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2021-10-13
3:32 PM
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Cooler Waters Equal Improving fishing - It's official. October 12th is the day that redfish, snook and trout are open. For those wanting to get dinner before the 12th, and for those who like to eat mangrove snapper, it has been a banner year. Trips to near shore reefs are almost always p more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2021-08-08
11:15 AM
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Red Tide Going Away? - After the arrival of red tide in Mid-June off of Northern Pinellas County, fishing has been hit and miss. Red tide's first push into the area seemed to drive the redfish out and do significant damage to local baitfish populations, especially the gra more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2021-03-10
6:39 PM
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Everything is Biting - March is simply a great time to fish off of West Central Florida. Big seatrout are still abundant in St. Joseph's Sound and with whitebait available now, the fishing can be absolutely crazy. As March progresses and water temps and tide heights both more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2020-10-30
4:07 PM
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Fall Fishing Heats Up -
The fall bite is beginning to materialize and will only get better. The first kingfish of the year showed up about two weeks ago and, mixed in with these were jumbo mackerel and large bonita. Some anglers may feel that fishing for grouper and sna more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2020-09-14
4:57 PM
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It's hot but there are fish to be caught - August and early September would definitely be considered the dog days of our local fishing. With that said, the beauty of living in Florida is that there is always something to catch. Inshore, redfish dominate the scene. Even high eighty degree more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2020-08-03
6:40 PM
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The Heat of Summer is Upon Us - The crazy snook bite in Northern Pinellas County is starting to wind down. Large fish are still being caught but not nearly in the numbers of a few weeks ago. With that said, double digit snook days were happening right up until August…but smaller more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2020-07-18
10:22 AM
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Snook Bite Remains on Fire - June snook fishing was excellent with numerous trips producing in excess of 20 snook. Although some of these were certainly the smaller males in the 24 to 28 inch class, most trips also had numerous large females sprinkled into the mix as well. Jum more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2020-05-18
12:47 PM
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Action Strong on reds and Big Trout -
After not fishing for the full month of April courtesy of the stay at home orders, fishing captains in Pinellas County are back to catching fish. Recent trips have provided strong action on redfish and sea trout. The large redfish of March seem to more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2020-04-06
4:38 PM
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Inshore Fishing on Fire - Fishing through the end of March was nothing short of exceptional with snapper, kingfish, Spanish mackerel, snook, redfish and seatrout all being a part of the weekly mix of species. The highlights were kingfish within two miles of the beach. Fishi more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
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2020-02-25
4:35 PM
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Snapper, Redfish and trout fishing all hot - Numerous customers over the last few weeks expressed an interest in catching a fish dinner so, with the primary three inshore species closed, trips were run to near shore hard bottom when weather allowed. Results were quite positive. Mangrove snapper more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay |
