Fishing Reports by Steve Gibson

Sight-fishing the Sound - The wind finally settled and the tide was predicted to be extremely low. So, that meant a trip to Pine Island Sound was in order. The Sound is a great place to look for tailing redfish on a negative low tide. Launched the kayak just befor more...
Steve Gibson - Pine Island Sound

Fall has fish in a feeding frenzy - Fall is my favorite time of year to fish in Florida. Both freshwater and saltwater species seem to be invigorated by the change in water temperature. Over the past week, I've caught a variety of fish. In preparation for the fifth annual Mangrove C more...
Steve Gibson - Sarasota

Slamming in the fall - Flats fishing with Southern Drawl has been good. Slams have been par for the course over the last two weeks while casting the shallows of Bishop Harbor off southern Tampa Bay. The incoming tide has been the key. Topwater action has been good aroun more...
Steve Gibson - Sarasota

Fast fly-fishing action - We've been getting hand-sized bluegill, bass to 2 pounds, shellcracker and channel catfish to 10 pounds on popping bugs, Myakka Minnow and nymphs in Lake Manatee. One outing produced 103 bluegill, five shellcracker and three cats. Good numbe more...
Steve Gibson - Sarasota

Fall fishing is great fishing - Fishing has been good in both fresh and salt water. Lake Manatee has been producing decent bluegill, bass, shellcracker, tilapia, stumpknocker and channel catfish. One trip produced 17 hand-sized bluegill and five bass to 3 pounds on Myak more...
Steve Gibson - Sarasota

Fall action on the increase - Beach snook fishing is winding down. There still are fish out there, but they're not eating real well. Fished Lake Manatee and did good. Arrived before daylight and picked up a nice bass on black popper around the mouth of Gilley Creek. Also caught more...
Steve Gibson - Sarasota

Sight-fishing for snook in the surf - Fishing slowed somewhat during the last week, but we still managed respectable snook catches along the beach. Mostly fly fishing, we landed snook to 31 inches on assorted flies. The top producer, of course, was my D.T. Special (variation). more...
Steve Gibson - Englewood

Beach Snook - Sight-fishing snook in the surf continues to be our main activity. There are some big fish cruising the beaches and providing fun. We've been average six snook per outing. They range in size from 22 to more than 30 inches. The largest we've more...
Steve Gibson - Sarasota

Persistency rewarded - Persistency has been the key to successful fishing over the past week. Fish aren't exactly jumping into the boat. But that's OK. I like those days when you have to work hard for your fish and you're rewarded with quality. That's what happened on more...
Steve Gibson - Sarasota

Baby tarpon action heating up - We've had some excellent action despite hot weather. Easterly breezes and some overcast have made outings quite bearable. The biggest news is that we found a mother lode of baby tarpon. Ken Taylor of North Port fished with me earlier in the week w more...
Steve Gibson - Sarasota