Fishing Reports by Capt. Woody Gore

Plenty of Hungry Trout Today 01/24/09 - They're were back in full swing today and eating live shrimp. Ran out of Clearwater north almost to Anclote Key and fished the outer island flats. On the incoming tide we anchored off the deep end and when the tide got going good so did the fish. We more...
Capt. Woody Gore - Tampa Bay

They Started Eating Again 01/23/09 - Thank goodness the temperature started climbing back to near normal. Today was not as cold as yesterday but still chilly. Although the temperature was 45 degrees we bundled up an headed north toward Caladesi Island around 8 AM looking for a some trou more...
Capt. Woody Gore - Tampa Bay

Too Cold & Too Much High Pressure - 27 Degrees in Plant City January 22, 2009 I thought it was cold yesterday, but this morning when I left home for the boat ramp it was really bad. Launched the boat in Clearwater and headed out with live shrimp we purchased from The Complete Angler more...
Capt. Woody Gore - Tampa Bay

Cold and Windy Fishing - Cold – Windy - Fishing It was cold on the water today. I don't think the temperatures got over 55 all day. The wind was a little tough but not too bad. We fished docks inside residential canals with MirrOlure's suspending MirrOdine and gulp jerk sh more...
Capt. Woody Gore - Tampa Bay

Fishing the River - Fished the Hillsborough River and Palm River and caught several nice fish. Two Redfish and five smaller snook. We took the snook on shrimp pitched around the rip-rap and docks and the reds came on jerk shads. We also had plenty of jacks and lady fish more...
Capt. Woody Gore - Tampa Bay

Weatherman Said Don't Go! - Checked the weather forecast for today and the weatherman indicated an approaching cold front with 15-25 knot winds, rain and overcast skies. We guess what as usual they were wrong. Went ahead and had my clients meet me at the ramp around 10 AM to ta more...
Capt. Woody Gore - Tampa Bay

Cold Winter Morning Trout - Shot over to Clearwater yesterday for some more Trout fishing. You can say what you want about trout but during the winter when other species are quiet you can usually depend on Sea Trout to make your day. Today we use the MirrOlure Twitch bait over more...
Capt. Woody Gore - Tampa Bay

Cold Redfish Morning - We fished the south end of Tampa Bay looking for a few redfish. I ran early to the Skyway to pickup a few greenbacks and it was the easiest bait getting I've done in a long time. Pulled up under the bridge, tied off to a piling, tossed a handful of j more...
Capt. Woody Gore - Tampa Bay

Cold Front Makes Them Eat - Ran a trip yesterday out of Clearwater and it started out great, the winds where calm to 5 mph and the fish where eating every shrimp that hit the water. After an hour and a half of steady catching the weather began changing, the winds picked up and more...
Capt. Woody Gore - Tampa Bay

Cold Front Fishing Stll Ok - This impending cold front slowed the bite down a bit early but after the tide got moving it really picked up. We had a good trout day with most caught on artificial lures worked slowly along the bottom. We drift fished several flats in 2-5 feet of wa more...
Capt. Woody Gore - Tampa Bay