Posted by Capt. Tom Sr. on Jan 11, 2015 in Fishing Reports |

Fishing the past two months has been really good depending on the weather. Most trips were offshore as the best bite has been in the gulf.  We have had some good bay trips but in the winter the bigger fish move into shallower water.  We have been doing good on grouper, snapper and hogfish.  The hogfish are not only beautiful to look at they are one of the...

Posted by Capt. Tom Sr. on Oct 24, 2014 in Fishing Reports |

Fall fishing here in Sarasota is getting off to a great start.  The water temps are slowly dropping and the fish are becoming more active.  The grouper and snapper are moving in closer to shore so going after them is not a long ride.  Cobia are also showing up on some of the reefs.  The fall kingfish run is just beginning and along with the kings are...

Posted by Capt. Tom Sr. on Aug 10, 2014 in Fishing Reports |

This summer has been a strange summer for fishing in our area.  The wind which is predominately east here in Sarasota has been  mostly out of the west.  This has been the first time since I have been in Sarasota in 9 years that we have had this predominate wind direction.  The other strange thing has been the bait situation.  We did not have the bait show...

Posted by Capt. Tom Sr. on Mar 26, 2014 in Fishing Reports |

March Fishing Update: March has come and gone and I am basically glad. All the small cold fronts and all the wind have kept things mixed up. The bait is still not here as I write this. The good news is that the kingfish have showed up and the threadfins which they like to eat are here but all the white bait hasn’t come in yet. Maybe last night was the last...