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Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida.
Capt. Bob Smith
June 4, 2000
Sarasota - Saltwater Fishing Report
Tarpon
Tarpon fishing along the beach is about as good as it gets. We have been able to find plenty of tarpon from Big Pass to Longboat Pass and they are moving slow. They are hard to see sometimes because they have been staying deep, so a good pair of polarized sunglasses is a must. Tarpon will take every thing from cutbait to fly but I think live, fresh caught pinfish and grunts have been working best. Pinfish and grunts will naturally run deep to where the tarpon are feeding. When the tarpon are down, you need to be able to see and follow the subtle dark clouds in the water.
Offshore at M-1 and M-7, we had plenty of action all week with kingfish and large Spanish mackerel on live Threadfin herring. We also had a large variety of sharks to six feet or more. We found plenty of baitfish from the beach out. Further offshore at the Old Barge in 80' of water, we found plenty of small AJ's and some nice schools of permit. We found some jewfish on the bottom and they stayed on the bottom. We also had a first for me. We hooked a 300 pound porpoise that took a hooked AJ at the boat and only lasted a few seconds before he broke the mono leader. I have never seen or heard of this before and may be the results of people hand feeding these wild animals. He stayed around the boat all the time we were there and chased our fish to the boat. Close to the Barge in 80 to 90 feet of water in the Swiss Cheese area, we had reports of dolphin and grouper being caught in good numbers.
I need to add that yesterday (Saturday) was slow offshore on the (M) reefs.
Enjoy and Protect
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