Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Hot Trout Bite - Tampa Bays trout bite remains Hot! Tuesday we found more than half of our winter trout holes were holding many fish. Once again no bait was needed as soft plastic jigs like the DOA shrimp in white and root beer colors along with my favorite the MirrO more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Cold Fronts Rule November - Water temperature in the Gulf has dropped into the low 70s and that's a magic number. It usually triggers some fine fall fishing. Cold weather might make it less than comfortable, but the fishing usually gets pretty good when the wind lies down. Unfo more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Little Manatee Holding Fish! - During recent trips up the Little Manatee River, we managed to catch everything ,but the kitchen sink. A combination of Water temperatures in the sixties and variations in pressure, can mean a slow day of fishing. But the more...
Capt. Sean Hagen - Tampa Bay

Cold Weather Brings Hot Fishing - Fishing this past week was great for redfish, trout, and snook, in North Tampa Bay and along the Nature Coast. The weather finally got chilly last Saturday. A cold front came through and ended our unseasonably warm weather. We also had super low tide more...
Capt. Nick Angelo - Tampa Bay

Need A Bigger Boat For Tampa Bay! - The colder weather hasn't slowed the fishing down! We did, however, change how we were fishing as well as the areas we were fishing in. This time of year the fish do a lot of moving, and at times they can be tough to catch. Last week we were abl more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Good Fishing Between Cold Fronts - The fishing has been good inbetween cold fronts. On a recent trip during a local tourment, Capt. Jeremy Heimes of Day Away Charters and myself managed to get on some pretty decent fish. We had good luck landing upper slot size reds more...
Capt. Sean Hagen - Tampa Bay

Slow Fishing Behind Cold Fronts - Fair weather made for some great fishing this past week, but the catching wasn't all that hot. I tried redfish and snook on the flats between Apollo Beach and Big Pass, and we caught a few fish, but worked for each and every one. Mike Strickland cau more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Low Tide Fishing - The weather was much better this week, cooler but with less wind. A drop in water temperature and lack of rain has improved water clarity, but it's still a little murky for this time of year. Despite that, the bait was still on the flats, and it was more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Redfish and Trout on Fly - Tampa Bay and The Nature Coast Fishing for trout and redfish along Florida's Nature Coast has been great this past week. We carried only fly rods and left the spinning rods at the dock. The sight fishing for reds has been spot-on, when the tide is more...
Capt. Nick Angelo - Tampa Bay

Sook Of The Season Caught In Tampa Bay! - Last week the temperature dropped about 20 degrees to 30 degrees and the water temperature decreased right along with it. Because of the change in temperature, we had a couple of slow fishing days last week. The water temperature went form 75 degre more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay