March 7 Fishing Report
Fishing is still great in the bays as the water temperatures continue to rise . Sarasota Bay is now 72 degrees and the flats are warmer as the sun heats the shallow waters quickly. Anglers aboard the Lucky Dawg have been experiencing an unusual variety of Sarasota gamefish. Sea Trout are very abundant and are found anywhere in 4-6 ‘ of water or really shallow late in the day. has been about 35-40 trout and t These Trout are fat and and have measured up to 25” with a lot of fish in the 18-20” range. In deeper water, the bait of choice has been CAL jigs worked very quickly with small jerks. In the shallows a weedless GULP ! jerkbait with a small worm weight has realty turned on the largest fish. The Trout are very concentrated, so, drift the grassy areas and throw out a marker when you catch your first good one. Spanish Mackerel, Pompano, a few Flounder and nice Bluefish have been mixed in with the Trout. If you get into Ladyfish, move slightly as they are on the edges of the Trout schools. As the water continues to warm be on the alert for the first Cobia . Today, we saw our first Cobia as it chased a small hooked trout and then disappeared. A handpicked Shrimp put in front of a Cobia will result in an immediate strike. Snook and Redfish are being found on the lower tides and beginning to school.
Recent catches of note: James Almonter from Wisconsin used a 5wgt TFO fly rod with Gibby’s Big Eye Baitfish fly and a Shrimpee fly to catch 25+ Spanish Mackerel to 4lbs and 20 or more Sea Trout to 18 “. Tom Whitehurst of Sarasota caught 50 + Trout to 19 “ on CAL jigs and 2 Redfish on GULPS. Scott Tunis from Kansas and his golfing buddies Trent and Mike caught numerous trout to 20”, 4 Redfish to 23” Mackerel to 4 lbs and several nice Bluefish. Dan and Pete Morgan form Georgia caught 3 Pompano, Flounder to 15”, Grouper to 18” , several big Sheepshead to 5 lbs and finished out the day with numerous Spanish Mackerel and Sea trout . Dave Bressan from PA and son Mike from Sarasota had a great day catching Sea Trout and Spanish Mackerel on CAL jigs and Deadly Combos. Honestly I couldn’t tell you how many fish they caught , we lost count by 10 am . Jamie Douglas from NJ caught 30+ Sea Trout to 16 “ on a very windy day. Alan Woczynski from Wisconsin and son Graham and his friend Aaron caught Spanish Mackerel to 5 lbs , numerous Tout and finished the day with 4 Redfish . 
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