Fishing Articles
May 2013 Fishing Report
[caption id="attachment_322" align="alignright" width="300"] Stephanie's Redfish[/caption] As the warm trend continues, the bite steadily improves. The snook are slowly transitioning from their winter time patterns and redfish are stirring up an appetite. The mouths of the creeks and rivers have been producing best on high tides and at the beginning...
Fall Fishing Heats Up
We headed out Sunday early. The tide was high at 7:20am, it was only a two tide day but whenever I get a decent high tide at sunrise, I always try and make the trip. Today was strictly an artificial day. Bait of choice included the Mirrordine 17mmr, gulp and...
09/15/2012 Tampa Bay Fishing Report
[caption id="attachment_260" align="alignleft" width="300"] Nice catch for the ladies[/caption] With the weather channel saying there would be afternoon scattered thunderstorms and 8 MPH winds, it wasn’t enough to keep us home or stop us from heading out on the water. As we left the house at about 12:30PM, we got...
Tampa Bay Fishing Report 08/12/2012
[caption id="attachment_228" align="alignleft" width="200"] Stephanie with a nice redfish[/caption] It was a two tide day today with high tide at approximately 10:15 am. We arrived at the dock to see the water creeping just below the boards. Two tide days aren’t my favorite tides but we were optimistic. We had...
North Tampa Bay fishing Report
[caption id="attachment_210" align="alignleft" width="225"] Dan with a small red[/caption] Fishing was slow this last trip. I think the heat is doing a number on the fish. Between the heat, murky water and dodging the thunderstorms, it has been a circus act. I ran to several different locations in search of...
July 27th Redfish & Grouper Action
[singlepic id=37 w=320 h=240 float=left]I got out before sunrise due to the early high tide. Anticipation was building and I couldn’t sleep, so I loaded up the equipment, hooked up the boat and met up with Vince to do some early artificial red fishing. Our top choice of lures was...
Tampa Bay Fishing with Mom 07/21/2012
[caption id="attachment_114" align="alignleft" width="227"] Mom with a nice little red[/caption]We had a late tide this past weekend (3:45pm); it was nice to sit in the air condition during the most intense part of the day. I loafed around until about 2pm. Got up and got the equipment ready, hooked up...
07/15/2012 Southshore Fishing Report
[caption id="attachment_84" align="alignleft" width="300"] Vince with a nice Bonnethead shark[/caption] We decided to fish the high tide today; the tide was scheduled to be high around noon, so we departed around 9 am. The sun was brutal today; even early I felt as if I was sitting in a convection...
4th of July Fishing
The full moon happened to fall on the 4th this summer. I was relieved to know that I had the day off and we had a late high tide. After stopping at South shore Bait & Tackle, we quickly headed to our private launch. We got on the water at 8:30am...
Little Cockroach Bay fishing Report 06/30/2012
Jesse's 31 inch redfish.[/caption] After scouting for a few hours Thursday, I knew that the conditions would make catching a little more challenging for our planned Saturday trip. We had a high tide around noon and a light 5 mph breeze from the west. Jesse met me at my house...