Fishing Reports by Capt. Fred Everson

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Water clarity in the bay is excellent at present, but the surface is matted with great plots of algae. I was fishing in Mag’s Hole on an incoming tide last week and there was so much stuff floating through the pass that I couldn’t keep a line clear. more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - One week into summer the action on the Southshore was good. Capt. Nick Winger reported having a great day around the power plant in Apollo Beach where he caught two tarpon and a 60-pound cobia. I was there the following day and we caught a couple of more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The water temperature in the Gulf is up to 93 degrees, and the action on Southshore Tampa Bay got hot right along with it. We had a strong falling tide in the afternoon earlier this week, with minus low tides around sunset. For the boys at Shell Poin more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The wind finally let up this and water clarity has improved. That’s allowed some anglers to get out into the middle of the bay, and their mackerel reports are good. Gary Kennedy of Ruskin said he caught some very big Spanish mackerel while trolling g more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - If you were expecting some respite from the wind, it occurred last Thursday for about four hours. Then it started to blow again. But the good news is that the redfish are biting and water clarity was somewhat improved – at least on the days I fished. more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - High pressure and small craft warnings kept many anglers on the beach this week. Capt. Billy Jordan and I got out early in the week, despite the wind. We were going to look for cobia, but between poor water clarity and a pretty good chop, we opted to more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Water temperature in the Gulf shot up to 86 degrees, and local fishing was better than it has been in weeks. Spanish mackerel have made their way into the upper reaches of the bay at last. Early last week we caught a pair of 28 inch mackerel at the more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - This past week saw plenty of wind and more than a little smoke on the Southshore of Tampa Bay. You had to pick your days but early in the week Capt. Billy Jordan and I found some hot fishing for grouper trolling deep diving plugs over rock piles arou more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The full moon and murky water made for poor fishing this past week at a time of year when you would expect the action to be hot. Not the case from most of the anglers and captains I talked to, and certainly not in my own experience. Things should ret more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - A week of high winds and cool temperatures made for some tough fishing on Tampa Bay’s Southshore. Water clarity was murky, and water temps dropped a couple of degrees and the bite suffered accordingly. On Tuesday I tried to find some redfish on th more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay