Sarasota Fishing Reports

Snook, jacks, and snapper in Sarasota - The red tide levels are the lowest that they have been for two months. Bait fish are showing up on the flats near the passes. Clients on Sarasota fishing charters did well fishing Robert's Bay and Little Sarasota Bay. Snook, jack crevelle, and man more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Good Night Snook Fly Fishing Action in Sarasota Area - A fly angler fishing with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action catching and releasing snook around dock lights in Sarasota on a trip during the past week. Randy Ritzenhaler and his daughter Elise, from TX, fished a pred more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Red tide subsiding, Capt Jim going on vacation! - As is usually the case when red tide is present, the key to achieving angling success is finding clean water devoid of the pesky algae. Of late, this has been the area south of the Siesta Drive Bridge, down to Blackburn Pt. This stretch is pretty more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Good Night Snook Fly Fishing Action in Sarasota - Capt. Rick Grassett's Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 9/1/2018 As most of you already know, we are having a severe and extensive red tide on Florida's west coast, although it is showing signs of improvement in some areas. Fortunately, the Florida more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

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