Capt. Rick Grassett’s Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 11/20/2016
Anglers fishing Sarasota Bay with me during the past week, out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, caught and released snook, trout, redfish and blues on flies and CAL jigs with shad tails. Action was steady on deep grass flats on the east side of the bay.
Nick Reding, from Longboat Key, FL, waded a Sarasota Bay shallow flat with me on Monday and we caught and released trout on an EP style fly. Tom Lamb, from Geneva, Switzerland and Roy Glah, from Sarasota, FL, fished Sarasota Bay with me on Tuesday afternoon. They caught and released trout and blues on CAL jigs with shad tails, DOA Shrimp and DOA Deadly Combos.
Anna Maria Island and Sarasota winter residents, Bill Morrison and Gary Marple had good action with trout and blues on Ultra Hair Clouser flies while fishing deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay with me on Thursday. We also spent some time in the coastal gulf and found a few false albacore working off Lido Key.
Keith McClintock, from Lake Forest, IL, fished Sarasota Bay with me on Friday afternoon. We fished skinny water and he had good action catching and releasing trout, jacks, redfish and a couple of snook to complete his slam on CAL jigs with shad tails and weedless-rigged CAL shad tails. When you fish hard it often pays off!
Capt. Ed Hurst and I were the instructors for a CB’s Saltwater Outfitters Orvis-Endorsed Fly Fishing School on Saturday. Students received instruction in fly casting basics, line control, shooting line and the roll cast. We also covered leader construction, fly selection and saltwater fly fishing techniques. Contact CB’s Saltwater Outfitters at (941) 349-4400 or info@cbsoutfitters.com to make reservations for the next school.
Snook, reds and trout in skinny water and trout, blues and more on deep grass flats should be good options. Night snook fishing around lighted docks and bridges in the ICW with flies and DOA Lures should also be a good option. There may be some action in the coastal gulf with false albacore (little tunny) as the water cools down and baitfish school up along the beaches. Tripletail should also show up since stone crab traps are now in the coastal gulf, increasing the amount of available structure for them.
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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