Sarasota Fishing Report Capt Jim Klopfer 4/21/2012
Capt. Jim Klopfer
April 21, 2012
Sarasota - Saltwater Fishing Report
Fishing was very good once again this week on a variety of species. Speckled trout in the slot, Spanish mackerel, ladyfish, flounder, sharks, flounder, sea bass, and flounder were caught on the deep flats on the north end of siesta Key on jigs, shrimp, and pilchards. Snook to 28", redfish, jacks to 8 pounds, and mangrove snapper to 14" were caught along docks and mangrove shorelines in Robert's Bay.
Paul Brunelle from Sarasota took his 10 year old son Jay out for a birthday present. It was breezy, but they caught several nice trout to 18", Spanish mackerel, ladyfish, and jacks on live shrimp. Jay finished up the trip with a 3 foot bonnethead shark, happy birthday!
Bob Kozuch from Venice, FL took out his son Scott who was visiting from Coventry, CT on Tuesday. The started of catching silver trout at Marker # 5 on gold D.O.A. Cal jigs. A move to the deep channel edges resulted in a par of fat 18" speckled trout along with another keeper fish on shrimp. I netted up some bait and we finished up catching snook to 24" and jacks to 8 pounds in Robert's Bay.
Cathy and Bruce Goodwin from Keego Harbor, MI had an excellent trip on Wednesday! They caught 8 slot trout on live shrimp and pilchards, along with several Spanish mackerel and a flounder on the grass flats near Big Pass. A move to Siesta key resulted in a snook, a snapper, and a pair of jack crevelle to 8 pounds.
On Friday morning David Sandrew from Westport CT took out his 2 boys Shane (5) and Simon (9). Just a couple minutes in, Shane hooked a big fish, which turned out to be a 3' bonnethead shark which the boys "double teamed" to land. Dave caught a nice 21" trout and in all they landed a half dozen in the slot along with two Spanish mackerel and a 16" flounder. I caught some bait and we finished up with a couple of nice jacks, two snappers, and a snook. Total number of species for the four hour trip; thirteen. Stormy weather shut down fishing over the weekend.
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