Fishing Reports by Capt. Fred Everson

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The wind stopped howling for a few days and water temperature dropped into the high 60’s. That makes for lots of activity on the flats. Snook are still in the shallows fattening up in anticipation of leaner times and colder water, and another couple more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Great weather for anglers this week with the exception of Friday when the wind howled out of the north. Clear water and a minus tide in the mornings made for nice fishing and I was on the water almost every day. Monday I waded the bar in front of Mag more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The wind died down to less than 20 knots, the sun came out and water temperature dropped into the low 70’s. This is good news for area anglers who spent the last two weeks of October on the docks watching whitecaps roil the bay. Capt. Billy Jordan more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Windy and wet describes the weather of late October, and that kept many anglers on the dock recently. On the one day I did get out I had no trouble finding a few redfish. Water clarity was not all that good, and most of the fish I saw were close to t more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Wind, rain, and mid day low tides made for difficult fishing this week, and traffic on the bay was minimal. Nevertheless, I put my boat in the water Tuesday and took a short bumpy ride to the sand bar in front of Mag’s Hole on – about a mile from the more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The fishing was a lot better than the weather early this week, but the anglers who braved the wind and the rain reported good catches. Capt. Danny Guarino told me he worked the mangrove shoreline behind Joe Island for redfish with some success on Thu more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Fall fishing is as good as it gets this time of year. With water temps continuing to drop and clarity improving the bite is on for numerous species. Snook fishermen have another five weeks before the season ends on December 01, and this is a good tim more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - There was mostly good news for Southshore anglers this week. I ran into Capt. Mark Thomas as he picked up clients at Simmons Park and he told me he was catching big Spanish mackerel, trout, and redfish south of the Port Manatee Spoil Island on live b more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Fall fishing on the Southshore is beginning to heat up as the water temperature begins to decline. Snook are already starting to pile into the Little Manatee River, and will continue their trek upriver as the days grow shorter. I’m seeing a lot of li more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - We finally got a break from the heat, but it was windy and rainy for most of the week with plenty of late summer thunder. Fortunately I was up early Monday morning and aware of what was coming. It was dead flat calm when I lowered the skiff into the more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay