Fishing Reports by Capt. Steven Markovich

Post Front action Tampa Bay - The cold front blew through Friday and greeted us Sunday morning with chilly 52 degree air temps and a stiff North breeze 15-20 mph. The baits still thick on local bridges but 3' waves made it challenging to say the least. Good news local grass flats more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Snook Blitz lower Tampa Bay - With continued warm weather and higher than normal water temperatures lower Tampa Bay's snook action continues red hot. My mornings started by running to local bridges for bait. White baits very abundant and easy to gather. With strong outgoing mor more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Snook Redfish Tampa Bay - Dena and Megan joined me for a 4 hour inshore charter Sunday. Today's goal was to keep rods bent and fill the cooler with fresh filets. The key to spring trips on lower Tampa Bay is a full live well of white bait. While white bait is a great bait it' more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Monster Redfish Tampa Bay - Another week another cold front played havoc on Tampa Bay. Water temperatures hit 70 only to drop to 64 for the 3rd time in as many weeks. Needless to say I was not overly optimistic for Mondays inshore fishing charter. We started the day chasin more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Grand Slam Tampa Bay - Today I had the pleasure of taking part in the USF Fishing tournament. The Grand Slam event target the largest Snook, Redfish and Trout. We started the day from Hula Bay in Tampa and made our way to Weedon Island. Our first stop was targeting r more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Non stop action Tampa Bay - Recent afternoon storms on Lower Tampa bay have cooled waters to 83 degrees. Cool being the key word as afternoon water temperatures have soared into the upper 80's. Before picking up today's clients I made a short run to gather bait. 5 minutes of ch more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Snook Tampa Bay - The big snook bonanza on lower Tampa Bay continues. Jeff and son Jameson were onboard for a 6 hour charter and unlike their last trip the weather was beautiful. With a live well full of lively white baits onboard we departed O'Neill's Marina with hig more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Big Snook Tampa Bay - Snook and more snook has been the feature attraction the last 3 weeks. Tampa Bay snook are back in a big way with juvenile and mature beasts chewing the bottom out of the boat. A live well full of frisky white bait is critical. I like to have 500 or more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Beach Snook Action Tampa Bay - Sundays plan was simple, load the live well with whitebaits before sunrise, pick up clients, catch snook. Bait was resistively easy after a few minutes of chumming and several tosses from my 10' cast net. My first toss resulted in 2 manta rays…. not more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

TAMCO Wounded Warriors Grand Slams Tampa Bay - Snook, Redfish and Sea Trout were our targeted species for the TAMCO Wounded Warriors Tournament. I had the distinct pleasure of having 3 wounded warriors onboard and enjoyed every second of the day. We departed the Tampa West Shore Yacht Club at 9 a more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay