Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The action picked up on the Southshore flats last week as water temps rose and snook turned on. Captains Mark Thomas, Danny Guarino, Chet Jennings, Nick Winger and Jon Turner all reported a hot snook bite mid week on live bait. The other good news more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Bring it on! Well it’s about time it has finally warmed up enough for the Snook and Redfish to turn on. Redfish the last week in the morning has been the best, well we did catch a few through out the day as well, but most of our big Redfish we more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello fellow fishermen, sorry for the delay in my fishing report. We just can't seem to get rid of these cold fronts. It's not like we are in a deep freeze or anything, we just can't seem to get enough sun long enough to warm up the flats. All it w more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Just about time! Well we have been waiting and it is just starting. I am talking about fishing with live bait. The bait is starting to show up on the flats and the fish are eating the live baits. With the cooler mornings you might want to more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Fishing has been nothing but tough, even with mild weather and lighter than usual winds. I’ve been fishing nothing but artificials, and we’ve caught a few snook and redfish, but for the most part they just aren’t feeding. The one redfish I caught t more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Is it here! Well the wind still has not let up enough to get out and do any offshore fishing so all the fishing that we did this week was back in the bay. It was not really windy but there was still a big swell which made it rough offshore more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Work a little harder! Well is the wind ever going to stop blowing? I should not complain too much it was nice enough to get out back water fishing. It just has been a little to rough to get out and do much offshore fishing. We did manage to get o more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Things have been pretty quiet on the Southshore flats this past week. Snook season reopened with a thud instead of a bang. Blame it on 60 degree water temperature. I am seeing plenty of snook – they’re just not in the mood. I can say the same th more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - What a Grouper! Well it has managed to get a little colder again. With the cooler weather it will change the fishing around again. With the warmer water that we had at the beginning of the month we started using live bait again or shiners more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Low early morning temperatures and high winds have kept most anglers off the water for the past week. Toward the middle of this past week when conditions moderated, Capt. Danny Guarino had a successful trip on Wednesday, putting more than a dozen g more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay