Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Strong northeast winds have kept most anglers off the water this week. Water clarity is good, but bait has been very elusive. Capt. Chet Jennings called it a day before noon on Tuesday without ever finding white bait. Capt. Chad Manning put in at more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - There's a big one for you! Well between the weather and the fact that I went out of town for a few days I did not get a whole lot of days to fish. But the days that we did fish we did really good. The Red tide in our area has let up quite a bit bu more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - August was a pretty typical month for fishing on the Southshore of Tampa Bay. Bait got smaller and then disappeared altogether for a few days, and then along came Hurricane Katrina. The local effect was a week of high winds and some heavy evening r more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello fellow fisherman, I Hope everyone is having a productive summer out on the water. The fishing has been very good. We’ve had more snook than anything else, and some of the largest my boat has taken all year. Last week our largest was 38 inches more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The after effects of red tide have been of disastrous proportions in the Gulf of Mexico, but thankfully less so on the Southshore of Tampa Bay. Captain Chet Jennings has been scoring on snook and redfish, and reports that the snook are healthy and g more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - In an Off! Well it certainly got hot! That is the fishing and the weather. The last couple of weeks the weather has been beautiful. This time of year you do get the afternoon showers but usually we are off the water by then. We changed thing more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The tough summer fishing patter on the Southshore of Tampa Bay is still in effect and will probably continue for weeks to come. Just now, mangrove snapper are providing the best action on the artificial reefs, and all those little secret spots over more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Getting Red-ey! Well let’s end this month with a bang ,because the Red tide has moved out of the areas where we have been fishing it’s been great. A lot of the smaller bait that we catch this time of year on the flats have shown up so it is s more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Red tide has apparently abated around Southshore Tampa Bay this week. A few days of East winds pushed it away from the mouth of the Little Manatee River for now, and hopefully for good. After a week at the shop with no live shrimp, we finally h more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Not only sight seeing! Well here we are after the big storm and we thought that it was going to get rid of the Red tide well it did in the areas where we have been fishing the last couple of weeks but it sounds like the Red tide is hitting hard more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay