Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Over the top! The weather was a bit worse last week than it has been in awhile. It’s getting to be about that time of the year. The time of year when the wind is blowing and the showers are coming down here and there, but as you can imagine, it di more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Anglers finally got a slight break from the heat, and local fishing picked up. Capt. Chet Jennings said one of his clients caught a 27-inch snook in the Little Manatee River last weekend. He also said they caught many short snook and a slot sized red more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Fish on! Although the weather was a bit bad at times this past week, we still managed to get out on the water and it was worth it because the fishing was good. When the chance of rain was low, we seemed to get more, but it didn’t stop us. For the more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Another week of hot weather and not so hot fishing on Southshore Tampa Bay, particularly early in the week. Low tides in the early afternoon mystify me, and coupled with the boat traffic from the Labor Day holiday, our fishing was worse than slow thr more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Despite the recent spate of hot weather, Southshore fishing has been better than expected. Keli Emery of Plant City told me she caught two tripletail over 10 pounds on the south side of the bay under buoys. She prefers to fish the buoys instead of ra more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Getting even better! Better then last year well that might be what I say every year but I will say I don’t remember the last time going back into Snook season when there have been so many fish around. Right now if it Snook, Red fish, Tarpon, T more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Night bite! Lately we have been fishing at many different times. We have been doing a bit of daytime fishing, evening fishing and nighttime fishing. The best time to fish depends on what kind of fish you want to catch and how big you want it to b more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - August has been a typically tough month for Southshore anglers. Besides the heat, we’ve had regular thunderstorms, and even a couple of days of rain soaked overcast. I did get out one afternoon last week to do some wading and was surprised at how more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Shark bite! We’ve had more fun days on the water! Much like last week, the fishing hasn’t changed that much, but it will soon. When the weather gets a bit cooler the fishing will change quite a bit, which I’m looking forward to. Until then I gu more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The wind died and the rain let up for a few days last week but the inshore fishing is still typically slow for August. Water clarity is poor, and there is plenty of hook grabbing plantlife on the surface, which makes keeping your lures weed free pra more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay