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Warming trend should entice more fish to bite

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-Warming-trend-should-entice-more-fish-to-bite_165137103 We’re finally approaching stable weather. Hopefully rising water temperatures will entice the fish. Our most cooperative species — trout, sheepshead, flounder, redfish — have been the usual targets the...

Redfish starting to return to the flats

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-Redfish-starting-to-return-to-the-flats_165044854 Small redfish schools are starting to work their way back onto the flats. I came across schools of reds on two charters last week. I hope this marks the...

Fishing conditions have started to improve

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-Fishing-conditions-have-started-to-improve_165301994 The waters are still a bit cooler than the kind a bunch of fish like to aggressively chew in. Fishing conditions, however, have slowly but surely begun to improve....

Warmup holds promise of improved fishing

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-Warmup-holds-promise-of-improved-fishing_165167242 This week’s warmup is creating a buzz on the fishing scene. January’s onslaught of powerful cold fronts made it tough to get into any kind of a rhythm out...

A variety of choices await

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-A-variety-of-choices-await-spearfishermen_165166503 For spearfishermen who are braving the colder water temperatures, the offshore waters are carrying plenty of hogfish, mangrove snapper, sheepshead, flounder and jolt-head porgies. The flounder are lying in...

East Florida, Charlie Conner

Inshore: February continues to bring challenging weather most days with winds and the usual weekly cold fronts. We have been getting one or two days a week that is...

Great time to target redfish, trout

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/Captain-s-Corner-Great-time-to-target-redfish-trout_165167299 Redfish action has increased all over the region, while big wintertime trout is also a great option, if you know where to go. It is a prime time to...

Nature Coast, William Toney

Looking forward into February and how this month is the last bitter sweet part of winter, the shortest month and a push into warmer weather. I know Florida has...

The Sheepshead

The dead of winter, sometimes the fishing isn’t as good for everything else. There is always sheepshead. I became a sheepshead junkie a couple...

Capt. Rick Grassett’s Sarasota

Fly anglers fishing with me, out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action catching and releasing trout and Spanish mackerel in Sarasota Bay and snook in...