Beginning of March Big Reds & Snook
Capt. Jared Simonetti
March 10, 2015
Tampa Bay - Saltwater Fishing Report
Spring Fishing has begun! Bait is finally starting to show up on some flats, and the fishing has been heating up rapidly, just like the weather. The first week of March the Redfish bite in both Tampa Bay and Clearwater has really been consistent with plenty of fat slot and over slot fish just as predicted. Snook fishing has also been improving on a daily basis, and it won't be long till the silver kings and silver bullets will be showing up in our area.
Redfish has been the main targets with the great tides we have been having over the past week. There has been plenty of schools of fish just about on every flat in Pinellas county. Once the fish have been located live shrimp or cut or live pinfish fished under a cork have been producing good results as the fish have been quite hungry lately. On recent charters we have caught fish of all sizes ranging anywhere from 16" to 36". The key to finding these schools of fish is to locate the mullet and the Redfish shouldn't be far behind. I expect the Redfish action to remain consistent for quite some time. Artificial spoons and soft plastic scented jigs will also get the job done for those anglers that don't want to use live bait.
Snook fishing has been improving with each passing day as the water has been slowing warming up, and the bait fish are starting to show back up. On a recent trip we caught multiple slot fish, along with a bunch of other quality Snook. I will start Snook fishing some more in the next few weeks as the fish prepare to leave the canals,creeks, and back county areas they have been holding in for the past couple of months. Live bait will be the key to enticing these fish to feed. Free-lined white bait's did the trick on my last couple Snook trips.
Trout have still been around, but the bite has been slowly get worst each trip as the water warms up and the fish are on the move. Shrimp and jigs fished along the bottom have still been producing limits of trout, but we have been having to work a little bit harder than in the past weeks. Drift fishing has been the most productive way to locate the fish as they have been spread out and not schooled up.
The water has been warming up rapidly, and the fishing is about to really get good. In the next few weeks the bait should show up along the beaches and pass, and the game fish we been right behind. Tarpon and Kingfish should be just around the corner and once the water hits the 70's and stays their. The fishing will be excellent for almost any and all inshore and near shore species in the next couple months.
Tight lines,
Capt. Jared Simonetti
727-831-0111
www.CaptJared.com
Target Species:
Trout, Redfish, Snook
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