Fishing Reports by Capt. John O'Hanlon

Redfish, Flouder, Jacks and High Winds - Lane Thomas and his lovely girl friend Chase fished with us today. We had up to three footers on the flats. Motorguide's Xi5 worked very hard today but the motor still impresses me how well it hold the boat in anchor mode. They landed a nice 22 redf more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Spring Has Sprung! - Everything is biting! Trout, Redfish and Snook. The spoils have been active with the transition of fish moving to the beaches. We have landed some nice Gator Trout in the last few weeks on or near spoils. The redfish bite has been good on the incomi more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Great Week of Fishing! - We where booked everyday last week. Today was cancelled because of rain and the client could not reschedule. The fishing last week was excellent with catches of Trout, Redfish, Sheephead and Mackerel. The days where beautiful on the water with the mo more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Hot Trout Bite - We had heavy fog three days in a row. However, we used caution as we navigated to our fishing area. The bite turned out to be extremely strong. On Monday we caught one trout after the other with a few of keeper size. We even released the keepers. On more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Multiple Cold Fronts - It's been windy for the last two months most days. We have had a cold front every few days. When we where able to slip in before the fronts, we where able to do quite well freelining some shrimp on the docks and oyster bars. We have caught a few Redf more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Hot Trout Bite - The Horiyama family fished with us Sunday. The trip started out with 3 or 4 Dolphins giving us a great show on the ride out. They jumped and swam alongside the boat in the crystal clean water. We caught a few fish including a nice fat Gator trout and more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Nice catches! - Last week gave us above average air temps. We truly enjoyed the warm sunshine that gives us the name the Sunshine State. This weeks trips produced large trout on the flats with live shrimp giving the best results. We used small pin fish along the more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Rough weather week - Last week was extremely tough weather wise. We had high winds, plummeting temperatures, Rain and overcast skies. With that said we did fairly well catching Sea Trout and a couple of Redfish. Our clients we fished with were troopers fishing through th more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Winds a Blow'in - WOW what a winding couple of days. This last week has been chilly, but beautiful. The major problem has been the wind. The bite has not been very good on the incoming tide for us. Other fishermen have reported the same results. We have caught a few more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater

Kingfish and Mackerel - The last couple of cold fronts have reduced the water temperatures driving the Kingfish south from their summer feeding area's near the Pan Handle of Florida. We have not yet seen the massive migrations but they will be here any day. There have been more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater