Sarasota Fishing Reports

Angling success in Sarasota despite red tide - Weekly Sarasota fishing report Angling success this week required me to keep moving on my Sarasota fishing charters. Red tide has crept into Sarasota Bay. The key to catching fish is to find good water. The best water and spots this week were more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Good Sarasota fishing, despite some spotty red tide. - Clients on Sarasota fishing charters had success this week, despite the emergence of red tide. The key was to find unaffected areas. The middle of Sarasota Bay from the Moorings to Long Bar was clean and held fish. Speckled trout, bluefish, ladyfish, more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Speckled trout and snook are best Sarasota options. - Weather was an issue for clients on Sarasota fishing charters this week. The wind switched to the southwest, which brings morning storms instead of the normal afternoon rains. I did not get out until Wednesday, to find conditions a bit challenging. T more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Good Night Snook Fly Fishing Action in Sarasota on ICW Docks - Anglers fishing with me recently, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action with snook, trout and a juvenile tarpon on dock lights before daylight and trout to 4-1/2 lbs, bluefish, Spanish mackerel and a cobia on deep grass flat more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Great trout bite in Sarasota! - Anglers had success on my Sarasota fishing charters this week. Tides were favorable and the deep grass flats throughout the area were quite productive. The speckled trout bite was very good, with happy clients landing quite a few fish in the 15 to 2 more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Good Tarpon Fly Fishing Action in Sarasota - Fly anglers fishing with me recently, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action with tarpon in the coastal gulf in Sarasota. We had multiple shots at tarpon and several hookups. My friend Steve Gibson, of Southern Drawl Kayak Fi more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Nice snook surprises Sarasota angler! - Well, even after 27 years of guiding, I still see new things. I had a first for me on a charter, a client caught an over-slot snook in 6' of water trout fishing an open flat. Go figure. On to normal action...... Fishing was steady once again on more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Steady bite in Sarasota on the deep grass flats - Families with children were once again my clients on my Sarasota fishing charters the last two weeks. Anglers used a variety of techniques to fool quite a few different species. Live shrimp under a popping cork, chumming with baitfish, and casting ji more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Good Tarpon Action in Sarasota Despite Tough Conditions - Anglers fishing with me recently, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action catching and releasing tarpon on live crabs in the coastal gulf in Sarasota and trout on DOA Lures in Sarasota Bay. Denis Clohisy, from WI, a more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Summertime family fishing in Sarasota - It is mid-June and for me that means a lot of family fishing as the kids up north are getting out of school for the summer. On these types of trips, action and variety are the goals. Fishing the deep grass flats accomplishes that! Speckled trout, S more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota