I spoke with John at Corkey's Live Bait & Tackle in Bradenton this morning. He was telling me that fishing is great even with the summer heat. The key to catching fish this time of year is to skip the daytime heat and thunderstorms by fishing between 6pm and 9am. Palma Sola Bay is holding good numbers of speckled trout and redfish. Look for the trout on the deep flats when it is light out, and around dock lights at night. Live shrimp, jigs or a D.O.A. Shrimp or Berkley Saltwater Shrimp, in New Penny or Rootbeer colors, suspended under a popping cork or Cajun Thunder Float will catch many trout. Redfish are on the flats in Palma Sola Bay and in Sarasota Bay. They will eat live shrimp and very small pass crabs. Snook fishing is excellent in Long Boat Pass and along the beaches. Large pinfish are the best bait. Snook season is closed so bend down the barbs on your hook to make releasing the fish easier, land your snook as quickly as is possible to keep the fish from being over stressed, and spend extra time reviving your snook before releasing it.Tarpon are just off of the beaches. Blue crabs and pass crabs are the best bait. Good numbers of permit are being caught on wrecks 45 miles offshore. Blue crabs and pass crabs are the best bait. Lots of sharks are being caught. Chunks of bonita are a good bait for sharks. For more information contact;
Corkey's Live Bait & Tackle
941-792-7901
10103 Cortez Rd W
Bradenton, FL 34210
