Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Bring it on! Is the weather ever going to get back to normal? That seems to be the question of the year! I know it’s nice when the weather isn’t to hot, but I’m ready for it to get back to normal. Hurricane season is just around the corner more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The full moon and murky water made for poor fishing this past week at a time of year when you would expect the action to be hot. Not the case from most of the anglers and captains I talked to, and certainly not in my own experience. Things should ret more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - What’s biting these days? or what’s not biting may be a better question? It’s that time when everything explodes on the fishing scene. The water temps have suddenly risen and with that new schools of fish have started moving in. The water temps a more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - It's over but just started! It doesn’t get much better!!! Well, that is both the weather and the fishing! We’ve had to do a little more work to catch some of the fish lately because the tides last week weren’t the best. Over all, we managed to cat more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - A week of high winds and cool temperatures made for some tough fishing on Tampa Bay’s Southshore. Water clarity was murky, and water temps dropped a couple of degrees and the bite suffered accordingly. On Tuesday I tried to find some redfish on th more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - If they are swimming they are bitting! Let’s start this with a little some thing different! Not only do you get the chance to have a great day of fishing… but it’s times like this when you just wish it could be every day. Take a look at the firs more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Fishing Report - Wow! We are going to have to rename fishing to catching!!! It has been unbelievable. We’ve caught Snook, Red fish, and Tarpon. Basically, if it swims in the bay, we’ve been able to catch it. I can say one thing… there is a lot of Sha more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Yet another cold front crossed the bay earlier this week and made fishing a tough proposition on Southshore Tampa Bay for a couple of days. I fished for a little while on Monday south of Apollo Beach and found the flats covered with jack crevalles. I more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - Saltwater - Hello everyone, I hope this spring has been treating you well. I know it has been a while since a fishing report; it’s just that I’m so busy this time of year it’s hard to find the time to get everything done. I try to focus most of my energy in ma more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - April started out much like March – lots of wind, cool morning temperatures, and yet another cold front. This should be the last one, and that’s not the only good news for anglers. The kingfish are in, and they are biting. Capt. Bill Jordan, Capt. M more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay