Fishing Tampa's Flats and Bay

The snook bite in April was very good and continued throughout the month and into May. Bait (sardines) have finally shown up and its only getting thicker.

Most of the fish caught this last month had actually been caught on dead cut bait. It seems the snook have been hungry after the long cold winter and are trying to fatten up.

In the mix have been a few redfish but the bite in the areas I have been fishing has not been what I would like. Trout are still around and can be caught drifting the edges of some of the deeper grass flats.

Tarpon are also showing up and I will soon be targeting them when they get to the areas I like to target. Spanish mackerel are here and can be caught buy setting up a nice chum line and using long shank hooks,and live sardines for bait.

Here are a couple of snook pictures from a recent charter.

As we really get into the month of may and the bait gets thicker I only expect the fish to be really going off!

Thanks for checking my reports and keep checking back for more.

Capt. Steve

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