http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-Change-tactics-for-fly-fishing-success_168165752 Most fly fishers would prefer minimum wind and cloudless skies to increase chances for a banner day. This has been a problem lately. The wind makes casting more difficult,...

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-Tips-on-handling-burgeoning-baitfish_168156603 Schools of baitfish have arrived and taken up residence in all depths. Birds are diving on them close to the beach, all the way out to the midwater artificial...

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-Buckle-up-the-tarpon-are-here_168153573 Tarpon season is here, and the fish are showing up in numbers along the beaches. While there have been tarpon in the bays and backwaters for awhile, there were...

The conclusion of the 2018 Captain Mel Classic.  It went extremely well.   We had 68 participants. The weather was good.   The results were good. Our judging station, an excellent job by...

Capt. Rick Grassett’s Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 5/13/2018 Tarpon numbers are increasing as migratory fish arrive along our beaches. Look for tarpon schools to be moving both north and...

Another Orlando Area Fishing Report This is another Orlando Area fishing report. Monday Anthony LaBarbera, a fly fisher from New York, joined me for a day's fishing on Mosquito Lagoon. I'd...

Mangrove snapper action continued to improve for visitors at the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Piers this past week as we rapidly approach the summer travel season.  One of Tampa Bay's...

NORTHWEST REGION   CASES   FRANKLIN COUNTY   Officers Richardson and Sauls were conducting an oyster detail in the Eastpoint Area. They saw a vessel returning from oystering. As the vessel approached the ramp the...

Walk outside in the early morning.  If the whippoorwills are calling, it’s probably the right time of year to start thinking about catching snook.  These two events just seem...

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-Here-come-the-tarpon_168023194 It’s hot, the water temperature’s right and it’s May. That means it’s Tarpon Time! April’s full moon seemed to have opened the flood gates for tarpon arriving in our...