Fishing Reports by Capt. Jim Klopfer

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim Klopfer 12/6/2014 - I experienced another productive and diverse week of guiding this week, both in salt, brackish, and fresh water. I fished Sarasota Bay, the Myakka River, and Lake Manatee; I was all over the place! Spanish mackerel, bluefish, pompano, speckled trou more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim Klopfer 11/29/2014 - Weather was once again the story, particularly early in the week. It was foggy on Monday, then a front moved through Tuesday morning with a lot of thunderstorms, and it was cool and windy on Wednesday. Thursday was Thanksgiving and I was back at it more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim klopfer 11/22/2014 - front moved through on Monday evening, which dropped the water temperature in Sarasota Bay into the mid 50s. I ran two saltwater charters, both towards the end of the week. Ladyfish were plentiful and kept the rods bent and anglers smiling. Trout, more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota Fishing Report Capt Jim klopfer 11/16/2014 - I experienced another week of productive, diverse, and best of all, FUN fishing! I fished Sarasota Bay and the inshore Gulf of Mexico early and late in the week and sandwiched in between I did some freshwater fishing. Bluefish, ladyfish, speckled t more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota Fishing Report Capt Jim klopfer 11/9/2014 - This week illustrated the wide diversity of angling opportunities available to clients visiting the Sarasota area. The deep grass flats throughout the area, particularly those near the passes, are holding good numbers of speckled trout, though a lot more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota Fishing Report Capt Jim klopfer 11/2/2014 - Action continues to be steady on a wide variety of species, although most of the fish have been of moderate size, on the deep grass flats near Big Pass and in the pass itself. Bass Assassin jigs and live shrimp accounted for pompano, speckled trout, more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota Fishing Report Capt Jim klopfer 10/25/2014 - Action is steady on the deep flats for a variety of species, though most of the speckled trout have been small. A few nice Spanish mackerel are being caught, along with ladyfish, jacks, and other species. Strong northeast winds forced us to concent more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim Klopfer 10/18/2014 - Fishing was decent this week, better earlier in the week before a front moved through. Speckled trout, Spanish mackerel, gag grouper, jack crevelle, mangrove snapper, flounder, black sea bass, ladyfish, and sharks were landed by clients using live p more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota fishing report Capt Jim Klopfer 10/11/2014 - I was on vacation for several weeks, it was fun, but nice to be back. Despite a bunch of rain, action was good throughout the area. The deep flats, the passes, and backwaters produced snook, speckled trout, bluefish, Spanish mackerel, jack crevelle more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota

Sarasota Fishing report Capt Jim klopfer 9/18/2014 - Fishing Continues to be good on the deep flats near the passes. Radio tower and Middlegrounds produced best for me this week. Cooling temps seem to have resulted in an increase in Spanish mackerel, the bite has been good along with mangrove snapper more...
Capt. Jim Klopfer - Sarasota