September 28, 2008
Sarasota Florida Fishing Report
By Capt. Bob Smith
Saturday morning at first light, we anchored up at the south end of Zwicks
channel where the channel starts to choke down. We had none-stop redfish
action until we got tired of catching them. Most of the redfish caught
where in the slot. We also caught some keeper size flounder and snapper.
Live bait, shrimp, or fish with a small splitshot worked well.
Kingfish and Spanish mackerel are hot along the beaches from New Pass to
Point of Rocks. Small kings and large Spanish are taking live bait and
artificial lures. For now, you just need to look for the birds to find the
fish offshore or fish around the numerous artificial reefs within three
miles of the beach. Along with the macks, we are finding barracuda, sharks,
and little tunny. Sometimes a keeper size grouper would not be unusual.
We have had good runs of kings along the beaches in September for the last
few years. I feel this is due to the mild winters that allowed large
schools of baitfish to remain in the bay all during the winter. The Redtide
also gave the baitfish a head start three years ago by killing off most of
the predator fish. That first summer after the Redtide, the shrimp never
left the bay and got too large to be good live bait. Give me "Hand-Picks"
meant, find me some smaller shrimp.
We are also seeing an increase in some species on the bay like look-downs,
Bermuda chubs, 12" barracudas, etc. I don't mean that we never caught them
before; we are just doing it more often. Some fishermen have told me that
they had to start carrying a fish identifier book. Not a bad idea for
anyone new to the area. If you like to eat fish, it is nice to know if you
have a large black sea bass or a small black grouper.
Enjoy & Protect
Thank you!
Capt. Bob Smith
Phone: (941) 366-2159 Cell: (941) 350-8583.
Email: capt.bobsmith@verizon.net
My Website: http://www.sarasota-fla-fishing.com
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