Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Local fishing was almost as hot as the air temperature last week, and that’s saying a lot. Capt. Larry Malinoski reported great catches of kingfish 20 miles out into the Gulf, with several smokers that topped 30 pounds. He caught Spanish mackerel and more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Something else! The weather, fishing, and wind gave us some action this past week. However, the fish have produced the most action out of the three. We’ve caught Snook, Red fish, Trout, Tarpon, and a bunch of other species. Most of the Trou more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Water clarity in the bay is excellent at present, but the surface is matted with great plots of algae. I was fishing in Mag’s Hole on an incoming tide last week and there was so much stuff floating through the pass that I couldn’t keep a line clear. more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Hammerhead! I have seen some things this year on the water that I thought I would never see. I’ve seen things that you have to see yourself to believe. If someone told me what I’m going to tell you, I don’t know if I would believe it. Snook ha more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello from Anna Maria, it’s July 2nd and nearly a dozen tarpon hooked up before 1 o’clock in the afternoon. We called it quits early, weary backs and sore biceps. That’s what happens when you’re sticking the hook into 100 pound class silver kings and more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - One week into summer the action on the Southshore was good. Capt. Nick Winger reported having a great day around the power plant in Apollo Beach where he caught two tarpon and a 60-pound cobia. I was there the following day and we caught a couple of more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Big, bigger, biggest! Keep on reading and you will find out what that title means. The fishing overall has been great every day has been different then the previous day. We have had a few different species lately that we can add to the lis more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The water temperature in the Gulf is up to 93 degrees, and the action on Southshore Tampa Bay got hot right along with it. We had a strong falling tide in the afternoon earlier this week, with minus low tides around sunset. For the boys at Shell Poin more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - The chase is on! Summertime is in full effect! The weather is hot and so is the fishing. We’ve had to change the fishing up from time to time, but over all, it has been awesome. This year is different than past years in many ways. To sum it up… more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The wind finally let up this and water clarity has improved. That’s allowed some anglers to get out into the middle of the bay, and their mackerel reports are good. Gary Kennedy of Ruskin said he caught some very big Spanish mackerel while trolling g more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay