Gone Fishing

Offshore fishing has been brought to a halt this past week due to tropical weather and storms from Fay, Gustav and now Hurricane Ike. Off shore fishing looks to be promising come next week as these storms usually bring lots of good fishing in to the offshore ledges and hard bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

Inshore fishing has been hot this past week and should continue next week as well…

Capt. Sam Kimball, of Legend Charters on Cortez Road, said he’s staying in the backwater, catching snook, redfish and trout.

Capt. Mark Johnston of  Legend Charters said he’s also catching trout, redfish and snook.

Capt. Rick Gross on Fishy Business out of Catchers Marina in Holmes Beach said snook season’s opening has been good so far, with limit catches every day to date.

Capt Randall Fowler of Uncle Mud Fish Charters out of Bradenton, has been placing his clients onto some nice snook and redfish this past week.

Capt. Zach Zacharias on the Dee-Jay II out of Parrot Cove Marina said he took Homer and Jesse Williams of Tampa out last week and caught spotted sea trout and mangrove snapper. “We fished primarily in the Tidy Island vicinity of north Sarasota Bay and Palma Sola. White bait was plentiful, good-sized, and easy to get. The heavy rain bands from Gustav over the weekend didn’t mess up the water quality, in fact, the storm helped by lowering the water temps,” he added.

Good Luck in Your Fishing Adventures!

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