Water temperature continues to hover around the low 60s, and that means slow fishing on the flats around South Shore. Snook are practically dormant when it gets that cold, and even when they do eat there isn't much fight in them. Snook season reopened March 1 but thus far, there has not been much to shout about. ...more

March 4, 2009

Water temperature continues to hold in the high 60s and low 70s, and that's much warmer than usual. In general, it makes for good fishing, and that's been the case so far this year. ...more

January 14, 2009

A series of cold fronts has made for some difficult fishing on Tampa Bay's South Shore flats. Water temperature is now at 65 degrees - the point where snook stop actively feeding, and other species slow down. ...more

December 3, 2008

don't ask me why on the last one - whatever you call them, cobia are great gamefish, and they are making their annual run past our shores. ...more

May 2, 2008