Fishing Report 09/17/2007 – Capt. Terry Frankford
Pompano, redfish, and trout tightened a few lines aboard the Reelin & Chillin this week. Also, jacks, ladyfish, lizard fish, sail cats, and small sharks have been around for some fun. Tarpon are still around if you look hard enough and are skilled enough to coax them into biting.
Just a quick review at what's happening in the Sarasota bay area:
Capt. Doug of Tearin' Em Up! Charters gave me a little heads up - while wade fishing on his day off some diving birds on the east side of north Sarasota Bay gave away feeding tarpon, redfish, trout, and ladies. I took my charter over to this area the next day and the water was alive with diving birds, bait all over the place, and fish breaking the surface including rolling tarpon. We couldn't buy a bite from a tarpon, however John Barrier and his grandson Brandon caught and released redfish, ladyfish, and a few bluefish. We headed a little further north just south of Longbar and caught some nice slot sized trout and Brandon who is only four years old caught a seventeen inch pompano. We then headed to some areas in mid Sarasota Bay with structure and John caught and released a beautiful thirty-three inch redfish (tail wasn't pinched). Soon after four year old Brandon caught and released a twenty-five inch redfish. "Fish Story"? Just check out the web site "photo album" and you can see the photos.
Same Day as above Capt. Greg Abbott called and said he was getting three foot, (give or take a few inches) black tip shark in the middle of Sarasota Bay. My charter was at it's end so I didn't head over to his location, however he picked up three sharks - this had to be fantastic fun on light tackle. I told my son Jesse Frankford about this and he headed to the approximate area a couple days later and did just what Capt. Greg did - chummed with white bait and "Bam" his daughters friend Danielle hooked up with a small lemon shark. Soon after his daughter (my granddaughter) Makaela also caught a little lemon - great light tackle inshore action.
Anthony and Susan Baglino headed out for an afternoon charter on a hot sunny day. Well to make a long story short we didn't tear them up, however we did have a neat experience. Susan was reeling in an unknown fish when near the boat suddenly a large bluefish showed up and for a second looked like the fish she had. Then the action stopped - no more fight, we found out what Susan was catching. It was a sea trout, however now it was only a part of a sea trout - the blue bit it clean in half. Just at the end of the trip the trout started to cooperate. Both caught a couple with Anthony catching and releasing a nice slot sized trout.
Heading out on a double boat charter just for catch and release fun Capt. Doug and myself split a group of eight. My crew, Deek, Steve, Gillian, and Mary all had some great inshore action as well as Capt. Doug's crew. Trout, ladyfish, jack, lizard, and catfish all provided for some great action. We ended the trip in the radio tower flats area checking out manatees, something that these folks from Chicago really enjoyed.
Bait and Tackle:
Two types of live bait were used - live handpicked shrimp and live white bait or spanish sardines. The shrimp were bought at Hart's Landing and can be bought at most bait stands in the area. The white bait was netted in Big Sarasota Pass - just look for diving birds around sandbars and you will find the bait. I used Bett's Halo shrimp and D.O.A. night glow shrimp for artificial baits.
Terminal tackle ranged from number four to 2/0 Owner circle hooks tied to twenty pound to forty pound fluorocarbon leader. Ten pound test line was used on the reel.
I used an Okuma V-30 spinning reel mounted on a St. Croix Tide-master fast action rod for most of these trips.
Tight Lines & Good Times,
Capt. Terry Frankford
Reelin & Chillin Charters Inc.
941-228-7802
http://www.charterfishingsarasota.com/
http://www.blogger.com/
Pompano, redfish, and trout tightened a few lines aboard the Reelin & Chillin this week. Also, jacks, ladyfish, lizard fish, sail cats, and small sharks have been around for some fun. Tarpon are still around if you look hard enough and are skilled enough to coax them into biting.
Just a quick review at what's happening in the Sarasota bay area:
Capt. Doug of Tearin' Em Up! Charters gave me a little heads up - while wade fishing on his day off some diving birds on the east side of north Sarasota Bay gave away feeding tarpon, redfish, trout, and ladies. I took my charter over to this area the next day and the water was alive with diving birds, bait all over the place, and fish breaking the surface including rolling tarpon. We couldn't buy a bite from a tarpon, however John Barrier and his grandson Brandon caught and released redfish, ladyfish, and a few bluefish. We headed a little further north just south of Longbar and caught some nice slot sized trout and Brandon who is only four years old caught a seventeen inch pompano. We then headed to some areas in mid Sarasota Bay with structure and John caught and released a beautiful thirty-three inch redfish (tail wasn't pinched). Soon after four year old Brandon caught and released a twenty-five inch redfish. "Fish Story"? Just check out the web site "photo album" and you can see the photos.
Same Day as above Capt. Greg Abbott called and said he was getting three foot, (give or take a few inches) black tip shark in the middle of Sarasota Bay. My charter was at it's end so I didn't head over to his location, however he picked up three sharks - this had to be fantastic fun on light tackle. I told my son Jesse Frankford about this and he headed to the approximate area a couple days later and did just what Capt. Greg did - chummed with white bait and "Bam" his daughters friend Danielle hooked up with a small lemon shark. Soon after his daughter (my granddaughter) Makaela also caught a little lemon - great light tackle inshore action.
Anthony and Susan Baglino headed out for an afternoon charter on a hot sunny day. Well to make a long story short we didn't tear them up, however we did have a neat experience. Susan was reeling in an unknown fish when near the boat suddenly a large bluefish showed up and for a second looked like the fish she had. Then the action stopped - no more fight, we found out what Susan was catching. It was a sea trout, however now it was only a part of a sea trout - the blue bit it clean in half. Just at the end of the trip the trout started to cooperate. Both caught a couple with Anthony catching and releasing a nice slot sized trout.
Heading out on a double boat charter just for catch and release fun Capt. Doug and myself split a group of eight. My crew, Deek, Steve, Gillian, and Mary all had some great inshore action as well as Capt. Doug's crew. Trout, ladyfish, jack, lizard, and catfish all provided for some great action. We ended the trip in the radio tower flats area checking out manatees, something that these folks from Chicago really enjoyed.
Bait and Tackle:
Two types of live bait were used - live handpicked shrimp and live white bait or spanish sardines. The shrimp were bought at Hart's Landing and can be bought at most bait stands in the area. The white bait was netted in Big Sarasota Pass - just look for diving birds around sandbars and you will find the bait. I used Bett's Halo shrimp and D.O.A. night glow shrimp for artificial baits.
Terminal tackle ranged from number four to 2/0 Owner circle hooks tied to twenty pound to forty pound fluorocarbon leader. Ten pound test line was used on the reel.
I used an Okuma V-30 spinning reel mounted on a St. Croix Tide-master fast action rod for most of these trips.
Tight Lines & Good Times,
Capt. Terry Frankford
Reelin & Chillin Charters Inc.
941-228-7802
http://www.charterfishingsarasota.com/
http://www.blogger.com/
