Warming trend should entice more fish to bite
http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-Warming-trend-should-entice-more-fish-to-bite_165137103
We’re finally approaching stable weather. Hopefully rising water temperatures will entice the fish. Our most cooperative species — trout, sheepshead, flounder, redfish — have been the usual targets the...
Redfish starting to return to the flats
http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-Redfish-starting-to-return-to-the-flats_165044854
Small redfish schools are starting to work their way back onto the flats. I came across schools of reds on two charters last week. I hope this marks the...
Fishing conditions have started to improve
http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-Fishing-conditions-have-started-to-improve_165301994
The waters are still a bit cooler than the kind a bunch of fish like to aggressively chew in. Fishing conditions, however, have slowly but surely begun to improve....
Warmup holds promise of improved fishing
http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-Warmup-holds-promise-of-improved-fishing_165167242
This week’s warmup is creating a buzz on the fishing scene. January’s onslaught of powerful cold fronts made it tough to get into any kind of a rhythm out...
A variety of choices await
http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-A-variety-of-choices-await-spearfishermen_165166503
For spearfishermen who are braving the colder water temperatures, the offshore waters are carrying plenty of hogfish, mangrove snapper, sheepshead, flounder and jolt-head porgies. The flounder are lying in...
East Florida, Charlie Conner
Inshore:
February continues to bring challenging weather most days with winds and the usual weekly cold fronts. We have been getting one or two days a week that is...
Great time to target redfish, trout
http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-Great-time-to-target-redfish-trout_165167299
Redfish action has increased all over the region, while big wintertime trout is also a great option, if you know where to go. It is a prime time to...
Nature Coast, William Toney
Looking forward into February and how this month is the last bitter sweet part of winter, the shortest month and a push into warmer weather. I know Florida has...
The Sheepshead
The dead of winter, sometimes the fishing isn’t as good for everything else. There is always sheepshead. I became a sheepshead junkie a couple...
Capt. Rick Grassett’s Sarasota
Fly anglers fishing with me, out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action catching and releasing trout and Spanish mackerel in Sarasota Bay and snook in...