Fishing Reports by Capt. Fred Everson

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The first major cold front of the season has come and gone, and it pushed water temperatures back into the 60s. That should send snook scurrying for deeper, warmer water, but I’m still finding a few on the flats. My buddy Gabe Krakowski of Brooklyn h more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - It doesn’t feel much like Christmas, but for local anglers that’s a good thing. Temperatures continue to reach highs in the 80s and water temps hover around 70 degrees – about 10 degrees above normal on both counts. Capt. Tom Rinehart of Apollo Bea more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Despite great weather this week, there was light traffic around the mouth of the Little Manatee River. Attribute that to the closure of snook season last Saturday, though some of the guides kept after them as a catch and release proposition. Capt. Da more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Great weather dominated the local fishing scene early in the month. Light winds, blue skies, and clear water made for great sight casting opportunities on the flats. I continued to target redfish and bonnethead sharks with success. Early in the morni more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Unseasonably warm weather forced me to fish nearly every day this week. A little early morning fog on Thursday and Friday were slight impediments, but the water temperature is still hovering in the upper 60’s, and that makes for plenty of action on t more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Good weather again this week, though it got windy Thanksgiving night. There was a big school of 12 to 15 pound jacks terrorizing baitfish in the Little Manatee River earlier this week, but they have since disappeared. Probably has something to do wit more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The wind stopped howling for a few days and water temperature dropped into the high 60’s. That makes for lots of activity on the flats. Snook are still in the shallows fattening up in anticipation of leaner times and colder water, and another couple more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Great weather for anglers this week with the exception of Friday when the wind howled out of the north. Clear water and a minus tide in the mornings made for nice fishing and I was on the water almost every day. Monday I waded the bar in front of Mag more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The wind died down to less than 20 knots, the sun came out and water temperature dropped into the low 70’s. This is good news for area anglers who spent the last two weeks of October on the docks watching whitecaps roil the bay. Capt. Billy Jordan more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Windy and wet describes the weather of late October, and that kept many anglers on the dock recently. On the one day I did get out I had no trouble finding a few redfish. Water clarity was not all that good, and most of the fish I saw were close to t more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay