Fishing Reports by Capt. Steven Markovich

Night Snookin - Back under the stars for Captains Steven's favorite brand snook was the plan last night. A small change in gear was on tap as I upped the fluorocarbon leader from 30 to 40 pounds as I have had my share of cutoffs lately. For many of my clients thi more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Birthday Slam plus Tarpon - With Saturdays charter rescheduled Captain Steven decided to spend his Birthday on the water. Today my goal was simple hit all my hot spots in search of Tampa Bay Slam. To achieve the grand slam you need to catch a snook, redfish and trout in the sam more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Rain Delays & Good weekend outlook - Rain Rain go away! I hate starting fishing reports with weather reports but we have been in a wet and windy pattern. Most of my clients are out of state and typical have little room for rescheduling. That was the case for today's late afternoon and e more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Happy 4th - Happy 4th of July anglers. Calm seas welcomed Captain Steven on his 5 mile run to the Skyway Bridge from O'Neill's marina. Running the channel in the dark at 530 is is surreal. My 3D GPS shows the route but not any boats or anything on the water. Lar more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Trout and many more - Rain, rain and more rain was the theme this week causing multiple cancelations. With a promising weather forecast Friday morning arrived with SW winds and no rain. Now this is Florida weather as it should be. The Skyway Bridge was holding bait just a more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Sea Trout 101 - Trout 101 Spotted Sea Trout (Cynoscion nebulosus) is a favorite target for Tampa Bay anglers. Today let's look at the basics of Sea Trout 101. Sea trout are voracious feeders and once found typically won't pass up well placed bait. At 14-16 being more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Trout and waxing tips - Sunday winds had abated making for more comfortable and easier time gather bait at 6 am. With the live well full of big white baits we ran over to the flats adjacent to Ft. Desoto. Spotted sea trout averaging 15 eagerly took white baits and pounced more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Snook in the late afternoon - more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Howling Winds - With winds from the NW gusting to over 25 mph tonight's charter had to be rescheduled. It's always disappointing to cancel but safety is first and foremost. Downtime for Captains allows catch up on all the basics. Spring was very busy at On The Mark more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Seeing snook - Seeing is believing and being a Professional Charter Captain it's critical I do everything to protect my eyes from the suns harmful rays. That and being able to locate fish on the flats is paramount. Being on the water puts us at risk from the suns more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay