I talked with Tommy from the New Pass Grill & Bait Shop this morning and he says the cold front and rain of the last few days has kept most of his customers in port. Before the bad weather hit he was getting reports of redfish, pompano, flounder,and sheephead being caught in Sarasota Bay with sheepshead being the most consistent catch. Offshore, his customers were catching grouper, mackerel, snapper and kingfish. 'You gotta work for it!" he tells me. The unusually warm water has kept the grouper 30-35 miles out, but it has kept the king mackerel around. With this recent cold front, the water temperatures are sure to drop which will push the kings farther south. For more information contact Tommy at;
New Pass Grill & Bait Shop
941-388-3050
1505 Ken Thompson Pkwy.
Sarasota, FL 34236
