Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Report Cold weather be gone. Fishing has been very tough the past few days because of unseasonably cold early morning temperatures. There are plenty of fish out there but getting them to bite has been a challenge. I fished more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Shell Point Bait and Tackle Fishing Report for March 4, 2004 Shell Point Bait and Tackle Fishing Report for March 4, 2004 Last week’s cold front shut down the bite for a few days, but as soon at the temperature got back to normal, the snook bite more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Springtime conditions are finally here and the flats are teeming with fish. The weather has been superb, except for a couple of days following this weekend’s cold front. Warm weather is in the forecast though and snook especially are on the feed. more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report Just when the snook fishing began to get really hot, another front bombed across the bay. It didn’t quite shut the fishing down, but it did lower water temperatures a bit. High wind and heavy rain has kept mos more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - I can smell it in the air, spring is right around the corner. If you’re a fisherman I don’t even have to tell you it can be the most explosive fishing of the whole year. Winter fishing conditions are almost over. Shortly the fishing will travel out more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report Snook fishing picked up last week as the water temperature inside the bay began to climb. Capt. Chet Jennings brought several keepers back to the dock on his most recent charters. My partner Capt. Danny Guarin more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report It finally warmed up a bit, and that seemed to turn the trout bite on. However, most of the reports we had at the bait shop were of undersized fish. Larry Malinoski and Gary Kennedy of Ruskin went west of the more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello! Time for another fishing report. Now things have changed a bit with cooling water temperatures. The days have been beautiful, although cool in the morning, but warming perfectly by 10:00 am, making for some very pleasant fishing weather. Nig more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report What we don’t need is one more cold front like this one. There are redfish on the flats between Apollo Beach and Joe Island, and many are at and above the top of the 27-inch max. Getting at them has been the p more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report Wind and cold weather has kept most of the local anglers off the water at Shell Point Bait and Tackle, but the diehards are catching some nice trout. Capt. Billy Nobles has been finding trout up to 18 inches on more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay