Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Shrimp Is Key For Winter Redfish In Tampa Bay! - Fishing has been good between cold fronts. Try fishing the rivers for redfish, snook, and trout. The water temperatures have been up and down between fronts so try slowing down retrieves for best results. If using live sardines, a cut tail u more...
Capt. Sean Hagen - Tampa Bay

WINTER TIME WARM DAY FISHING! - Hit or miss! That is what rod and reel fishing is this time of year. We never know what kind of weather Mother Nature is going to send our way during the winter months in Florida. The best fishing days this time of year are the ones one to two day more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Early Winter updates Tampa Bay - Mild temperatures, light breezes combined with warmer and clearer water on Tampa Bay are a welcome relief from recent cold fronts. Heavy rains and brisk winds cancelled many trips during the last few weeks. The nice days between fronts yielded a plet more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Early Winter Fishing on the Flats - Hello from Anna Maria. Winter feels like it's been in the air here since Thanksgiving. As many of you know this is a transition period for many of our local fish species. During this late fall early winter period our inshore fish are moving betwee more...
Capt. Matt Ercoli - Tampa Bay

Great Fishing on Tampa Bay - When one species slows down another picks up. While snook and redfish are still eating, they seem to be doing it on live greenbacks. You can still still catch them on shrimp... (everything eats shrimp) but I seem to have better luck on greenies. Kept more...
Capt. Woody Gore - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Mix - Sunday started cool as there were no clouds to hold the heat in. I had barely left the marina when I stopped and put on my wind pants and jacket. The run to get bait was brisk telling me winter is just around the corner. The water temperature at 6:30 more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

TAMPA BAY FISHING MAKE OR BREAK! - What a great week! The weather was nice and the fishing was awesome. Of course we had a couple of days where we had to dodge the wind, but it didn't stop us from enjoying the great bite. Grouper fishing in the Bay has been hot! It seems li more...
Capt. TJ Stewart - Tampa Bay

Winter transistion Tampa Bay - Subtle changes are occurring as fall transitions into winter on the waters of Tampa Bay. Capt. Steven's region which encompasses Clearwater, St. Petersburg and Tampa Florida requires changes in technique and location as the days get shorter and the w more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Rainy Florida - Mother Nature has a way of messing with Capt. Steven. Today started by chasing bait which took longer than normal. White baits were very finicky and spooked very easily. If this occurs turn off live well pumps, gps the radio etc. It took the better p more...
Capt. Steven Markovich - Tampa Bay

Fly Fishing Tampa Bay November Report - Fly fishing the Bay area is continuing to get better and better. The cooler water temps are starting to settle in and the tides are getting lower and lower. What does this mean for the fly fishing enthusiast? It means sight fishing for schools or sin more...
Capt. Nick Angelo - Tampa Bay