Fishing Reports by Capt. Jim Klopfer

Sarasota Fishing Report Capt Jim klopfer 6/28/2014 - Fishing was excellent this week on a variety of species in Sarasota Bay, with spotted sea trout once again being the high point as several fish over 24 were landed. Anglers on charters caught Speckled trout to 25, mangrove snapper to 14, gag grou more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim Klopfer 6/21/2014 - Finally!! The bait has arrived! It is small, but getting better everyday. Most of my fish caught this week were the result of chumming a deep flat and catching fish on hooked pilchards, pinfish, and grunts, though clients also landed fish on shrim more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota Fishing Report Capt Jim Klopfer 6/14/2014 - Fishing was kind of hit-and-miss this week. Clients had a couple of fair days, a decent day, and two very good trips. The deep grass flats near Big Pass and New Pass were the best spots, producing sharks, speckled trout to 27, bluefish to 3 pounds more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim klopfer 6/7/2014 - Fishing was excellent on charters this week on a wide variety of species. The vast majority of fish were caught using large, live shrimp. Snook, speckled trout, sharks, bluefish, flounder, sea bass, red grouper, gag grouper, mangrove snapper, jack more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim Klopfer 5/30/2014 - Fishing was decent this week on the deep grass flats and in Big Pass. Speckled trout continue to be the most reliable species, with fish to 20 being caught by clients this week. Live shrimp under a popping cork produced the best. Jack crevelle an more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim Klopfer 5/24/2014 - Fishing in Sarasota Bay was decent this week, with Big Pass and the nearby flats being the most productive spots. We did not get big numbers of fish on charters, but clients did land some quality fish along with quite a bit of variety. One morning more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota Fishing Report Capt Jim Klopfer 5/17/2014 - I only ran 2 charters this week as I took a little vacation to do some houseboating on the St Johns River. Speckled trout continue to be the most reliable species on the deeper flats in Sarasota Bay. Marina Jacks and the Yacht Club Channel were the more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim Klopfer 5/10/2014 - This week was similar to the last couple in that numbers were down, but the quality fish were there. Odd fish of the week was a barracuda that hit a topwater bait in a residential canal. Snook to 25 (clients landed snook on four of my charters thi more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota Fishing Report Capt Jim Klopfer 5/3/2014 - The wind returned this week, resulting in a little more color in the water as well as some challenging conditions. While clients on charters this week did not land a great amount in terms of numbers, a lot of quality fish were caught. Snook to 30 more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota Fishing Report Capt Jim Klopfer 4/26/2014 - Although fishing was fair this week, it does look like the big speckled trout are starting to move through. Fish to 25 were caught this week, live hand-picked shrimp worked the best. It is VERY important to release these fish unharmed, they are th more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota