Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Shrimp work! Here we are with another week of warm weather in just about the middle of the winter. But I’m not going to complain because I do not like the cold too much. But I can say for the most part it hasn’t hurt the fishing too much at all. T more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - My week began with a beautiful day fishing the flats south of Apollo Beach. Redfish were supposed to be the target, but as I started poling across the north end of the flat, we saw hundreds of bonnethead sharks. These are game little fish, but they more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - We don't need it to be alive! What a week we had a few days that were a little windy but it didn’t slow us down. It started warming back up a little but it got a little too warm to fish with shrimp again, but you know what that means l more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The weather since Thanksgiving has been much better than pleasant. I have been on the water every day for 6 days running, and the fishing has been good. I was invited to do some scouting in Little Cockroach and Cockroach Bay on Monday with Capt. C more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hi everyone, we sure are having some great weather this December. Winds out of the north today and it’s probably still 70 plus as I write this at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Well I have a few interesting things to talk about before we get to the re more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Fall fishing thus far has not been up to Tampa Bay standards of years past. The bright spots have been in deeper water -- Spanish mackerel, grouper, and snapper have all been consistently active and plentiful. Inshore fishing has been another story. more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Thats how it is! Here we are with another couple of weeks of weather changing up and down with the water temp. If I was a fish I don’t think I would know how to act. We have had some great days fishing. Of course any day on the water is better th more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore fishing has been mediocre for much of November, with the exception of jack crevalles. Large schools of very big jacks are on the rampage from Apollo Beach to Cockroach Bay. For better than two weeks now, I have heard them pass by my dock more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Not cold enough! Here we are with a little colder weather. Winter is coming that is it might me here a little early if the weather stays like it has been this past week. But of course we have still been out there catching some great fish. When you more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - High winds kept all but the most determined anglers on the docks early in the week, though I did see a few guys hugging the mangrove shoreline at the mouth of the Little Manatee River. It was supposed to calm down on Thursday and it did, but not much more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay