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2020-08-08
11:57 AM
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Good action in Sarasota, despite the heat! - Action was good on the deep grass flats again this week. With no rain, the water temperature has eased up to the upper 80s. The best bite was in fairly deep water, 8′ or so. All of the fish this week were caught on jigs, mostly a red gold sh more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota |
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2020-08-04
2:06 PM
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Tarpon Season 5/1-7/31 - Fly fishing for tarpon this season was great and I can't thank everyone enough who joined me and I'm sorry to all those who I missed due to COVID. It was a slow start this year and it seemed like all the fish showed up at once with the great w more...
Capt. Ethan Kiburz - Tampa Bay |
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2020-08-03
6:40 PM
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The Heat of Summer is Upon Us - The crazy snook bite in Northern Pinellas County is starting to wind down. Large fish are still being caught but not nearly in the numbers of a few weeks ago. With that said, double digit snook days were happening right up until August…but smaller more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2020-08-01
7:42 AM
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Hot bite on the Sarasota flats continues - As has been the case all summer, the fishing remains very good on the deep grass flats in Sarasota Bay. The water close to the passes has been the cleanest, with a fair amount of bait. Casting jigs at first light then switching to live bait mid morni more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota |
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2020-07-29
5:35 PM
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Good Action in Sarasota for a Variety of Species - Fly anglers fishing the coastal gulf with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had some action with tarpon recently. After an extended period of west wind, we finally switched to an east wind pattern for a few days. Justin Hamblett, fr more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota |
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2020-07-28
9:21 AM
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Crystal River Fishing and Scalloping Report - This month we have switched gears to the inshore side of Crystal River. We have been running a lot of scalloping trips which are great for the whole family and the best part is we can even fit some fishing into these trips to give everyone a great e more...
Capt. Louie Argiro - Crystal River |
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2020-07-25
8:12 AM
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Steady action in Sarasota - Fishing was good once again this week for anglers fishing with Capt Jim on Sarasota fishing charters. The deep grass flats in the north bay were best early in the week. Anglers casting jigs and Clouser Minnow flies caught some nice trout along with b more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota |
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2020-07-18
6:40 PM
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Last Call for Nature Coast Tarpon - Welcome to sunny and HOT Florida folks!!! It seems like every July I get asked the same question by traveling anglers visiting the area (and often Florida) for the first time during the summer: How do you handle the heat during the summer time? more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River |
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2020-07-18
12:50 PM
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Trout and snapper action good on the Sarasota flats. - Once again, the action on the deep grass flats continued to please anglers casting jigs and free lining live baits while chumming. The early jig bite improved later in the week as the wind finally turned out of the east. That resulted in more pleasan more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota |
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2020-07-18
10:22 AM
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Snook Bite Remains on Fire - June snook fishing was excellent with numerous trips producing in excess of 20 snook. Although some of these were certainly the smaller males in the 24 to 28 inch class, most trips also had numerous large females sprinkled into the mix as well. Jum more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
