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Saltwater Fishing Report for Sarasota, Florida.
Capt. Bob Smith
June 18, 2000
Sarasota - Saltwater Fishing Report
Working Hard
No matter where you fished this past week, you had to work hard to get your fish. Offshore we had Spanish mackerel, king mackerel, little tunny, sharks and barracuda and we also had three and four foot seas. Some days only spoons worked and other days it was only live bait. The herring could also be difficult to catch offshore. It was best to catch the bait along the beach in 18-20 feet of water before going offshore, even though you may not have needed it that day. Artificial reef M-7 was hot this week and drifting or trolling was the best method but hard to do over the weekend with all the anchored boats.
Tarpon fishing was difficult also because the S. E. wind kept the beach choppy so it was hard to see the tarpon. Some nice tarpon were jumped but we were never sure what bait they would take or how they wanted it presented. Tarpon are starting to move into the bay and we have jumped them while fishing for snapper and trout with live shrimp. That does not last long on eight or twelve pound test line.
On the bay, we caught some nice fish but it was not consistent. We could catch all our good fish in one hour out of the four hours and never be sure which hour that would be. Using live shrimp for bait, we found snook, flounder, snapper, black drum and big jacks around the docks, passes, bridges and beach areas. We found large trout and some Spanish mackerel on the grass flats. The bay reefs are holding some nice gag grouper, black seabass, snapper and flounder. For keeper size grouper you need heavier tackle, live pinfish and much more patience.
Enjoy and Protect
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