Fishing Reports by Capt. Steven Markovich

Tampa Bay Grand Slam - Tuesday was much improved from the last few days. I changed gears and traveled to the Ruskin / Apollo Beach areas. Today's angler Ricky from Boston had 4 snook on his first four casts. Fly lining small white baits worked best, bigger baits were left more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Tuff Saturday - Saturday's trip started in the dark of early morning running the narrow channel from O'Neill's Marina to the flats adjacent to the Skyway Bridge. The area has been loaded with bait for months. White baits and pinfish are easily attracted by chumming. more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Summer returns to Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay is hot! Both the weather and the fishing action. Wednesday morning on the was hot and humid; the only thing hotter was the Bonita action. Most Captains have a circle of other Captains whom they share information with. It's this type of net more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

It's all good - Late summer heat resumed on Tampa Bay with temps in the upper 80's with our next cool front not scheduled to arrive until next weekend. We continue to lose 1-2 minutes of sunlight which allows Tampa Bay waters to slowly cool. Water temperatures can h more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Slam - Saturday we ran another ¾ day charter with Snook, Redfish and Trout our main targets. With Tony from Mercedes Benz back on board I knew it would be a fun filled trip. Gathering bait Saturday morning was about as simple as it gets. Two tosses of the n more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Nasty Bull Shark - Tampa Bay mornings start later and later these days with the sun not arriving till 7 am. Gathering bait starts at 6:45 unless you want to chum and throw your net in the dark. This morning's snook and redfish trip required 300 or so scaled sardines. T more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Snook Day & Night - Night time continues to be the right time for snook. The snook bite after dark has been super all summer long with most trips being very productive. At the end of the day its still fishing and not all trips go as planned. Last night went as planned, more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Snook Snook and more Snook - Saturday's snook action was outstanding. Most every bait was attacked or inhaled within a minute. Snook can be a challenge to locate, and then getting them to chew is another challenge. We gathered bait just as it got light; chumming on the flats req more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Chum Snook to a boil! - Sunday the bite only got better on Tampa Bay's eastern shores. Bait once again was stupid! Imagine white baits covering 100's of feet dimpling on the surface. Even a poor toss of the cast net will get all the bait you will need. My one toss was good more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Late Summer Slam - Saturday ended up as one of those great days. Captain Steven was on the water from 6 am until dark, sunset was gorgeous on Tampa Bay. Summer is lingering on with water temperatures at 83 degrees but as we lose one or two minutes of daylight per day t more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay