Fishing Reports by Capt. Rick Grassett

Sarasota and Venice - Southwest FL & Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report for 9/13 through 9/26/2004 Here we go again! Hurricane Jeanne is bearing down on Sarasota as I write this report. I spent Saturday through Thursday of the past week visiting family in Delaware and was a more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Florida Keys and Venice, FL Fishing Report for 9/4 through 9/12/2004 Blame it on Ivan! Lost days of fishing that is. Even though he’s not even here yet, Ivan has already caused me to lose a day of fishing. We’ve all got our fingers crossed that he more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota & Charlotte Harbor, FL Fishing Report for 8/29 through 9/4/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had good action during the past week with trout and bluefish on deep grass flats, snook around lighted docks and tarpon on the beach. Fly angl more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Crane Meadow Lodge, MT Fishing Report for 8/21 through 8/28/2004 The temperature was 39 degrees on Friday morning. Southwest Florida? Not hardly! We were beginning a float on the Beaverhead River at the base of the Clark Canyon Reservoir Dam. With more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 8/13 through 8/19/2004 We dodged a big bullet in Sarasota last Friday as Hurricane Charley took a last minute jog to the east and came ashore at Charlotte Harbor rather than Sarasota. The storm, which was originally more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Southwest Florida Fishing Report for 8/1 through 8/12/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had good action with tarpon, trout and bluefish during the past week and a half. In addition, several snook, redfish and a cobia were also caught and releas more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Southwest Florida Fishing Report for 7/24 through 7/31/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had a variety of action during the past week with tarpon, snook and trout. Fly and spin anglers “kept ‘em flyin’” as they connected with 3 tarpon and lande more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Southwest FL Fishing Report for 7/18 through 7/24/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict caught and released a variety of fish during the past week. Snook, trout, ladyfish, crevalle jack and bluefish were caught and released with DOA Deadly Combos, more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Sarasota & Venice, FL Fishing Report for 7/10 through 7/18/2004 Fly and spin anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had good action during the past week with snook, trout and tarpon. Some of the best action was on deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay where a more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota

Sarasota and Venice - Southwest Florida Fishing Report for 7/3 through 7/10/2004 Anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict had good action during the past week on deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay and Charlotte Harbor with trout, bluefish and ladyfish on flies and DOA Deadly Comb more...
Capt. Rick Grassett - Sarasota