Fishing Reports by Capt. Fred Everson

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Shell Point Bait and Tackle Fishing Report April turned out to be a funny month, leaving many professional fishermen shaking their heads in wonder. After a pretty good snook bite in March, a series of cold fronts in April slowed snook catching to more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report from Shell Point Bait and Tackle in Ruskin FL April 24, 2003 Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report from Shell Point Bait and Tackle in Ruskin FL April 24, 2003 Say hurrah to the passing of the last cold front; more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Fishing Report From Shell Point Bait and Tackle in Ruskin As we plod into the second week of April, the weather we experienced in March is starting to look pretty good. Yet another cold front passed through Tampa Bay yesterday, and it dropped wa more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report The good news this week is that the snook have been biting on the Southshore of Tampa Bay. And it gets even better, because the bait is here in the bay, it’s been good sized, plentiful, and easy to catch more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report March 07 March is here and that means that the prospects for another freeze are mercifully over. This was the toughest winter I’ve yet seen on Tampa Bay but all it took was a few warm days for local fishing t more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report for February 27 Cold fronts, wind and rain continue to dampen late winter fishing prospects, but the good news is that the end is in sight. Every time the sun came out in the past two weeks, the bite tur more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report from Shell Point Bait and Tackle in Ruskin FL February 17, 2003 Spring finally arrived Saturday and the parking lot at the bait shop made the transition from ghost town to carnival in a heartbeat. As the air more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report It would appear that the peril is over for snook, and despite a cold-water situation that could have devastated this remarkable species, the fish proved a lot more resilient than ever thought possible. With wat more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report The fishing report for the past few weeks could have been written in very few words, and “We slayed ‘em again!” ain’t what I had in mind. I did read such a report from south of Tampa Bay last week and co more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Southshore Tampa Bay Fishing Report Inshore fishing continues to be a late afternoon proposition as water temperatures hover around the 60-degree mark. Even the sheepshead bite was slow for my last trip of the year on December 30. We mana more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay