Fishing Reports by Capt. Fred Everson

Summer Like Fishing Last Week - Snook season ended Wednesday and I failed to put a keeper in the box, despite seeing quite a few fish along the mangrove in front of Sand Key. I did catch a 22-inch redfish on the flats in front of the island, and that fish went home for dinner. It h more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Action Heats up on Southshore Tampa Bay - As winds moderated to less than gale force for much of the week and water temperatures rose into the mid 70s action on southshore Tampa Bay heated up. Early last week Terry Akroyd of Ruskin and I decided to take a trip across the bay to Pinellas P more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

More Wind and Another Cold Front - Howling winds ruled the Bay early in the week. They roiled the water and lowered the temperature in the Gulf to 66 degrees. That's nearly a ten degree drop from what it was a week ago, and that shut the snook bite down hard. There was very little more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Snook Bite Remains Steady - I have been seeing some very big jack crevalle in the Little Manatee River this week. After fishing 3 days in a row with company and catching very little, I hooked five fish off my dock the afternoon after they left, but landed only one of them. The more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

April Begins Much Like March - I am hearing reports of Spanish mackerel from all points on the bay this week. Capt. Danny Guarino said he got cut off several times by mackerel inside Bishop Harbor, and I caught some small fish on the Bahia Beach Reef. Wind was up for most of th more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Spring has Sprung - The water temperature dropped a couple of degrees this week and that shut the morning snook bite down, but things picked up in the afternoon. Capt. Danny Guarino told me he fished Cockroach Bay early in the week and had trouble finding bait, and that more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Blow Wind Blow - Wind and cold fronts continued to keep anglers on the docks and the fish safe. The good news is that the full moon of March is what the old timers here in West Central Florida call the end of winter. Not much to complain about this year. We had more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Winds of March Continue - The winds of March continued to dominate the fishing scene on Southshore Tampa Bay, but the reports from anglers who braved the wind were encouraging. Capt. Mark Thomas told me he found some local bait on the flats and had a great day on Wednesday fi more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Southshore Tampa Bay - It's a good thing to pay close attention to the weather forecast, and sometimes it's even better to ignore it. Tuesday and Wednesday were supposed to be windy cold and wet, but turned out to be perfect fishing days. On Tuesday, I awoke to a dead f more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Snook Season is On - Winter weather dominated the action, or lack of it on Southshore Tampa Bay mid-week. Monday was the exception, with light winds and mild temperatures. Capt. Chet Jennings worked the mouth of the Little Manatee River and caught some big jack crevalles more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay