Anglers fishing with me on my Action Craft flats skiff the Snook fin-Addict, out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, caught and released snook, reds, trout and Spanish mackerel during the past week.
Alain Dumouchel and Cindy McPherson, from Montreal, Quebec, fished 3 days with me last week. They were students of mine in a CB’s Saltwater Outfitters Orvis-Endorsed fly fishing school last Saturday and they put their skills to test on the water with me during the past week. We fished Sarasota Bay on Monday, Little Sarasota Bay and the ICW near Venice on Wednesday and the Terra Ceia Bay area on Friday. They caught and released small trout on deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay on Clouser flies and CAL jigs with shad tails on Monday, snook to 24” and trout to 18” on my Grassett Snook Minnow flies and CAL jigs with shad tails around lighted docks in the ICW near Venice on Wednesday and trout and 3 reds to 5 1/2 -pounds on CAL jigs with grub and shad tails and Clouser flies in the Terra Ceia area on Friday.
Andrew Stiles, from Richmond, VA, fished Sarasota Bay with me on Thursday afternoon and caught and released trout on Clouser flies along the west side of the bay. Lewis Hanan and Al Katz, both from Sarasota, fished Sarasota Bay with me on Saturday morning. They caught and released numerous trout to 17” and a Spanish mackerel on CAL jigs with shad tails and DOA Deadly Combos at Stephens Point and near Bird Key. The wind came up out of the southwest that afternoon and Wes Demmon, from Chicago, IL, fished the west side of Sarasota Bay with me. We focused on skinny water where Wes caught and released a pair of reds to 8 ½-pounds and several trout to 3 ½-pounds on CAL jigs with shad tails. Despite challenging conditions the largest red was sight fished on top of a bar!
Next week’s tides are good early in the week as we come off a full moon on Monday. There should be good action on deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay with trout and Spanish mackerel, with reds and trout in skinny water and in the ICW near Venice for snook at night.
Tight Lines,
Capt. Rick Grassett
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Alain Dumouchel, from Montreal, Quebec, caught and released this 5 1/2-pound red on a CAL jig with a gold grub while fishing Tampa Bay with Capt. Rick Grassett.
Wes Demmon, from Chicago, IL, caught and released this 8 1/2-pound red on a CAL jig with a shad tail while fishing Sarasota Bay with Capt. Rick Grassett.
Wes Demmon, from Chicago, IL, caught and released this 3 1/2-pound trout on a CAL jig with a shad tail while fishing Sarasota Bay with Capt. Rick Grassett.
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