Morning tides best for action in Sarasota
Capt. Jim Klopfer
June 5, 2011
Sarasota - Saltwater Fishing Report
Fishing has been steady this week on a wide variety of species using artificial lures, flies, and live bait. The most consistent action continues to be the flats near both passes on the morning, incoming tide.
Local Sarasota resident Nick Frederick took out his son Nick who was visiting from Arizona. Nick Jr is a dedicated fly caster and was rewarded with speckled trout, a nice Spanish mackerel, ladyfish, and sea bass on chartreuse Clouser Minnows. His dad caught trout, ladies, and a mackerel on Cotee jigs and Rapala X-Raps. Big Pass, the Yacht Club Channel, Marker #5, and Stephen's Pt. all produced fish.
On Friday A client took out his 6 year old son, who caught a ton of ladyfish and small trout near the Twin Bridges on live shrimp. He also landed a nice pompano and lost another on a gold Cotee jig.
Saturday's charter was all about variety. Mike Perkins from Indiana took out his father-in-law Kim for a morning of fishing. Free lined live shrimp fooled speckled trout to 18", Spanish to 3 lbs, bluefish, ladyfish, flounder, jack crevelle, silver trout, sea bass and grunts near the Ringling Bridge.
On Sunday morning newlyweds Emily and Shawn Adkinson from Lexington, Ky. went fishing with me, great way to begin a marriage! We caught a lot of small trout with one nice 17" fish, 3 Spanish mackerel to 3 lbs, ladyfish, jacks, and sea bass at Marker #5 and the Bird Key flats on live shrimp. We finished up the morning with Emily catching a 3 lb jack, Shawn a small snook, and both of them several small mangrove snappers in Phillippi Creek.
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