Fishing Reports by Capt. Fred Everson

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report for September 01 Snook season opened on Sunday and early indications point to improvement. Capt. Chet Jennings reported catching a couple of keepers on the first day of the season, as well as a hot redfish bite more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - August 26 Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report The Southshore flats of Tampa Bay are alive with redfish and snook in late August. On a trip with Capt. Nick Winger last Wednesday, we caught about a dozen reds, all of which were over the 27-inch ma more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - August 19 Tampa Bay Southshore Fishing Report Fishing has been more unpredictable than usual this August. The highlight of the month thus far has been schooling redfish. Capt. Chet Jennings of Apollo Beach reported hot fishing on Friday. He sai more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - August 05 Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report The good news is that redfish have already started to school up on the Southshore of Tampa Bay. Capt. Chet Jennings of Apollo Beach reported a hot day of fishing for reds last week on the flats more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - July 29 Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report Spanish mackerel continue to provide a good bite on Tampa Bay. This is the best run of big macks in recent years, and they are seemingly everywhere. The surest way to hook up is to look for sch more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - July 15 Fishing Report for Southshore Tampa Bay The low tides that coincided with sunset last week provided some action on the flats south of the Little Manatee River. We got off the boat on the outside of the sandbar and worked our way toward sh more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report Anglers on the Southshore of Tampa Bay continue to catch big Spanish mackerel between Apollo Beach and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The bite has been tougher than it was a couple of months ago, but the macks are more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - June 28 Fishing Report For Southshore Tampa Bay Weather continues to dominate the fishing scene on Tampa Bay, with lots of rain, thunder and lighting in late June. But for those who dare to dart in and out of the cloud bursts, the fishing has bee more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - June 22 Fishing Report Summer Fishing Summer officially arrived this week, and most fish seemed to celebrate the event by fasting. The daytime bite on Tampa Bay was pretty slow for everything except catfish. I was catching redfish in the man more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - June 17 Fishing Report For Soutshore Tampa Bay East Tampa Bay Fishing Report The consensus of most anglers I spoke with this week is that the fishing was slow during the second week of June. My clients pulled a few redfish out of the mangroves more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay