Fishing Reports by Capt. Fred Everson

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Fishing on the Southshore of Tampa Bay has cooled off during the recent heat wave. The prime summer targets continue to be mackerel, sharks, cobia and tarpon. I ran the marks looking for cobia on Thursday and saw not a one. Ed Childers hooked a bi more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Spanish Mackerel continue to provide the most action on the Southshore of Tampa Bay, but anglers are not the only predators chasing them around the bay. We are getting lots of shark reports and many of the fish hooked have be more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report June 4, 2004 A short respite from the ever-present wind lasted only a few days, but at least it changed direction. It seems like we’ve had nothing but east winds since the first of the year. The bad news is th more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report for May 27, 2004 The wind has finally laid down and the fishing got hot as the weather. We had only six entries for our Fly fishing tournament on Sunday, and only one redfish was caught. I hooked and landed a more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report The wind seems to blow every day and there is no end in sight. This sure complicates fishing, especially in boat position and casting. Everything has been tough so far this spring, including bait. On the f more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report Six weeks of wind and March type weather that has carried into May is depressing. Fishing continues to be tough because of the conditions, but there is some good fishing to be had. The bright spot this year ha more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report The big news on the Southshore fishing scene has been the hot redfish bite. Big schools of reds showed up on the flats south of the Little Manatee River, and they were in a feeding mode. Capt. Billy Nobles bro more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Soutshore Tampa Bay Report When anybody asked me when snook fishing peaks on Tampa Bay, I used to tell them April. But in recent years, April hasn’t come through. The first two weeks of this month provided few stellar days. As I write this repo more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report I thought I would be glad to see the end of March until April got here. What’s up with this cold and wind? It hasn’t exactly shut the fishing down, but it hasn’t helped. My last two trips we caught a few snoo more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report for March 24 Weekend fishing in March is sure getting to be a challenge. I poled into Little Cockroach Bay on a Sunday afternoon and there was a boat in every hole and pass. Think I will start fishing mackerel more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay