Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Fall fishing thus far has not been up to Tampa Bay standards of years past. The bright spots have been in deeper water -- Spanish mackerel, grouper, and snapper have all been consistently active and plentiful. Inshore fishing has been another story. more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Thats how it is! Here we are with another couple of weeks of weather changing up and down with the water temp. If I was a fish I don’t think I would know how to act. We have had some great days fishing. Of course any day on the water is better th more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore fishing has been mediocre for much of November, with the exception of jack crevalles. Large schools of very big jacks are on the rampage from Apollo Beach to Cockroach Bay. For better than two weeks now, I have heard them pass by my dock more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Not cold enough! Here we are with a little colder weather. Winter is coming that is it might me here a little early if the weather stays like it has been this past week. But of course we have still been out there catching some great fish. When you more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - High winds kept all but the most determined anglers on the docks early in the week, though I did see a few guys hugging the mangrove shoreline at the mouth of the Little Manatee River. It was supposed to calm down on Thursday and it did, but not much more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Getting even better! Man this has been a fun week I can tell you that the fishing has been great.We have changed things each week the weather changes and the fishing does the same. We have had some slow starts but for the most part it has been a more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The first cold front of the season passed across the bay earlier this week and dropped the water temperature down to 73 degrees. Tides were low in the extreme on Tuesday, with the oyster bar at the mouth of the Little Manatee River totally exposed, m more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Rough but just right! Well let me see this week was kind of an interesting week slash weekend. Man I will tell you the weather has been a little crazy but it fits this time of year. Usually this time of year we start to have a lot of cold fronts more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Water clarity continues to improve as the temperature drops, and the snook bite finally picked up. Keli Emery said she caught seven snook in the Little Manatee River on live sardines. She caught bait on the flats near Simmons Park, and said that it more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello fellow sportsmen and sportswomen, how’s fall treating yall? It is absolutely beautiful out here on Anna Maria. I know I have said it many times, but truly as far as I’m concerned, there is no better time to be fishing in these parts or just l more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay