Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida.
Capt. Bob Smith
June 11, 2000
Sarasota - Saltwater Fishing Report
The shark wins one.
If you did not mind a little rock and roll, Artificial reef M-1 had plenty of action all week. Large Spanish mackerel and small king mackerel stayed on the bite all week long. Trolling small spoons worked best unless you could find some smaller live bait to free-line. The Threadfin herring have been a little large for the mackerel but just right for the numerous sharks and barracuda. Night fishing for large sharks has been very good. Capt. Brian Martel who charters night fishing for big sharks from his 45' sport fisherman, the Midnight Sun, was pulled overboard by one the other night but returned safely back on board with his Penn International in tow.
Tarpon fishing has been OK along the beach. Early starts have not been necessary and we have been able to find them throughout the day. A few schools of tarpon have also been found on the bay. Due to the cloudy water, blind fishing and sight fishing are both working with live bait.
On the bay, we have seen plenty of large snook and jacks around the docks and bridges. The Passes have started to turn up some mackerel and pompano. We have been getting seatrout on the grass flats but most are small. You can find some keeper size gag grouper on some of the bay's artificial reefs, but you need to use live pinfish and at least twenty pound test line to pull them out of the structure. Black sea bass, mangrove snapper and flounder have also been filling in and are taking live shrimp.
Enjoy and Protect
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