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Location: Tampa Bay | Fish are there if you can get out
By FRED EVERSON
Posted July 01, 2009 by The Tampa Tribune
It has been tough to get the boat off the dock for about a week now. Last week it was very windy and this week we have had thunderstorms nearly 24/7.
The few anglers I spoke to who did get out said the fishing was pretty good. I watched a guy catch a nice snook at the mouth of the Little Manatee River. He pitched a live sardine under a dock and the fish whacked it as soon as it hit the water.
Redfish are finally showing up on the flats south of Sand Key. The best bite has been around high tide on the mangrove shadow line. But high tides have been coinciding with some fierce thunderstorms. You only have to get caught once to know that it’s not wise to fool with Mother Nature.
The typical summer targets are here in force. Tarpon action at the Sunshine Skyway has been steady. Most of the guides like a slack tide and live threadfin herring for tarpon.
We drew a tripletail out from under a buoy last week with a plastic shrimp on a jig head. It hit the bait twice but never hooked up. We didn’t see any cobia that day before we were chased off the water by an approaching storm.
There are Spanish mackerel all over the bay. I saw one fish leap 6 feet into the air and re-enter the water without making a splash. I have yet to see them have bait balled up.
I’m getting reports of a great snapper bite from all corners of the bay. I often think of mangrove snapper as saltwater panfish, but this year they have been running between 17 and 22 inches. Live shrimp or small chunks of threadfin herring pitched under channel markers can be productive.
Visit captain Fred Everson’s Web site at tampabayfishingguide.com for charter info or call (813) 830-8890.
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