Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Snook bite’s on, but where’s the bait? Snook fishing picked up a couple of notches this week, but the guides working out of Shell Point are still running 18 miles to net bait. On top of having to travel that far, the bait that they are netting i more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The snook bite hasn’t happened yet, but it’s primed. Capt. Danny Guarino said he plenty of snook Wednesday while on a scouting excursion. He said big pods of small snook were staging in the backwaters of Little Cockroach Bay, and that there were im more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Its starting! Well here were go it has finally broke loose and the bait has started moving into the bay and the fish are moving to their spring time hang outs. The water temp is between 65-72 degrees and during the warmer times these fish hav more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Well it’s that time of year, spring is in the air and the fishing’s on! I know everyone waits every year for this report which I call the spring exploitation. The water temp has been creeping into the low 70’s on the flats and the hungry snook have more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Pictures are Priceless! Its trying to warm up. That’s right I said trying I guess we have another cold front coming through this weekend. But it is still that time of year not far off though just flat around the corner. We are still doing a lot more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - After a week of very winter like weather, the wind finally died down and temperatures became more angler friendly. It was so cold in the beginning of the week that the shrimpers were unable to catch enough to justify a trip. Consequently, most of t more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore flats fishing centered on redfish this past week, and though conditions were harsh, the action was steady. I poled the flats south of Apollo Beach with clients on Tuesday and had no trouble finding redfish. We left the dock at nine a.m. more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Get getten getting there! Well I would like to say it is getting there. It is but I wish it would hurry up! Well the fishing has been pretty good we just need a little warmer water for all the fish. Give it a couple more weeks it usually warms u more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - What a nice Red fish! It is still a little cold but it has warmed up enough where we started catching Snook and Red fish on the flats. Well it got warm enough where the Snook and Red fish started to show up in some of the spots where they show up more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - A relentless incursion of cold fronts is keeping most anglers off the bay. Those braving the weather are catching a few fish but it’s nothing like a blitz. Fishing has been typically slow for more than two weeks, but that’s hardly unusual in midwin more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay