Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Slamming Sammy - Saturday's trip was simple; fish lower Tampa Bay for a grand slam snook, redfish and trout. My plan was simple as well, bait at 6 am, pick up my angler at 730 and start on the nearby beaches for snook. With Sammy from Washington DC onboard we made th more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Redfish Dreams - I had a dream that came true recently. One in which the redfish were so big that we would end the day with no keepers on ice. That dream came true last month. In 14 charters in May we had the grand total of one keeper redfish. We had two charte more...
Capt. Little Jim Fesperman - Tampa Bay

Cobia, Tarpon, and Spanish Mackerel Make the Show - It would appear that the rainy season is a month early this year. Fishing has been good whenever the weather permits it, but that has not been very often for the past few weeks. The grouper bite is still hot by all accounts. Capt. Tom Rinehart to more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Tarpon on Fly - Tarpon fishing got off to a slow start this week. We saw more and more fish as the week progressed. Fish were showing well on the beach, but conditions were not favorable for fishing out there. Stan from St. Pete boated his first tarpon on fly o more...
Capt. Nick Angelo - Tampa Bay

Snook in the Mangroves - The late afternoon high tide has snook feeling comfortable and actively attacking white baits. Summer time high tides of 3' bring water deep back into the mangroves, these high tides makes for great snook fishing. There are many options for catching more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Wining Tarpon That Got Away! - Oh, the one that got away! Well, take a look at the picture. That is the one that got away from us during the first tournament of the Professional Tarpon Tournament Series in Boca Grande, FL. It sure was awesome to have this fish on the line, even more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Fathers Day Gift Guide - Fathers Day is just around the corner June 21. One of the most commons emails I get is what is a good gift as Dad is a fisherman. My response is simple, where does you angler fish, fresh or saltwater, what does he target (species) and does he fish fr more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Boca Grande to Tampa Bay reports - Today I have reports from Boca Grande, the Gulf beaches near St. Petersburg and Tierra Verde. Captain Billy Nobles of the Reel Animals reported Sailfish and Black fin tuna 40 miles off Boca Grande. Billy also reported a good Tarpon bite and super Per more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Cobia on the Marks - May is generally a good month to look for cobia on the flats. This year that has not been the case. I've seen a few fish when conditions were right, but nothing like the numbers that were there in years past, and so far I've come up empty. The only c more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Big Redfish Again! - The big redfish bite was waiting for my clients Memorial Day. Unlike previous days today it took ten minutes to get the first hook up. Jane who was sitting on the bow was in for a rude awakening as a large redfish slammed her pinfish and gave her a f more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay