Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

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

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report Winter returned with a bite and 25 knots of wind yesterday, and that will shut things down for a few days. Coupled with the full moon on Tuesday, I expect the action on the Southshore of Tampa Bay to be less tha more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Shell Point Bait and Tackle Holiday Fishing Report for Southshore Tampa Bay Shell Point Bait and Tackle Holiday Fishing Report Winter came and went away the week before Christmas and after it was gone the fishing got hot. Let’s hope this unseaso more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report December 22 2003 A caller on Capt. Mel’s fishing show on 970 WFLA radio in Tampa Saturday called in and asked what to expect for the following day. “Expect to get cold,” is what I told him. And wit more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Well things have changed around here quite a bit. The last couple of cold fronts have put us into full winter fishing conditions. This has not been a bad thing for my charters though. The fishing remains very good as I follow them into their backco more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Shell Point Bait and Tackle Fishing Report for December 15, 2003 Shell Point Bait and Tackle Fishing Report for December 15, 2003 Anglers fishing out of Shell Point Bait and Tackle reported great catches on Saturday. Most of the action centered more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report This is one of the few times of the year when I dread calls for charter booking. The next two months are unpredictable at best, and miserable at worst. The problem is that northerners expect good fishing when more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report Shell Point Bait and Tackle Fishing Report December 02 The last cold front on Saturday finally pushed some cobia into the Big Bend powerplant in Apollo Beach along with an uncountable number of bonnethead sha more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report November 25, 2003 Fishing continues to be surprisingly good on the Southshore of Tampa Bay, though the Cobia run has been spotty at best. This is probably due to the unseasonably warm weather of late Novemb more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay