Sarasota Fishing Reports

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Mackerel & Cobia King mackerel and Spanish mackerel still hitting hard along the beaches! Cobia are also doing well on most of the rock piles! Sharks and large barracuda are feeding on the mackerel. Little tunny are also mixing in. For more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Now is the time! It is a great time to go fishing! King mackerel, Spanish mackerel, Little Tunny, Sharks and some keeper size Mangrove Snapper are just off the beach in 20' to 30' of water. You can also add an occasional Cobia and Gag to the more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Fish close for Kings! The Kings are still running along the beaches. That does not mean that they are not running offshore as well. Why run over fish to catch fish? The action seems to drop off about 9:00 AM but you can still pick a fish here a more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Now is the time! If ever there was a good time to fishing, it's now! Things have been very hot along the beaches and the best area has been about two to three miles offshore. Kingfish, Spanish mackerel, Little Tunny, Barracuda, Cobia and more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Better Fishing It has been a few weeks between reports but a rubber stamp would have done it for me. The trout fishing is picking op on most of the grass flats. Along with the trout, we found some cobia, bluefish, mackerel and pompano. We l more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Sounds like fish Snook, redfish, pompano, sea trout, bluefish, mackerel, snapper and gags are all being caught on the bay and just offshore. This sounds great if I would just leave it there but most of the trout, snapper and gags have been sh more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Summer Snapper, Inshore During the summer, you can find plenty of keeper size snapper on the bay and larger snapper as you move offshore. Inshore snapper fishing usually peeks in September. You can find them around most structures and along more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - First Light, Last Light For now, sea trout, redfish, bluefish, snook and snapper have the front row on the Bay and along the beaches. Trout are the most plentiful on numerous grass-flats and feeding well on live shrimp, pilchards and small pigfi more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Jumping Barracuda July ended on a good note for both offshore and inshore anglers. My daughter, Cherie and I spent Tuesday jumping barracuda on the artificial reef M-7. On Reef M-3, using 12 pound test line and live Threadfin herring that we more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota

Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida. - Permit & Redfish Things have started to look better on the Bay. The last couple of days we spent most of our time fishing the harbor entrances and basins on the west side of the Bay. Using the small live shrimp that are now the only size off more...
Capt. Bob Smith - Sarasota