Fishing Reports
Clearwater & Tampa Bay Area Fishing Reports
Clearwater Inshore Fishing Tips: Tarpon, Thredfin, Snook & Redfish bait of choice.
Tarpon fishing remains strong for the Clearwater and Tampa bay area. Tarpon have been ranging from 80 to 150lb with multiple bites, pinfish, thredfin and scaled sardines have been the bait of choice. We have been focusing on the last 2hr and first 2hrs of the tides in...
Tarpon Fishing in Clearwater & Surrounding Areas Coming Back to Normal
The last two and a half weeks of rain and wind has kind of put a hold up on the tarpon fishing off the beaches. Now that we have a break in the weather and a new moon coming up in the next week tarpon fishing will get back to normal with lots of big schools off the...
Tarpon are back in Clearwater, St. Pete & Tarpon Springs
The tarpon have shown up in the Clearwater Beach backwater and passes from St. Petersburg to Tarpon Springs. These fish are just showing up. The best time to target these brawlers is on moving tides in the passes. For the back water the ponds will be easier to target...
Spring Backwater Fishing for Snook & More with Charter Captain. Lahr
Weather is heating up, and fishing is getting even hotter. With the influx of bait that has recently shown up like scaled sardines, shed and threadfin herring, fishing is definitely on the upswing. Snook season is open. Spanish Mackerel are showing up in good numbers...
Fishing update for Clearwater & Tarpon Springs inshore areas
Now that it's been about 2 weeks since the arctic cold fronts, Redfish have finally started to feed. With extreme low water, the Reds have been tailing in potholes where the water is a few inches deeper. Live pinfish or grunts under a popping cork or soft plastic...
Tarpon Springs / Clearwater Fishing Report
Spotted Sea Trout remains the main target fish through-out February. The shallow grass flats from Clearwater north to Tarpon Springs have been abundant with Speckled Trout this month after the extreme cold fronts. My favorite artificial bait has been the saltwater...
Inshore Fishing Report: Clearwater Area – Winter 2018
The effects of winter-like weather will dictate the quality of fishing for this month. This depends upon how many cold fronts are still in our future. When water temps creep down below 60 degrees, many fish along our coast will slow down their metabolism in order to...
Cold Front Fishing Clearwater, St. Pete, Tampa
After a recent cold front, water temperatures dropped into the mid-50s. Thanks to a couple days of warm weather the water temperatures are back to 60 degrees. Fortunately we have not seen any big fish kills in the Clearwater FL area. Having a chance to get out on the...
Fishing Tips for the 2017 Holiday Season
After the latest cold fronts the weather has gotten warm again in Florida and has brought the water temperatures back to the high 60s. Scaled sardines and Threadfin Herring have shown back up due to the warm weather. This won't last long until the next cold front but...
What fish are biting in the Clearwater area in fall 2017
With finally getting a true cold front through the Clearwater area the Bait fish are going to leave until the spring as the water temperatures will drop to the high 50s to low 60 degrees. Now is the time to start hitting those deeper docks and canals with darker water...
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