A Variety Of Fish Around Tampa

May 25, 2009

Sarasota Florida Fishing Report
By Capt. Bob Smith

The tarpon run is on and the fishermen were out in droves. Before all the
rain, most of the action had been north of us near Tampa. Now the water is
very cloudy on the bay from all the runoff. This should pass soon and we
will be back to normal and our good spring fishing.

Drifting the grass flats around the bay on Sunday, we found some nice trout
but it was hard and the pinfish had no trouble finding us. The big ten
pound jacks accompanied by some Spanish mackerel have taken up residence
under the New Pass Bridge. Drifting along the center pilings with weighted
live bait will get you in to some great light tackle action. A ¼ oz. split
shot should do the job. There was too much boat traffic Sunday for me to
take advantage of that.

This is our best time for catching a large variety of fish both offshore and
inshore. Little tunny and Spanish mackerel have been caught just off the
beach. It is also the time you could hook-up with a Sailfish in fifty feet
of water off shore or find a school of small dolphin in the same area. I
won’t go down the list of possible fish you could catch, but it is a good
time to go fishing.

Enjoy & Protect
My Website: http//www.sarasota-fla-fishing.com

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