Captain's Weekly Fishing Report


Capt. Jim Klopfer Fishing Report for 01/29/2012

Fishing was steady, though not spectacular, before the front that passed through on Friday. The deep flats from Big Pass north; Marker # 5, Radio Tower, Middlegrounds, Moorings, and Stephen's Pt., were the best spots. Speckled trout and ladyfish were caught in decent numbers on gold D.O.A. jigs and live shrimp along with the occasional pompano and Spanish mackerel.

I fished on Saturday with fly angler Steve Dow from Boston, MA and his father-in-law Todd Stitzer. Post front conditions (15-20 knot winds out of the NW and dirty water near the passes) dictated that we stay in Little Sarasota Bay. We caught speckled trout to 16" and ladyfish on chartreuse/white Clouser Minnows and jigs at Spanish Pt. and Hidden Harbor.

Unseasonably warm weather has the water temperatures higher than normal. Snook fishing in the creeks and rivers has been a tad slow, but bass and bream action has been quite good. The Myakka River is producing bass to 3 pounds and bluegill to 10" on black Beetlespins, D.O.A. jerk baits, and Rapala X-Raps.

Capt. Ed Hurst's Fishing Report for 01/29/2012

The extended weather report for the coming week looks great. More of the wonderful weather we had enjoyed most of our "winter" so far. Look for highs around 80 degrees all week. Might get a shower on Friday. The water temperature in Sarasota Bay is around 67 degrees. Fishing was pretty good last week. My clients caught trout, bluefish, mackerel. ladyfish and pompano using both spin and fly tackle. tackle.

Capt. Jack Ryan's Fishing Report for 01/29/2012

Capt. Jack Ryan of the Sea Dog had the pleasure of having Brad, Tim, and Doug Forde of CB's out on an offshore trip to 50 feet off New Pass. Weather was excellent and calm seas with fish hitting all day long. Our catches were 13 Gag Grouper to 28"(released of course) and a single Red Grouper to 20 1/2 ". Using live shrimp,cut frozen sardines and squid the guys hooked with Hogfish, Mangrove snapper and some nice Key West grunts.It was a great day on the water. If you get a chance to come aboard the Sea Dog .....Come on.... we are having a good time for all.

Capt. Bruce Burkhart's Fishing Report for 01/29/2012
The fishing last week was a little bit slower than it has been. I did get out a couple of days and managed to find some red fish up to 21 inches on the channel edges in the north bay. Coming back to the flats at Middle grounds and Radio Tower we did get into some Pompano, Trout, Bluefish and Ladyfish all caught on CAL jigs, gold glitter.


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