! The right bait, good weather, appropriate tides, etc… all work together to determine how good a day of fishing is going to be. If all the factors aren't in line, it can make fishing tuff. Mo more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Summer Snook, Redfish & Trout Running Strong - Well hello everyone; hope you're having a good summer. The fishing in these parts remains strong. The snook are thick again on the flats and gorging themselves on small greenback minnows and the action is very fast on lots of smaller fish, but also more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay offers a big variety - Wednesday's late afternoon / night trip was abruptly halted by a huge thunderstorm at the mouth of Tampa Bay. Thursday was much improved and allowed us back out. The Skyway Bridge was thick with scaled sardines and needed only 2 tosses of the cast ne more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Summer Doldrums are Here - The near miss by a tropical storm shut the bite down pretty hard for a couple of days. Even the offshore fishing was reported to be slow, according to Capt. Larry Malinsoki. We did catch a few fish ahead of the storm. Last weekend we had great l more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Day or Night Tampa Bay rocks - We continue to fish under the stars with good to very good success. Snook & Trout that are too sluggish during the day wake up and are looking for dinner at night. Would you want a big meal during the day? Think about it? Just like us our metabolism more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Non Stop Action! - The full moon and the moving tides are causing fish to move around. While we might have had an easy bite with some species of fish, we've had to work hard for others. Do to the abundance of bait in the Bay; the bite is going to continue to change. more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Mid Summer Conditions - I don't think I have ever seen the water clarity on Southshore Tampa Bay as poor as it has been in recent weeks. It's due to all the rain we have had in the past few months and it's probably not going to improve any time soon. That's the bad news. Th more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Sharks of Tampa Bay - Sharks are almost a sure thing this summer. Black Tips and Bonnet Heads 2-3' with an occasional 4' showing up. On light tackle it's a ton of fun. Kids love it as do Mom and Dad. Sharks are great for family charters as the action is steady and keeps t more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay