Fishing Reports by Capt. Fred Everson

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The wind died and the rain let up for a few days last week but the inshore fishing is still typically slow for August. Water clarity is poor, and there is plenty of hook grabbing plantlife on the surface, which makes keeping your lures weed free pra more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Thunderstorms continued to dominate the angling scene on Southshore Tampa Bay through the first week of August, and not only in the afternoon. I awoke to the sound of thunder several times in the early morning. Water clarity has suffered with the more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Water temperature in the Gulf of Mexico dropped to 87 degrees this past week with a two-day deluge of rain. This made for slow fishing up until Friday when the sun finally came out again. There are still plenty of mackerel around the Port Manatee more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Afternoon fishing this week continued to be a crapshoot with thunderstorms lurking in every direction. My fishing at the beginning of the week was confined to early morning. I had the boat in the water before daybreak on Monday, looking to head to Eg more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Afternoon fishing was a bit testy this week with thunderstorms cavorting around Southshore Tampa Bay. I tried several times to get out late in the afternoon to fish the strong falling tide for snook at the mouth of the Little Manatee River, but high more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Local fishing was almost as hot as the air temperature last week, and that’s saying a lot. Capt. Larry Malinoski reported great catches of kingfish 20 miles out into the Gulf, with several smokers that topped 30 pounds. He caught Spanish mackerel and more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - Water clarity in the bay is excellent at present, but the surface is matted with great plots of algae. I was fishing in Mag’s Hole on an incoming tide last week and there was so much stuff floating through the pass that I couldn’t keep a line clear. more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - One week into summer the action on the Southshore was good. Capt. Nick Winger reported having a great day around the power plant in Apollo Beach where he caught two tarpon and a 60-pound cobia. I was there the following day and we caught a couple of more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The water temperature in the Gulf is up to 93 degrees, and the action on Southshore Tampa Bay got hot right along with it. We had a strong falling tide in the afternoon earlier this week, with minus low tides around sunset. For the boys at Shell Poin more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay - South Shore - The wind finally let up this and water clarity has improved. That’s allowed some anglers to get out into the middle of the bay, and their mackerel reports are good. Gary Kennedy of Ruskin said he caught some very big Spanish mackerel while trolling g more...
Capt. Fred Everson - Tampa Bay