Fishing Reports by Capt. John O'Hanlon

Beautiful Day - Saturday January 16 was a beautiful day on the water. The winds laid down as we headed out. The bite was slow as the tide came in. However as the water warmed from the sunshine the Trout bite picked up. We finished the day picking up a few Sheephead. more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Cold Trip - With about 10 layers of clothing on I fished with two guys from Minnesota. They thought it was great. We caught lots of trout but few where of any sizes. Hopefully the water temps will settle down and be somewhat consistent. more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Gator Trout on the Flats - The spoil islands have been yielding nice gator trout. Fish the lee side for best results. more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Fish are biting - We have had great success in the last few days on the incoming tide. Nice catches of Trout, Shark, & Mackerel on the flats. Finding a good spot out of the wind has been the challenge. more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Windy but a good Bite! - Yesterday was windy, but the bite was good. We caught nice trout. Spanish Mackerel, Ladyfish and Bonnet Head Sharks. The overhead was cloudy with very little sunshine. Today looks to be a better day weather wise with little chance of rain. Tight Lin more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Sheephead are biting - The winds where still blowing out of the southeast yesterday. So we switched to sheephead fishing. The bite was awesome. Turnout to be a good day. more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Great Trout Bite! - The Trout bite has been phenomenal this past week. As the water temperature continuing to cool we expect the bite to continue to get even better. We have had great success using small pinfish and Berkley's Gulps for the Trout bite. Light tackle has p more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

IT'S SHARK WEEK....and they are chewing! - Come on and enjoy the fun and excitement of SHARK Fishing. The fish are everywhere! When we land a shark you will have a opportunity to touch and feel the powerful muscles of the shark. (This is a safe activity) They are hard fighting and fun to catc more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Busy Week! - It's been an amazing week with diversity of Fishing. Saturday we where offshore for a day of Snapper Fishing. We loaded the box with our limit within the first 30 minutes (12 Fish we had 6 on board). Then we moved to get some red Grouper, however tha more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

SNOOK on the Beach - Large Snook have been on the beach passes and the 35 + size fish are being caught regularly. The best bait seemed to be grunts. Free line a large grunt in the swash channel. Sometime we use a split shot to help keep the bait do. We like the incoming more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater