Fishing Reports by Capt. Bob Smith

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Tarpon Tarpon fishing along the beach is about as good as it gets. We have been able to find plenty of tarpon from Big Pass to Longboat Pass and they are moving slow. They are hard to see sometimes because they have been staying deep, so a good more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Kings and more kings May 25, 2000 Sarasota Fla. Fishing Report By Capt. Bob Smith Almost the end of May and the wind and high pressure are still with us making the fishing drag. The only consistent fish has been the king mack more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Looking for Tarpon May 7, 2000 Sarasota Fla. Fishing Report By Capt. Bob Smith This was my week to start looking for Tarpon, but I found not one tarpon! We ran along the beach from New Pass to the Venice Jetty's about 15 miles south of New more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Grouper Digging April 23, 2000 Sarasota Fla. Fishing Report By Capt. Bob Smith It was grouper digging time for those who ran offshore to 70'to 80' depths or more. Good catches of red grouper up to 15 pounds with a few gags mixed in were th more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Gulf is Hot Offshore is where most of the fast action has been. Kingfish, Barracuda, little tunny, grouper, snapper and there are large schools of baitfish everywhere. M-7 has been hot for the kings and live shrimp or baitfish has worked we more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - A good variety of fish March 24, 2000 Sarasota Fla. Fishing Report By Capt. Bob Smith A good variety of fish has been caught this past week but you had to work for them! Kingfish have been best on deep trolling with spoons and using a plai more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - King Mackerel King Mackerel have been hot for the last two weeks averaging 10-12 pounds. Most were less than 20 pounds. The kings started ten miles north of New Pass in 42' of water and moved south to the Ice Box area after the front passed. Fr more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Swiss Cheese Spanish mackerel have invaded the inshore waters! Along the beaches and in the passes, the mackerel have come to feed on the large schools of glass-minnows. Live shrimp, spoons and jigs have worked well all week. A few nice co more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Sarasota Fla. Report 02/20/00 Grouper, snapper and flounder in 40 to 60 feet of water have been our mainstay. The artificial (M) reefs and natural ledges have been holding a large variety of fish. Large live shrimp used on the bottom has produc more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - This is the time to get the most out of your bottom recorder. Although we have had some very good catches of snapper and grouper offshore, they are moving around. We have been finding schools of individual species in open water as they move aro more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota