Tampa Bay Fishing Report

Capt. TJ Stewart
March 18, 2007
Tampa Bay - Saltwater Fishing Report

Fish on!!!

What a change in more than just the

weather. The fishing has changed big time there are a

lot of fish moving out of the rivers this time of the

year. We have days where they don’t want to eat right

away. But over all I must say we have had some of the

best fishing that I have seen in a long time. It’s

getting to be the time of the year where you better

book those trips now.

We will start with the Snook fish this has had it’s

days where it has been a little slower but it is

fixing to break loose. I do not remember the last time

I saw so many nice fish well I didn’t look back but I

probably said the same thing last year. But there is a

lot of nice fish! We have had some very good days

where we have caught some good numbers of fish. Most

of the fishing that we have been doing has been in and

around the mouths of the rivers. These fish are moving

their way to the bays and are very hungry when they

are doing so. The biggest factor that we have had has

been the water temp if it is much below 70 degrees the

fish don’t want to bite very good. Some of the days

you might have to look around a little for that warmer

water so you can get the big one to bite.

If we have had any trouble catching Snook we have

made up for it with the Red fish. There are some very

big fish starting to show up with this warmer weather.

Sometimes it is a little tough to get to them

without poling a long way and being very quiet. I

think this has been one of the biggest problems with

the Red fish they have been fished for a lot over

the past few years during the Red fish tournaments.

One hundred or more boats fishing in the same area

make the fish spook a little easier. But we have had

no trouble catching a few fish each trip just

sometimes working a little harder at it. I can give

you a little advise be as quiet as you can when

positioning your boat to catch the big one. We had

some great Red fish last week as you can see in the

picture.

Trout have been doing a whole lot of moving around.

One day you will catch a mess of them and the next day

they are gone. But I can say this much the Trout that

we have been catching have had some good size. This

time of the year most of the Trout that we catch are

around the areas where you find the bait in the bay.

You aren’t going to believe the next thing, the

Tarpon have shown up in the bay. I wouldn’t believe it

if I did see it myself. We managed to get out and do a

little Tarpon fishing the other morning with a lot of

success. We managed to hook the first fish within

seconds of throwing the first bait out and were able

to boat this great fish. It was a fish that was about

80 lbs. It was a very nice fish and we did manage to

hook a few more fish that were much bigger. Come visit www.castawaychartersinc.com for pictures.

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