Capt. Rick Grassett’s Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 9/20/2016
 
I was away visiting family in Delaware last week, so I don’t have a Sarasota fishing report. However, I did have a chance to fish Chesapeake Bay a couple of days while I was there. My brother Kirk Grassett and I fished one day in his Jones Brothers Cape Fisherman 18 out of Tilghman Island, MD. We had good action catching and releasing stripers on Clouser and Crease flies. Schools of stripers were “breaking”, feeding on the surface, just like our Spanish mackerel and false albacore fishing.
 
We fished Tangier Sound another day out of Crisfield, MD with Capt. Kevin Josenhans of Josenhans Sportfishing (http://www.josenhansflyfishing.com/) in his Jones Brothers Cape Fisherman 20. We fished structure; points, sod banks and creeks and had good action catching and releasing stripers to 24” and a couple of spotted sea trout on Clouser and Half & Half flies and CAL 3” and 4” shad tails. Just like our fishing, moving water is a key, and fish turned on when the tide started ripping. Capt. Kevin is a great guide in Chesapeake Bay if you are ever in that area.
 
Back in Sarasota, night snook fishing around lighted docks and bridges in the ICW with flies and DOA Lures should be a good option. You might also find a few juvenile tarpon and reds in the lights along with snook. I look for action in the coastal gulf with false albacore (little tunny) and Spanish mackerel to take off as the water cools down and baitfish become more plentiful. In addition, there should also be good action with trout, Spanish mackerel, bluefish and more on deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay.
 
Tight Lines,
Capt. Rick Grassett
IFFF Certified Fly Casting Instructor
Orvis-Endorsed Fly Fishing Guide at CB’s Saltwater Outfitters
Orvis Outfitter of the Year-2011
Snook Fin-Addict Guide Service, Inc.
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Capt. Rick Grassett, owner of Snook Fin-Addict Guide Service, Inc., is a full time fishing guide and fly casting instructor based in Sarasota, FL. Specializing in fly fishing and artificial baits on light tackle, he fishes the bays, back country and coastal gulf waters of Sarasota Bay, lower Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor in his 17’ Action Craft flats skiff. He has been guiding since 1990 and is an Orvis-Endorsed fly fishing guide at CB’s Saltwater Outfitters, Orvis Outfitter of the Year for 2011, on Siesta Key in Sarasota. He is an International Federation of Fly Fishers (IFFF) Certified Instructor and an instructor for the Orvis-Endorsed Fly Fishing School at CB’s Saltwater Outfitters. Capt. Rick is also a fly tier and designer with 3 fly patterns currently being sold by Orvis.
 
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