Fishing Reports by Capt. Stewart Ames

Redfishing Decent, Seatrout About to Show Up Strong - November proved to be wide open for kingfish within 2 miles off the beach. These fish provided great light tackle sport when targeted on 20 lbs spinning outfits. For fish in the 10 - 20 lbs class, this tackle could manage the fish. Fish upwards of more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay

Inshore Fishing Solid, Near Shore Fishing about to Heat Up - Thankfully, October has arrived. Bait will be bigger, waters will be cooler, fish will be more aggressive and there will be more species to choose from. Trips over the course of the last few weeks have produced decent numbers of both redfish and sn more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Clearwater

Dog Days - After stellar fishing from spring through mid summer, waters heat and fishing cools a bit. Strong tides still provide ample opportunity to hook redfish although, if it during the heat of the day, be prepared to search for them around and under cover more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Clearwater

Snook Fishing Still Excellent - July is an interesting month. With water temperatures closing in on summer time highs, certain fish start to bite less well during the heat of day. Large seatrout, for one, seem to be greatly reduced in number. Keeper trout are still catchable ou more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Clearwater

Big Snook on the Feed - Summer fishing is in full swing. Big snook have invaded the beaches and have provided some spectacular action. When east winds predominate and waters become clear, these large snook become more cautious as baits can be more closely scrutinized. On more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay

Snook and Redfish Bite Good and Getting Better - Walk outside in the early morning. If the whippoorwills are calling, it's probably the right time of year to start thinking about catching snook. These two events just seem to coincide. Snook have begun to return to the beaches and although there more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay

Everything is Biting - It's going off!! One of the most difficult decisions right now is what to fish for. Kingfish, large spanish mackerel and snapper are just a few miles off the beach. Locating large schools of threadfin herring is the key to locating the kings. Some s more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay

Big Trout Crazy Good. - January was cold, February was hot and March is starting off cool. The fish would have every right to be confused. Seatrout fishing has remained stellar nonetheless, with limits the norm. Cold fronts still put them off for a few days but then limi more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay

Trout Picking Up. Redfish returning. - Quite quickly, temperatures went from unseasonably cold to unseasonably warm. In just a few short weeks, inshore water temps have moved almost 15 degrees and are currently closing in on the 70 degree mark. Logic would say that fishing must be impro more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay

It's Frosty Out There - The first week in January confirmed that winter will come once again….5 - 6 nights straight with temperatures in the 30's and 40's….more than likely the coldest stretch of nights we'll see this year. From a fishing guide's perspective, that simply t more...
Capt. Stewart Ames - Tampa Bay