Fishing Reports by Capt. Steven Markovich

Take a kid fishing - Friday's charter started at sunrise chumming white baits on a lush 4-5' grass flat. Loading up with scaled sardines 3-4 for both fishing and chumming and jumbo baits 5-6 for cut bait is essential. Chum chum and chum some more I did for 90 minutes! more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Sight fishing tools - Seeing is believing on Tampa Bay's inshore waters and flats. Observe most any Professional Charter Captain and you will see they all have one thing in common. They are all wearing a quality pair of polarized sunglasses. We may argue about which brand more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Redfish charters Tampa Bay - The Redfish bite on lower Tampa Bay is very perplexing to say the least. The last several weeks Captain Steven has been red hot, ok and slow. It's no secret we have several schools of large 30 plus redfish in lower Tampa Bay. You will also find seve more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Snook Redfish Trout Grand Slam - Captain Steven was thrilled to participate in the Hooked on Education fishing tournament Friday. Fishing for snook redfish and trout on the flats of Tampa Bay while raising funds for a great cause doesn't get any better. We splashed the Pathfinder B more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Fishing Florida TV - Thursday I had the pleasure of filming a new TV show Fishing Florida. Originally we were scheduled to film last month but Mother Nature made quick work of that. Bait was a challenge, the Skyway Bridge was very rough making tossing a cast net very dif more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Flats Fishing Tampa Bay - Flats' fishing on Tampa Bay is in full swing. Snook, Redfish and Trout make up the Big 3 or Grand Slam on Tampa Bay inshore waters. Bait and water temperatures are finally where it needs to be and with this weeks high tides the bite should be awesome more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Hooked on education - Anglers here is a golden opportunity to give back. The 2010 Hooked On Education fishing tournament is April 29-30. Friday's tournament is a Grand Slam event for snook Redfish Trout. There is still time to get involved. This popular catch and releas more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

TAMCO Grand Slam event - The TAMCO Grand Slam tournament was last week and Captain Steven had the pleasure of being invited along with a great group of Captains. West Shore Yacht Club was Tournament headquarters and the launch site for 50 boats. The day started looking for more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Macks for all - While Snook, Redfish and Tarpon are Tampa Bay's glamour species anglers looking for quick action turn to these crowd favorites. Sharks, Mackerel, Jacks, Ladyfish, Trout, Bluefish, Flounder, Sheepshead, and Snapper. All make for great action for kids more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Wind swept Tampa Bay - With spring running 4 weeks behind schedule look for Mackerel and Trout to be Tampa Bay's best and most consistent bite. Snook have not begun their journey out of the rivers out to the mangrove islands and flats. Redfish have been easier to locate bu more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay