The Spring Run Is On!

April 14, 2009

Sarasota Florida Fishing Report
By Capt. Bob Smith

The spring run is on and it doesn't get much better than this! Yesterday
with the wind gusting over twenty it was necessary to anchor the boat so
that we could fish the middle ground grass flats. We caught a mixed bag with
plenty of nice fish coming in the boat all day long. With Spanish mackerel
up to 5 pounds, spotted sea trout to 4 pounds, pompano to almost 4 pounds,
most of the fish we caught were keeper size. As far as I could see, the
other boats anchored on the flats were also catching fish. It is not often
that I anchor on the grass flats, but if the wind is howling and the fish
are there, you need to. Look for a dark patch of grass and anchor so that
you can cast to it. We found that a free-line with a large live shrimp
worked best for us.

We were fishing the flats close to the south end of Zwicks channel, so when
the SW wind started to really hammer us in the afternoon, we moved to the
channel to get a break from the wind. I anchored in the choke of the
channel close to the south end. I added a small split shot to the free-line
so that the shrimp would sink to the bottom. We soon hooked up to a couple
of nice redfish, a little over slot size but a lot of fun on light tackle.
We took pictures of the first one but the second one broke the leader. We
also found some trout in Zwicks.

In all, we caught a large variety of fish, just too numerous to mention all
of them but they all added to our fun.

Enjoy & Protect

Captain Bob Smith
Phone: (941) 366-2159 Cell: (941) 350-8583.
Email: capt.bobsmith@verizon.net
My Website: http://www.sarasota-fla-fishing.com