Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Great Cause - Today we participated in Bolesta Center's Third Annual Get Hooked Fishing Tournament. Bolesta is one of only a handful of independent, non-profit Auditory-Verbal centers in the USA and one of only a very few such centers that operate out of its own more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Windy Conditions - Night fishing is addictive; I typical am an early to bed person but when its time to night fish the adrenaline kicks in. Tampa Bay has incredible night opportunities, whether fishing the Intercostal, passes or any of the many canals. Our trips typica more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay getting out of the wind! - The wind sure has been blowing hard, but it hasn't kept us off the water! It certainly has made a few of our trips a bit bumpy though. One of the great things about fishing in the Tampa Bay area is that there are always places to go to get out of t more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

End of Summer Fishing - Hey what's up fellow fisherman, how has everyone been late this summer? I hope well. Some of the last few days on the water have been great because of a few low humidity days we have been having. It's really been nice lately and feels like fall is more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Summer Time Shark Fishing In Tampa Bay - Lemons, Blacktips, Bonnett Heads, Spinners and Bull sharks are prevelent throughout the bay in the hot month of August. During the summer, shark fishing can get hotter then the thermometer in Tampa Bay. Often, when the bite more...
Capt. Sean Hagen - Tampa Bay

Snook Season is On but Bite has been slow - Snook season is on, and good riddance to August. It was a wet month with lots of wind, and fishing was worse than slow. Even though we didn't get much weather out of Fay, it sure blew like crazy for nearly a week. Water temperature in the Gulf wa more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Cooling Water = Action - Sunday was an excursion to say the least as we ran 66 miles in total. Running to the Tampa bay Eastside we found Mackerel abundant in the main ship channel. Clark spoons as always was the hot ticket with many numerous hook ups. Tony from Mercedes was more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay weather was a little rough last week! - We are finally back in the United States after spending eight days in Jamaica. Unfortunately, we did encounter some bad weather courtesy of Tropical Storm Gustav during our stay in Jamaica, but overall, it was nice. Gustav was not as strong when it more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Mackerel Bite Heats Up - Light winds let me get out a couple of days this week, and the fishing was okay on Wednesday. I bottom fished with Capt. Rick Bollinger and it was slow, but we caught a few grunts, mangrove snapper, Spanish mackerel and a nice flounder. We caught the more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Afternoon Tailing Redfish - The afternoon low tides brought tailing redfish in portions of upper Tampa Bay. The redfish were feeding in the sloughs, sand holes, and thick grass. Smaller fish were spread out along the flats, and some schools of bigger fish working the edges. more...
Capt. Nick Angelo - Tampa Bay