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Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida.
Capt. Bob Smith
August 20, 2004
Sarasota - Saltwater Fishing Report
Bay fishing has turned on!!
Bay fishing has turned on this past week! In the last few days, morning trips have turned up a large variety of fish on most of the grassflats and in the passes. Yesterday at about 0700, we started fishing on the Middle-ground grassflats just north of the New Pass channel. We had a light breeze and drifted for about a quarter of a mile with non stop action using only artificial bait, the ¼ oz. D.O.A. shrimp.
We spent the morning fishing the same area catching sea trout, flounder, Spanish mackerel, bluefish, small grouper, ladyfish, and jacks. Cobias are also being found on the grassflats. Pompano and mackerel are being caught in the passes. Snook and redfish are around the docks and snook are also in the surf along the beaches.
There is plenty of white-bait and other types of baitfish in the bay. The baitfish will kick up the action for mackerel or are also good for chumming plus you can’t beat the price. I prefer to use the D.O.A. shrimp or live shrimp to catch a larger variety of fish. For the mackerel, I just move the shrimp faster and then let it sink a bit. This is the strike zone while the shrimp is sinking. For all other fish, I move it very slow along the bottom, periodically adding the three short snaps needed for the D.O.A. shrimp. Live shrimp are small now and don’t last long with the pinfish chewing on them.
It has been mostly mangrove snapper offshore on the bottom at the “M” reefs and live shrimp for bait. Plenty of cuda on top for a good pull.
Enjoy & Protect
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