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Tampa Bay, Tarpon Springs, Clearwater & St. Petersburg

Capt. Clay Eavenson
December 17, 2007
Tarpon Springs - Saltwater Fishing Report

All Day Action - Tarpon Springs

It

was Tom's Birthday (bottom left) and he and his buddies decided that

they wanted to go do some fishing. So we set up an all day fishing

charter out of Tarpon Springs. They were all from just outside of

Orlando and we could have fished closer to their home but I told Tom

that I was on some pretty good fish in Tarpon Springs and if he

wanted to catch as many fish as possible, that would be the place to

go right now. He was game.

 

So I picked up Tom and his

buddies at 8am and we headed to Anclote Key to get some trout. I had

bought a lot of shrimp and the plan was to try them fished under a

pooping cork. We got a couple of trout but the pinfish chewed up

nearly $40 worth of shrimp. So for revenge, I threw the cast net and

loaded the well with pinfish.

 

The tide had finally come in

enough for me to go hit some redfish spots in New Port Richey so

with a full live well, off we went. It took me a little while to

find some fish for these guys on the first stop but we finally did

manage a couple of keepers. The tide was ripping in good and I had

an idea the bite at another spot North of us should be going off. We

headed up there and it wasn't long before we had our limit of

redfish and a couple more keeper trout.

 

I lost track of how many fish

we caught but it was a lot. The guys caught plenty of keeper redfish

and trout and they fought some nice sized jacks for fun as well. The

action was pretty steady all day long. The key again was pinfish

fished under a cork. I probably won't buy shrimp again for a long

time as our pinfish population is just out of control and they will

just eat them all before a game fish gets to the bait. The highest

concentration of fish were close to some oyster bars but on on the

bars themselves. They seemed to be hanging 20-30 yards off of the

bars in potholes.  We just had a cold front come through over

the weekend so it will be interesting to see how that effects the

fishing this week.

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Tampa Bay Area Fishing Guide, Capt. Clay Eavenson, specializes in Light Tackle, Inshore, Fishing Charters for Snook, Redfish, Trout, Tarpon, and More! He guides on the inshore waters of Tampa Bay, Clearwater, Tarpon Springs, St. Petersburg, and everywhere in between. Every time that you go on a Tampa Bay area fishing charter with Capt. Clay as your fishing guide, you will be provided with the use of the best boats, top shelf fishing gear, and the opportunity to have a trip of a lifetime.

Contact Info:

Capt. Clay Fishing Charters
7935 Grasmere Dr.
Land O Lakes, FL 34637
Phone: 813-300-2147
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