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2020-08-04
2:06 PM
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Tarpon Season 5/1-7/31 - Fly fishing for tarpon this season was great and I can't thank everyone enough who joined me and I'm sorry to all those who I missed due to COVID. It was a slow start this year and it seemed like all the fish showed up at once with the great w more...
Capt. Ethan Kiburz - Tampa Bay |
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2020-08-03
6:40 PM
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The Heat of Summer is Upon Us - The crazy snook bite in Northern Pinellas County is starting to wind down. Large fish are still being caught but not nearly in the numbers of a few weeks ago. With that said, double digit snook days were happening right up until August…but smaller more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2020-07-18
10:22 AM
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Snook Bite Remains on Fire - June snook fishing was excellent with numerous trips producing in excess of 20 snook. Although some of these were certainly the smaller males in the 24 to 28 inch class, most trips also had numerous large females sprinkled into the mix as well. Jum more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2020-05-18
12:47 PM
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Action Strong on reds and Big Trout -
After not fishing for the full month of April courtesy of the stay at home orders, fishing captains in Pinellas County are back to catching fish. Recent trips have provided strong action on redfish and sea trout. The large redfish of March seem to more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2020-04-06
4:38 PM
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Inshore Fishing on Fire - Fishing through the end of March was nothing short of exceptional with snapper, kingfish, Spanish mackerel, snook, redfish and seatrout all being a part of the weekly mix of species. The highlights were kingfish within two miles of the beach. Fishi more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2020-02-25
4:35 PM
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Snapper, Redfish and trout fishing all hot - Numerous customers over the last few weeks expressed an interest in catching a fish dinner so, with the primary three inshore species closed, trips were run to near shore hard bottom when weather allowed. Results were quite positive. Mangrove snapper more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2020-02-04
9:50 AM
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Big Numbers of Trout / Small, Scattered Redfish -
January was the expected mix of cold fronts and warming trends. Fortunately, the fronts didn't result in an excessive number of trip cancellations. Trout fishing has been wide open, possibly relating to the fact that these fish cannot be harveste more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2020-01-03
4:51 PM
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Tampa Bay Fly Fishing Report - We have had an incredibly mild winter so far in Florida. A cold front may come through and drop temperatures for a day but then they are back up in the 70's two to three days after which has all species feeding actively by the afternoon. Our big low more...
Capt. Ethan Kiburz - Tampa Bay |
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2020-01-03
11:34 AM
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Seatrout Rule - Large seatrout fishing has remained the primary attraction in St Joseph's Sound. Although many anglers are disappointed that fishing is all catch and release, it has certainly helped sustain the local volume of fish. On a bad day maybe 10 fish will more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2019-12-27
10:31 AM
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December Fishing has been very good - December in Tampa Bay is known for great trout fishing, fun Sheepshead fishing and even the fair-weather Snook, which have moved up into the rivers. Redfish are still milling through the flats, docks and ledges along drop offs. We get a lot of cold f more...
Capt. John Rivers - Tampa Bay |
