Fishing Report and forecast for the Tampa Bay and Saint Petersburg Area
3-23-09
What a week we have had on the South shore of Tampa Bay. The snook have move out of the rivers, creeks and back country and are now staged up in some of the passes and they have been eating. What has been a disappointment is the lack of redfish on this side of the bay. However, I am receiving reports of good catches of Redfish on the Saint Petersburg side of the bay.
All of my trips this past week caught there share of Snook fishing from the mouth of the Little Manatee River south to Joe Island. The largest snook boated was a 31 incher that ate a large greenback that was in a deep pot hole between two mangrove islands. Most of the snook caught were in the 22 “to 27” range. On one of my trips we ran south to the Skyway Bridge and fished Spanish mackerel. We boated 12 Mackerel in less than 2 hours with the biggest weighing 4 pounds
Capt. Mike Anderson reported good catches of Redfish and trout in the Fort Desoto area this past week. The redfish were caught with pilchards while the trout were caught using artificial baits.
Capt Sergio Atanes reported good catches of Snook and a few redfish fishing the Southeastern shore of Tampa bay. Most all were caught using greenbacks.
Capt. Jason Prieto also reported good catches of Snook this past week with one snook approaching 32 inches. Capt. Jason fished from the Mouth of the Little Manatee River south to just south of the Skyway Bridge.
From all indication the spring time bite is on and will continue throughout the next month or so. I also would expect to see more Spanish mackerel and a few Cobia to show up in the next few days.
Water temperatures are in the low seventies and rising and it won’t be long before the white bait moves up on the flats. Right now you will have to look deep for the white bait.
Be safe out there.
Capt. Danny R. Guarino
825 Bayview Dr.
Ruskin Fl, 33570
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