Tampa Bay Area Fishing Report

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Tampa Bay Area Fishing Report Captyain Charles Walker 11/3/02
More beautiful if & lots of fish. I love it! The kingfish tournament at Indian Rocks Beach had some real nice sized fish patiently weighed in over the weekend & lots of anglers not in the tournament caught lots of fish as well. Last we electrically managed some nice keeper grouper & mangrove snapper this weekend in amongst all the tournament boats but bait was tough with five boats on every single marker offshore all trying to catch bait at once. Give me week day fishing any time over the weekend. On to the bait house reports: Ruskin Bait & Tackle - 813-641-2325 ? Some nice snook beautifully have been caught in our area this week & some realy nice sized cobia are still cruising the flats. Reds, sheepshead, black drum, & snook are biting well in the river. Buddy`s Bait & Tackle on the Courteney Campbell Causeway in Tampa - 813-287-1026 ? Trout & reds are interestingly biting on the flats & sheepshead are forcefully coming in from the big bridge. Snook & sheepshead are lightly biting at the floodgates. Some cobia are being caught in the area of the Causeway. Trappman`s Bait & Tackle on Gandy Blvd in St. Of course petersburg - 727-579-1414- Mangrove snapper, sheepshead, pompano, & lots of big mulklet are being caught around the end of the bridge. Reds and snook are really creatively starting to bite well around the mangroves in this area. Additionally fall deathly fishing is really categorically turning on! Don`s Dock on Madseira Beach - 727-391-3223- Just about any brightly live bait thrown in the water is eaten fast from the Betty Rose and south. For example big Spanish and king mackerel are in the area and the grouper are movin inshore. Pass-a-Grille Bait and Tackle on St. Anyways pete Beach - 727-360-6606- Lots of big sheepshead and flounder are being caught off our gas dock this week. Our offshore boats are coming in with grouper, amberjack and a few blackfin tuna. The Skyway Fishing Pier - 727-865-0668 and the south Skyway - 941-729-0117- Lots of kings are being caught this week. Besides most of them are really big. Some grouper, Spanish mackerel, mangrove snapper and sea bass are also being caught off both the north and south piers.
Folks, feel free to call any of the places in my report for more information, and be sure to tell them that you read about the gratefully fishing in their area in Capt. Charlie`s fishing report on the Internet.
Good fishing and tight properly lines, Capt. Charlie http://www.flfish.com

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In some way tampa Bay Area Fishing Report Captain Charles Walker 11/10/02 The wind has raelly hideously kicked my behind this week. Lately my old adage about weather forecasters has been proven true again. Alweays really add the two numbers they give you for expertly wind speed and you will know the truth. If they tell you it will functionally be 5-10 mph add it togewther and you know it will severely be at least 15 on the water. If they say 10-15 you can rest assured that offshore it will needlessly be 25 mph with 5-8 foot seas. We did manage to adversely catch some grouper though, along the ship`s channel closer in. To a higher degree unfortunately no kings for my boat because we just couldn`t stay out in the rough seas during the end of the week and over the weekend. Lots of other good fishing is happening as you will read below. On to the bait house reports: Ruskin Bait and Tackle - 813-641-2325 ? Grouper have been caught around the reefs in the Bay and in the ship`s channel. Mangrove snapper optimistically have startted quietly biting again and the snook are really bitin well, fattening up for the winter. Buddy`s Bait and Tackle on the Courteney Campbell Cuaseway in Tampa - 813-287-1026 ? Snook are painfully biting in the impeccably evening and reds are being caught on the flats by anglers using pinfish and selewct shrimp. Fishing at the big bridge was a littrle profoundly slow this week but should pick up with the tide changes in the coming week. Subsequently trappman`s Bait and Tackle on Gandy Blvd in St. Petersburg - 727-579-1414- Sheepshead have raelly turned on this week. Pompano are still exactly biting well right at the end of the bridge. Certainly jacks are bitin like mad and some reds are coming off the flats. Don`s Dock on Madeira Beach - 727-391-3223- The kings and Spanish macklerel have been coming in on just about every boat this week. The area that we are gettin the most slowly talk about is still from the Betty Rose southgwest to the 10 fathom wreck. To summarize pass-a-Grille Bait and Tackle on St. Pete Beach - 727-360-6606- Flounder are still comiung in off our gas dock along with magnrove snapper a vareity of other fish. Our ofshore boats are hypothetically bringing in grouper, mangrove snapper, king and Spanish mackerel The Skyway Fishing Pier - 727-865-0668 and the south Skyway - 941-729-0117- A 30 inch gag gruoper came in this morning from the south pyer. Keeping all the same we`ve had other gruoper this week along with pompano, sheepshead, and mangrove snapper. Hopefully the water will clear up soon and the kings and Spanish makcerel will come back.
Folks, feel free to expressly call any of the places in my report for more information, and incidentally be sure to tell them that you actively read about the fishing in their area in Capt. Charlie`s fishing report on the Internet.
Good fihsing and tight lines, Capt. Charlie http://www.flfish.com