Fishing Reports by Capt. Jim Klopfer

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim klopfer 10/17/2015 - Fishing ranged from steady to excellent this week in Sarasota Bay. The deep grass flats produced the best action and most of the fish hit live bait. Middlegrounds, Radio Tower, Marina Jacks, and Bird Key flats were all productive. Fish-of-the-week wa more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim klopfer 10/10/2015 - Fishing continues to be quite productive on the deep grass flats near both Big Pass and New Pass. Bait is EVERYWHERE!! I saw birds working in Robert's Bay as well as in the normal spots near the passes. Catching it is easy and anchoring up-tide of a more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota Fishing Report Capt Jim klopfer 9/19/2015 - Fishing continued to be very productive on the grass flats near New Pass this week. Overcast skies and some rain resulted in lower water temperatures, down into the low 80s. Spanish mackerel, bluefish, speckled trout, jack crevelle, grouper, snapper, more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota Fishing Report Capt Jim Klopfer 9/12/2015 - Once again, catching a well full of live bait and chumming the deep grass flats with them provided clients on fishing charters with outstanding action and variety. The water temperature is still in the mid 80's and there is a lot of bait on the flats more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota Fishing Report Capt Jim Klopfer 9/5/2015 - Despite little rain and quite high water temperatures (upper 80's) fishing remains VERY good throughout Sarasota Bay on the deeper grass flats. Bait is EVERYWHERE and the fish are chowing down. There was quite a bit of surface activity at times. We w more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota Fishing Report Capt Jim klopfer 8/29/2015 - Fishing was good once again this week, with the deep grass flats near New Pass being the most productive spots. Bait was easy early in the week, and a bit tougher towards the end of the week, the increased wind did not help. Still, the well was loade more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim klopfer 8/22/2015 - Fishing was outstanding this week in Sarasota! The grass flats near the passes have loads of bait over them and they attracted the gamefish. Every charter produced speckled trout to 24. Some large mangrove snapper to 15 were also caught, along with more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim Klopfer 8/15/2015 - Fishing was VERY good early in the week then tapered off a bit towards the end. The water temperature rose up into the mid to high 80's, just a bit too warm. Afternoon rains should drop it back down. Some large speckled trout were landed by client more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim Klopfer 8/8/2015 - It rained heavily over the weekend and on Monday, but since then the weather has been perfect, warm with southeast breezes in the morning. Fishing was excellent early in the week, then tapered off a bit. Bait fish are everywhere near both passes and more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota Fishing Report Capt Jim klopfer 7/30/2015 - Weather continues to be the story here in Sarasota. We are going on a month or so now of west winds and unsettled weather in the mornings. Charters begin at home, looking at the radar, then dodging storms throughout the morning. Still, fishing rem more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota