Fishing Reports by Capt. Rick Grassett

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 12/12 through 12/18/2004 A strong front pushed through our area on Monday evening forcing the postponement of Tuesday’s flats and night snook trips. Strong winds and lows in the low 40’s dropped water temperatures f more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota & Charlotte Harbor, FL Fishing Report for 12/5 through 12/11/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had good action during the past week on deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay with bluefish and catch and release trout. The shallow grass flats more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 11/28 through 12/4/2004 Fly anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict caught and released snook, redfish, trout, bluefish and ladyfish during the past week. Anglers using spinning tackle had a great day with bluefish and pomp more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Southwest FL Fishing Report for 11/15 through 11/27/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had steady action on deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay during the past couple of weeks. Fly anglers scored with Clouser flies and spin anglers connected with j more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota & Charlotte Harbor, FL Fishing Report for 11/7 through 11/14/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had good action with reds, snook and trout during the past week, particularly early in the week. Fly anglers scored with reds and snook on t more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 11/1 through 11/6/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had good action during the past week with a variety of fish. Redfish, bluefish, Spanish mackerel, catch and release trout, pompano and sheepshead were all caugh more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 10/18 through 10/31/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict have had good action on the flats of Sarasota Bay during the past couple of weeks. Both fly and spin anglers have scored with reds and snook on the shallow fl more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Southwest FL Fishing Report for 10/4 through 10/17/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had good action with reds, snook, trout, Spanish mackerel and bluefish during the past couple of weeks. In addition, a couple of tarpon were jumped. The coasta more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota & Venice, FL Fishing Report for 9/26 through 10/3/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had decent action with reds and trout in Sarasota Bay. The best action was with snook at night on an incoming tide in the ICW near Venice. The water qu more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Southwest FL & Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report for 9/13 through 9/26/2004 Here we go again! Hurricane Jeanne is bearing down on Sarasota as I write this report. I spent Saturday through Thursday of the past week visiting family in Delaware and was a more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota