Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Jan 1 2011 Tampa Bay - Dave from the Windy city started the new year with Captain Steven. Last time Dave was in town (winter 2009) he had a banner day with Captain Steven catching 30-40 snook. Today was a different ballgame starting with water temperatures in the low to mi more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay waters getting jiggy with it! - It's jig and shrimp time! It turned real cold real quick; it's definitely wintertime. The cold weather has caused the water temperatures to plummet, but not enough where the fish won't bite. They are just biting jigs and shrimp instead of live bait more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Dec 31 Tampa Bay - 2010 and a record cold December ended with an amazingly beautiful sunny 80 degree day. T shirts and shorts were comfortable on the water today. Keep in mind the water is still very cold at 53 so dress in layers. Zipping along in the boat and get chil more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Fly Fishing St. Petersburg, Tampa Florida - Fly fishing the Tampa Bay area has been great around the holiday. Fishing around the bad weather we have been catching some nice redfish. All the fish have been sight fished over clear sandy bottom. We have also been spanking quality size trout from more...
Capt. Nick Angelo - Tampa Bay

Trout season opens Saturday Tampa Bay - Thursday morning was sluggish as the tide was non existent. For 90 minutes the water was slack as was the action for Captain Steven. No tide combined with 52 degree water has thrown Tampa Bay anglers a curve. Today was an all artificial day tossi more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Winter Scouting Tampa Bay - With the most recent cold snap becoming a distant memory its back to fun in the sun. Captain Steven spent Wednesday scouting winter trout holes around Tampa Bay. I left O'Neill's marina at 1030 am and was greeted with 53 degree water. Ft. Desoto a more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Sheepshead & Drift Fishing For Flounder In Tampa Bay! - Tampa Sheepshead Fishing! It's that time of year again in Tampa Bay, the sheepshead are beginning their spawn and it's going to be sheepshead on! Sheepshead make for awesome table fare. Some folks refer to sheepshead as the poor man's grouper more...
Capt. Sean Hagen - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Christmas Fishing Report - Tampa Bay Christmas Fishing Report We will have to call this the Christmas report since it is Christmas day as I write this, how is that for dedication, or maybe it's just that I procrastinated a bit this week. Perhaps the Redfish report would be more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Winter Sharks and trout - Saturday morning we were greeted with slick calm water and a steady light to moderate rain. It's days like this I love the top of my T Tower and vinyl windshield and side curtains. Huddled behind the counsel staying dry and warm was a pleasure. Wa more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

The shrimp fishing has started in Tampa Bay! - The water temperature has stayed above 70 degrees so far this winter, and the fish love it. Sometimes it feels more like summertime than wintertime, but I'm certainly not complaining. We don't need another brutally cold winter like last year's win more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay