Captain's Weekly Fishing Report

October 24, 2010 Fishing Report - Capt. Bruce Burkhart

Fishing in Sarasota Bay was pretty good last week. Mike and Jesse Milo fished with me in Little Sarasota Bay on Wednesday. We fished the oyster bars down by Spanish Pointe with DOA glow shrimp and caught lots of trout to nineteen inches and flounder to eighteen inches. On Sunday, Bob Silverman and his buddy Bryan both from Sarasota, caught redfish to twenty-seven inches and trout on CAL Glow jigs on the west side of the bay. Up in the north end of the bay we casted DOA Glow shrimp under popping corks and caught trout, grouper and ladyfish. Unfortunately, we lost a nice sized snook.

The weather continues to cooperate and the water temp is warming up. Lots of mackerel, bonita and kingfish are being caught on the inshore reefs.

October 24, 2010 Fishing Report - Capt. Jeffri Durrance

Fishing with Ed & Steve Stein, Mandy Loveland & Annie Caball this week saw a variety of fish boated. Trout, ladyfish, bluefish as well as a snook and redfish were caught. The best catch award goes to Steve with a 23.5” trout. The fish were caught on live shrimp and a spro jig fishing along the east side of the bay near the Ringling flats.

The inshore gulf is still holding lots of Spanish mackerel. Look for birds over schools of bait where the mackerel are feeding. Live white bait, shrimp or most any lure that flashes such as spoons and jigs will work.

October 24, 2010 Fishing Report - Capt. Rick Grassett

Anglers fishing with me on my flats skiff the Snook fin-Addict, out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, caught and released trout, snook, flounder, blues, Spanish mackerel and a red this week. Tim Graham, from Nokomis, FL, and Dale Vollrath, from Sarasota, FL, fished Gasparilla Sound in Charlotte Harbor with me on Mon, 10/18. They caught and released trout and a nice flounder and red on CAL jigs with shad tails.

Jon Roberson, from Cortez, FL, his brother and dad fished Sarasota Bay with me on Weds, 10/20. They had fast action at Stephens Point and near Buttonwood Harbor with numerous trout and about 6 bluefish on Ultra Hair Clouser flies. Jamie Grow, from the Washington, DC area, night snook fished with me in the ICW near Venice on Friday evening, 10/22. He caught and released 10 or 12 snook to 22” on my Grassett Snook Minnow fly.

Action should continue to be good in both the coastal gulf for little tunny, Spanish and king mackerel and in Sarasota Bay for trout, blues, Spanish mackerel and more. As the water cools, fish will be on the move and feeding.

October 24, 2010 Fishing Report - Capt. Jim Klopfer

The hot news is that fishing "On the beach" has been incredible! On Friday we caught a bunch of false albacore on Rapala X-Raps and #4 glass minnow flies on a 9 weight fly rod.

On Tuesday, Terry Mark from Olean, NY caught Spanish mackerel and albies on trolled spoons and Rapala plugs. We went into the bay and caught mackerel, trout, and ladyfish on white bait at the Bird Key flats.

The west side of Sarasota Bay was very productive on Wednesday for anglers casting rootbeer and gold Cotee jigs We landed trout to 18", a half dozen bluefish to 2 pounds, Spanish Mackerel, ladyfish, gag grouper, mangrove snapper, and jack crevelle at the middlegrounds, Moorings and Helicopter Shoal.

October 20, 2010 Fishing Report - Capt. Aledia Tush

Jared Younkman and Jarrad Albritton fishing the lighted docks of Stevens Point and Long Bar caught and released a 34" SNOOK, 4 Redfish, several other Snook and Sea Trout on Chrome ZARA SPOOKS and Storm Chartruse/Chrome Chug Bugs.

CB's saltwater outfitters
1249 Stickney Point Road on Siesta Key
(at Stickney Point Bridge)
Sarasota, Florida 34242
941-349-4400
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