Fishing Reports by Capt. Fred Everson

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report for May 6, 2005 Water temperature finally shot up to 78 degrees and that’s turned the fishing up a notch. We are getting reports of large schools of redfish on the Southshore flats, and they have been feeding. more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - That should do it for cold fronts this spring. If not, it’s time to head further south. Weather aside, fishing was quite good last week – sometimes. I had two trips – one was a bust, and the other nearly so. The first four hours of my day on Mond more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Cold fronts and wind continue to make fishing in April feel a lot like March. Water temperature continues to fluctuate, and that’s made for a slower bite than what you might expect for this month. The good news is there are plenty of fish in the b more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Just when the snook were turning on, yet another cold front passed over Tampa Bay last night. Up to that point the fishing had been pretty good. The snook bite was hotter than a firecracker for a few days. All the charter captains fishing out of S more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Just when you thought winter was over, here comes another cold front to scatter the bait and drop the water temperature. The forecast for today was a high of 70 degrees, but as I write this at the bait shop in my winter jacket, that hardly seems lik more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The action picked up on the Southshore flats last week as water temps rose and snook turned on. Captains Mark Thomas, Danny Guarino, Chet Jennings, Nick Winger and Jon Turner all reported a hot snook bite mid week on live bait. The other good news more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Fishing has been nothing but tough, even with mild weather and lighter than usual winds. I’ve been fishing nothing but artificials, and we’ve caught a few snook and redfish, but for the most part they just aren’t feeding. The one redfish I caught t more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Things have been pretty quiet on the Southshore flats this past week. Snook season reopened with a thud instead of a bang. Blame it on 60 degree water temperature. I am seeing plenty of snook – they’re just not in the mood. I can say the same th more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Low early morning temperatures and high winds have kept most anglers off the water for the past week. Toward the middle of this past week when conditions moderated, Capt. Danny Guarino had a successful trip on Wednesday, putting more than a dozen g more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Shell Point Bait and Tackle Fishing Report for January 12, 2005 The nice weather we’ve had since the first of the year makes a fine point: Good weather doesn’t necessarily make for great fishing. And it’s not that the fish aren’t here – there a more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay