Sarasota !!!
The Spanish Mackerel are on the grass flats , artificial reefs and just off the beaches on their annual migration. They are suckers for white bait which is here in huge numbers. Netting good bait at daybreak is about as easy as it has ever been in recent history. Big Sea over 20’ is an everyday event and most days we catch several over 20” . The bigger Trout are targeting top water plugs like the Chug Bug, Deadly Combo, a big white bait freelined or a hand picked Shrimp under a popping cork. Mixed in with the Trout and Macks are some Pompano, Flounder, Ladyfish, Jacks and some Big Bluefish.
James Pound from the UK joined me and caught a “Sarasota Slam” .That is, Sea Trout Snook, and Redfish all in the Same day. James caught 5 Redfish to 25 “ , 3 Snook to 23” and Sea trout to 19” His best luck was throwing a freelined Shrimp under docks on the east side of the bay. The next day Tate Miller from Ohio and his son Zack and daughter Hannah and Father in law Greg. Let me tell you this crew was fun and they really can fish ! We lost count of how many fish they caught around 10 am . Tate sent me a Text message saying the fish fry was fabulous that night. 
That afternoon, Russ Zuege brother Wayne and his daughter Jalissa and family friend, Hannah continued the hot bite. The guys had a great day, but the girls were really on fire. Again , I have no idea how many fish were landed .Friday, Brent Smith and son Quinn had a really nice am bite from 7:30 to around 10am catching numerous trout and mackerel. At 10 the wind stopped and so did the bite . after about 30 minutes of inactivity, the wind picked up and the bite continued. James Starks from the UK started out by using topwaters and caught 3 reds in the 25+ range along with 3 Snook with one going to 26”. After the topwater bite slowed, we went to deep grass and he caught a 29” and 30 “ Sea trout , 2 Pompanos and a 15” Flounder. A super Sarasota Slam !
Sunday John Buckley from Sarasota and brother Steve and brother in law Bill joined me for John’s 70th birthday fishing party. Man oh man, what fun ! These guys all can fish and caught many Sea Trout in 20 inch range, Huge Mackerel , Big Bluefish and others. Nick Rinaldi and buddy Bill from Longboat Key continued the hot bite in Sarasota Bay. Nick wanted to learn the techniques of bay fishing Sarasota Style and he proved to be a great student. He really did well and with his friend ,Bill caught a lot of Trout Blues and Macks.Ron Slovick and son Ben ,age 6, had a fabulous day . While Ron was busy fly fishing, Ben was catching huge Trout , one after the other. Soon, after a fly change Ron joined the fun catch Large mackerel and Trout. The following day Ron‘s dad, Ron fromSarasota joined us . After a slow start, We caught big Blues, Trout and Mackerel.
Steve Perkins from New Jersey joined me for a morning of a mixed bag of Trout , Flounder, Mangrove snapper, Redfish, and small Snook. It was by far the slowest day of the week ,but overall he had a great time throwing topwaters and jigs. Dan Dunn from RI fished Friday am and caught 6 reds, Sea Trout including a 26 “ monster and Mangrove Snapper. He hooked 3 or 4 huge Reds only to lost them around dock pilings. 
The final 2 trips of the report period were with 2 great families. First, Carl Almeter and Sons Taylor and Andrew along with daughter Kate had a super day catching big Trout, Mackerel, and bluefish. These were novice fishermen who became pretty darn good by days end. Of course, Kate had to show the guys up as she caught the most and biggest fiah of the day. Finally the Katz family from NYC ( Ben, Sam, Garrett, and Eli ) fish on a windy day. They were rewarded with Pompano, Trout and Macks
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