Fishing Reports by Capt. Fred Everson

June fishing keeps getting better - June continues to be the best month of the year for fishing on Southshore Tampa Bay. I am getting great reports from all over the bay on a variety of species, from tarpon to cobia to kingfish to Spanish mackerel. Keli Emery called me with a great more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Big Cobia on the Marks - The hot trout bite continues for Southshore anglers, and in 15 years of guiding on Tampa Bay I have never seen bigger trout in this neck of the woods. There seem to be an abundance of fish over 20 inches, and that really makes for exciting fishing. I more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Cobia, Tarpon, and Spanish Mackerel Make the Show - It would appear that the rainy season is a month early this year. Fishing has been good whenever the weather permits it, but that has not been very often for the past few weeks. The grouper bite is still hot by all accounts. Capt. Tom Rinehart to more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Cobia on the Marks - May is generally a good month to look for cobia on the flats. This year that has not been the case. I've seen a few fish when conditions were right, but nothing like the numbers that were there in years past, and so far I've come up empty. The only c more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Snook Bite is On Again - The wind continues to howl, much as it has since January. But with the water temperature hovering in the mid 70s for weeks now, something had to give. I got up early on Tuesday needing one more fish for the family fish fry, so I decided to try more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

More and More Wind - Wind continues to complicate things for Tampa Bay anglers. I went across the bay on Saturday morning to Pinellas Point to fish for trout and it was relatively calm. Once I got there and set up a few drifts, the wind picked up out of the East and bega more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Snook Bite Heats Up - Two good things happened last week. Some bait showed up on the flats outside the Cockroach Bay boat ramp and there was a big school of redfish roaming the shallows south of the Spoil Island at Port Manatee. The bait was there too, but it was nothi more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

More Wind - Lots of wind last week and some much-needed rain did little to dampen the spring bite. With water temperature in the low 70s the action has been hot. Snook are on the flats between Sand Key and Joe Island and they have been eating. I have yet to see more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Windy Weather Continues - The spring solstice arrived a few days ago and with it usually comes some of the best fishing of the year. Snook have already begun to move from winter quarters up river and from the mangrove backcountry out onto the flats. These fish are suckers for more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Good Weather -- Better Fishing - After roaring in like a lion March weather turned nice, water temps rose a bit and the fish started to bite. It has been a long, cold winter, but it would appear that it is finally over. That means the best fishing of the year lies ahead. Snook more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay