Fishing Reports by Capt. Fred Everson

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Anglers finally got a slight break from the heat, and local fishing picked up. Capt. Chet Jennings said one of his clients caught a 27-inch snook in the Little Manatee River last weekend. He also said they caught many short snook and a slot sized red more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Another week of hot weather and not so hot fishing on Southshore Tampa Bay, particularly early in the week. Low tides in the early afternoon mystify me, and coupled with the boat traffic from the Labor Day holiday, our fishing was worse than slow thr more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Despite the recent spate of hot weather, Southshore fishing has been better than expected. Keli Emery of Plant City told me she caught two tripletail over 10 pounds on the south side of the bay under buoys. She prefers to fish the buoys instead of ra more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - August has been a typically tough month for Southshore anglers. Besides the heat, we’ve had regular thunderstorms, and even a couple of days of rain soaked overcast. I did get out one afternoon last week to do some wading and was surprised at how more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The wind died and the rain let up for a few days last week but the inshore fishing is still typically slow for August. Water clarity is poor, and there is plenty of hook grabbing plantlife on the surface, which makes keeping your lures weed free pra more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Thunderstorms continued to dominate the angling scene on Southshore Tampa Bay through the first week of August, and not only in the afternoon. I awoke to the sound of thunder several times in the early morning. Water clarity has suffered with the more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Water temperature in the Gulf of Mexico dropped to 87 degrees this past week with a two-day deluge of rain. This made for slow fishing up until Friday when the sun finally came out again. There are still plenty of mackerel around the Port Manatee more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Afternoon fishing this week continued to be a crapshoot with thunderstorms lurking in every direction. My fishing at the beginning of the week was confined to early morning. I had the boat in the water before daybreak on Monday, looking to head to Eg more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Afternoon fishing was a bit testy this week with thunderstorms cavorting around Southshore Tampa Bay. I tried several times to get out late in the afternoon to fish the strong falling tide for snook at the mouth of the Little Manatee River, but high more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Local fishing was almost as hot as the air temperature last week, and that’s saying a lot. Capt. Larry Malinoski reported great catches of kingfish 20 miles out into the Gulf, with several smokers that topped 30 pounds. He caught Spanish mackerel and more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay