Fishing Reports by Capt. Fred Everson

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Red Tide is presenting some challenges on the lower end of Tampa Bay. Capt. Mark Thomas said that he was able to find bait easily on the range markers in the middle of the bay yesterday, but that most of it died soon as it hit the surface. It didn’ more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - In 10 years of guiding on Tampa Bay I can’t remember a tougher year for weather. It went from windy and cold, to windy and wet. That said, there have been some bright spots. It has been and continues to be a banner year for snook, but given the in more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Fishing on the Southshore flats of Tampa Bay still seems to be lagging about a month behind. A month ago water temperature was in the low 70’s and the action was hit and miss. It’s been a lot more predictable through most of May, but tarpon and cob more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report for May 18 This is Tampa Bay fishing as good as it gets. The variety of fish available is never greater than it is this month. Even though snook fishing is a catch and release affair until September, the bite h more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report for May 6, 2005 Water temperature finally shot up to 78 degrees and that’s turned the fishing up a notch. We are getting reports of large schools of redfish on the Southshore flats, and they have been feeding. more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - That should do it for cold fronts this spring. If not, it’s time to head further south. Weather aside, fishing was quite good last week – sometimes. I had two trips – one was a bust, and the other nearly so. The first four hours of my day on Mond more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Cold fronts and wind continue to make fishing in April feel a lot like March. Water temperature continues to fluctuate, and that’s made for a slower bite than what you might expect for this month. The good news is there are plenty of fish in the b more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Just when the snook were turning on, yet another cold front passed over Tampa Bay last night. Up to that point the fishing had been pretty good. The snook bite was hotter than a firecracker for a few days. All the charter captains fishing out of S more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Just when you thought winter was over, here comes another cold front to scatter the bait and drop the water temperature. The forecast for today was a high of 70 degrees, but as I write this at the bait shop in my winter jacket, that hardly seems lik more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The action picked up on the Southshore flats last week as water temps rose and snook turned on. Captains Mark Thomas, Danny Guarino, Chet Jennings, Nick Winger and Jon Turner all reported a hot snook bite mid week on live bait. The other good news more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay