Fishing Reports by Capt. Fred Everson

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The absence of scaled sardines on the southshore flats of Tampa Bay continues to perplex recreational anglers and guides alike. There has been some bait to be had at the normally reliable Skyway fishing piers, but even that source has been inconsist more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Sheepshead bite continues to roll in deeper water The best sheepshead bite in years shows no signs of letting up, but the fish have moved. They spent all winter in the holes and passes of the mangrove backcountry south of the Little Manatee Rive more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Snook bite’s on, but where’s the bait? Snook fishing picked up a couple of notches this week, but the guides working out of Shell Point are still running 18 miles to net bait. On top of having to travel that far, the bait that they are netting i more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The snook bite hasn’t happened yet, but it’s primed. Capt. Danny Guarino said he plenty of snook Wednesday while on a scouting excursion. He said big pods of small snook were staging in the backwaters of Little Cockroach Bay, and that there were im more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - After a week of very winter like weather, the wind finally died down and temperatures became more angler friendly. It was so cold in the beginning of the week that the shrimpers were unable to catch enough to justify a trip. Consequently, most of t more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore flats fishing centered on redfish this past week, and though conditions were harsh, the action was steady. I poled the flats south of Apollo Beach with clients on Tuesday and had no trouble finding redfish. We left the dock at nine a.m. more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - A relentless incursion of cold fronts is keeping most anglers off the bay. Those braving the weather are catching a few fish but it’s nothing like a blitz. Fishing has been typically slow for more than two weeks, but that’s hardly unusual in midwin more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - This week brought more cold weather, high winds and extremely low tides, and fishing was slow on the southshore of Tampa Bay. When the temperature began to rise in the 70’s Thursday afternoon, things began to pick up. Capt. Nick Winger has been f more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - What had been a great start to fishing in Southshore Tampa Bay in 2006 came to a pause on Friday as cold weather and high winds whipped across the bay behind a strong cold front. Low temperatures for the weekend were forecast to be in the high 30’s, more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Cloud cover, high winds and cold fronts dominated local fishing this week. That kept some anglers off the water, but those determined to fish find ways to get around the conditions. Backcountry sheepshead are a prime target of the season and there more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay