Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello fellow fisherman, sorry again for the delayed fishing report. I?m in the middle of prime tarpon season and it?s hard to find time to keep up with everything. It?s definitely my most physically demanding time of the year. Early morning starts more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report Anglers on the Southshore of Tampa Bay continue to catch big Spanish mackerel between Apollo Beach and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The bite has been tougher than it was a couple of months ago, but the macks are more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - June 28 Fishing Report For Southshore Tampa Bay Weather continues to dominate the fishing scene on Tampa Bay, with lots of rain, thunder and lighting in late June. But for those who dare to dart in and out of the cloud bursts, the fishing has bee more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - June 22 Fishing Report Summer Fishing Summer officially arrived this week, and most fish seemed to celebrate the event by fasting. The daytime bite on Tampa Bay was pretty slow for everything except catfish. I was catching redfish in the man more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - June 17 Fishing Report For Soutshore Tampa Bay East Tampa Bay Fishing Report The consensus of most anglers I spoke with this week is that the fishing was slow during the second week of June. My clients pulled a few redfish out of the mangroves more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Lower Tampa Bay Fishing Report Tampa Bay Fishing Report Week of June 10 Summer fishing conditions are in effect -- action has slowed somewhat, but there’s still plenty of bait on the flats. The variety of species available to fish for is never more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Sorry for the delay everyone! Today was a very typical June day, we spent the day sight fishing for tarpon. We jumped three, fought two for over an hour each and managed to boat one, well that?s tarpon fishing. The first 15 minutes of the highflying more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Fishing on the lower east side of Tampa Bay is currently hot. Anglers targeting big trout say the fishing is the best it has been in years. Catch and release snook action can only be described as excellent. The recent cap on snook at 34 inches is more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - This May has turned out to be one heck of a month for fishing. Inshore and offshore, equally so. It seems that each day as I leave the dock I must fight the same mental battle over and over. Should we head inshore or offshore? Now it?s especially more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Wow! Lots have happened since my last fishing report. The period between this and my last fishing report has been the best action since the beginning of our spring fishing. Last week giant kingfish, this week some of the fastest snook fishing you ca more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay