Central West

Local Fishing Reports

September 11, 2008

Shadowcast Charters Fishing Report: w/e 9-13-08

With early morning falling tides and glassy conditions, fly fishing for tailing redfish was the name of the game last weekend and early this week ...
August 20, 2008

Shadowcast Charters Report w/e 8-23-08

Early morning redfish bite was really good over the weekend in North Sarasota Bay. Saturday's incoming tide had redfish shadowing mullet schools ...
August 07, 2008

Shadowcast Charters Fishing Report for w/e 8-9-08

Early and late in day are the times to get on redfish in Northern Sarasota Bay. Topwater plugs (Mirr-O-Lure's Mirro-Mullet) will get lots of shot ...
July 10, 2008

Shadowcast Charters Fishing Report W/E 7/12/08

Fly fishing for snook is red hot right now. In the early morning, white baitfish patterns are scoring great catches on the beaches outside of Sar ...
July 02, 2008

Shadowcast Charters Fishing Report W/E 7/5/08

Sorry it's been a while but I have had trouble logging on to this site....but here you go. Early in the day and late in day are the ticket for ...
May 18, 2008

Shadowcast Charters Fishing Report W/E 5-17-08

Reds and trout are still roughing up the finish on Mirr-O-Lure's new Mirror Mullet. Working mullet schools up and down both East and West shoreli ...
May 14, 2008

Extreme Redfish Tour Sarasota 5/10/08

We caught too many of these guys up to 32 inches......... http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/CAPTJBULL/IMGP0403.jpg And not enough of these ...
May 14, 2008

Sarasota Bay 5/11/08

Took my mom out for Mother's Day and was greeted with SSW 15-25. But the Mirror-Mullet worked even in the windy conditions. http://i5.photobucke ...
May 06, 2008

Some Redfish Action on the Kayak...Tampa Bay

Found some of these guys swimming around in the fog last Thursday. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/CAPTJBULL/IMGP0050.jpg http://i5.photob ...
May 06, 2008

First Two Legs of the Extreme Redfish Tour

Despite the lousy tides, (Keepdreamin' and Shadowcast) we found some reds and caught reds at each spot we hit. We caught 2 undersized, 3 oversize ...
May 06, 2008

Sarasota Bay Report 4/25/08

Ryan Tickles, of Riverview, joined me for a full day of light spin tackle fishing in Northern Sarasota Bay. We started the day working Mirr-O-Lur ...
December 29, 2007

Offshore Tampa Bay 12/28

The weather was beautiful yesterday so we decided to head out and see if we could get a couple of grouper in the boat before lunch. We were abl ...
November 13, 2007

King Fever; Venice Beach Trolleys

It is that time of year again when the wind blows out of the north by northwest at around fifteen to twenty and the water temperature starts its d ...
October 17, 2007

E.G. SImmons Park 10/16/2007-Ruskin

I finally got a chance to get out on the water yesterday. I launched at 6:30 and was greeted with a great sunrise. I threw some topwater early wh ...
July 27, 2007

Tampa Bay Fishing Report...

Fishing on the bay has hit its summer swing with Snook being my primary target. I have been working flats and beaches early in the morning before ...
June 05, 2007

Tampa Bay Fishing Report...

Fishing around the Tampa Bay area has been on fire!!!! The fish are in their usual summer patterns and the air temperatures are sweltering. I ha ...
April 02, 2007

Tampa Bay March Fishing Report and April Forecast

The bay area has been on fire over the last month and will only continue to heat up!! My main target the last couple weeks has been snook, which ...
March 12, 2007

Spanish macks 3-10-07

Mackerel were thick at the n. skyway fishing pier. My wife and I got 24 in under 2 hrs. All were caught on #00 clark spoons/squid spoons. The fish ...
March 08, 2007

Tampa Bay Area Fishing Report(March)

Fishing around the Tampa Bay area has been heating up along with the temperatures. The fish are beginning to move from the back country winter hid ...