Fishing Reports by Capt. Fred Everson

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Winter finally caught up with us on Southshore Tampa Bay, and the fishing suffered. Ahead of the cold front last Monday, Tom White of Skipper’s Smokehouse and I went out to fish the flats south of Apollo Beach. With a late morning low tide, a brisk more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Fog settled in over Tampa Bay for a couple of days this week. Thursday and Friday were radar days, but they were at least calm. The huge schools of big jack crevalles have done the disappearing act. Capt. Chet Jennings said he looked for them in more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - With small craft warnings for Tampa Bay all week long, we might well call this column “off the water”. Water temperature has dropped considerably to more seasonably normal levels. It was good while it lasted, but it certainly changed fishing patterns more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Good fishing continued from the end of the year with unseasonably warm weather and higher than normal winter water temperatures. Capt. Danny Guarino reports hot fishing for snook and trout in the Little Manatee River. He said he’s been netting h more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Warm weather and light winds combined to make for a great week of fishing after a dreary day on Christmas. Water temperature is still in the high 60’s and the reports from Southshore anglers have been stellar for late December. Capt. Danny Guarino more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Water temperature on the flats was in the 70’s this past week and it turned the snook on in the Little Manatee River. Capt. Danny Guarino called in a stellar report on Wednesday. He said he caught nearly 50 snook, all west of the railroad trestle an more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Mid December has been cold and windy, but those who brave the conditions have been rewarded with fish. Capt. Larry Malinoski returned from his Pennsylvania hunting trip empty handed, but caught some big grouper trolling in the bay. He said the bite more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - My week began with a beautiful day fishing the flats south of Apollo Beach. Redfish were supposed to be the target, but as I started poling across the north end of the flat, we saw hundreds of bonnethead sharks. These are game little fish, but they more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The weather since Thanksgiving has been much better than pleasant. I have been on the water every day for 6 days running, and the fishing has been good. I was invited to do some scouting in Little Cockroach and Cockroach Bay on Monday with Capt. C more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Fall fishing thus far has not been up to Tampa Bay standards of years past. The bright spots have been in deeper water -- Spanish mackerel, grouper, and snapper have all been consistently active and plentiful. Inshore fishing has been another story. more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay