August 2018 By Neil Taylor and capmel.com kayak fishing staff contributors Around the state: There is a lot of fun in the month of August.   Challenges exist in “the hottest month of...

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-Full-moon-leads-to-promising-events_170420016 Tiny new hatchling baitfish are on many shallow grass flats. They seem to always show up in mass quantities following the full moon in July. Mangrove snapper have also...

As we transition into August on the Nature Coast look for some good angling opportunity's. The full moon in August is usually the first push of schooling redfish that make their...

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-It-s-the-season-of-unpredictable-dangerous-storms_170413424 Midsummer gulf water temperatures can reach that of a tepid bath. It can be uncomfortable to man and fish. Anglers are heading farther offshore to find cooperative fish because...

NORTHWEST REGION   CASES   BAY COUNTY   Officers Brady, Gore and Coker were conducting resource inspections in Grand Lagoon when they saw a vessel with nine people on board returning from fishing. The officers...

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-The-reward-for-picking-up-trash-in-the-gulf_170381291 It has been our practice to be "trashmen" of the Gulf for many years. This policy of stopping to pick up discarded items such as balloons which have been...

A topic that deserves good air time, at any time but particularly after the situation we had with fish lost to the freeze.    And red tide.  It is a...

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-Find-success-with-structure-fishing_170323222 Stable weather is usually necessary for fishing success. Wind and rain affect tides and water clarity. During the summer, higher tides have redfish and snook in areas that are...

Capt. Rick Grassett’s Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 7/28/2018 Anglers fishing with me recently, out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action fly fishing for snook on...

Windy weather & passing storms shaped the week at the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Piers, but several species remained on very strong bites despite the heat and turbulent weather.  Mangrove...