
2020-08-21 8:35 AM
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Good Action in Sarasota for a Variety of Species - Fly anglers fishing Sarasota Bay with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action with snook, redfish, trout and bluefish recently. Mangrove Coast Fly Fishers president Ken Babineau, from Sarasota and member Gene Mayberry, fro more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota |

2020-08-20 1:18 PM
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Crystal River Fishing and Scalloping Report August 2020 - HOT!!! HOT!!! HOT!!! The Fishing and the Scalloping have both been hot in the past month and should only heat up even more as we get closer to mid to late September. Of course our biggest target through these times is going to be REDFISH!!! This is more...
Capt. Louie Argiro - Crystal River |

2020-08-16 3:17 PM
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Marching to the beat of a different Drum! - August has long been known as a challenging month for many Nature Coast Anglers. Hot and humid temperatures combined with unpredictable weather and fish patterns that change daily based on currents and tidal flow are just a few of the challenges tha more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River |

2020-08-15 8:29 AM
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Good mangrove snapper bite in Sarasota - The action on the deep grass flats continued to provide anglers with good action. Speckled trout, bluefish, Spanish mackerel, ladyfish, jacks, sharks, snapper, gag and red grouper, sea bass and other species. Bass Assassin jigs and Gulp Shrimp produc more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota |

2020-08-08 11:57 AM
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Good action in Sarasota, despite the heat! - Action was good on the deep grass flats again this week. With no rain, the water temperature has eased up to the upper 80s. The best bite was in fairly deep water, 8′ or so. All of the fish this week were caught on jigs, mostly a red gold sh more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota |

2020-08-04 2:06 PM
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Tarpon Season 5/1-7/31 - Fly fishing for tarpon this season was great and I can't thank everyone enough who joined me and I'm sorry to all those who I missed due to COVID. It was a slow start this year and it seemed like all the fish showed up at once with the great w more...
Capt. Ethan Kiburz - Tampa Bay |

2020-08-03 6:40 PM
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The Heat of Summer is Upon Us - The crazy snook bite in Northern Pinellas County is starting to wind down. Large fish are still being caught but not nearly in the numbers of a few weeks ago. With that said, double digit snook days were happening right up until August…but smaller more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |

2020-08-01 7:42 AM
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Hot bite on the Sarasota flats continues - As has been the case all summer, the fishing remains very good on the deep grass flats in Sarasota Bay. The water close to the passes has been the cleanest, with a fair amount of bait. Casting jigs at first light then switching to live bait mid morni more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota |

2020-07-29 5:35 PM
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Good Action in Sarasota for a Variety of Species - Fly anglers fishing the coastal gulf with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had some action with tarpon recently. After an extended period of west wind, we finally switched to an east wind pattern for a few days. Justin Hamblett, fr more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota |

2020-07-28 9:21 AM
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Crystal River Fishing and Scalloping Report - This month we have switched gears to the inshore side of Crystal River. We have been running a lot of scalloping trips which are great for the whole family and the best part is we can even fit some fishing into these trips to give everyone a great e more...
Capt. Louie Argiro - Crystal River |