Can you believe that school is already back in session? Redfish will be schooling up as well this month. Not the flats fish but the giant deep water “Bull” redfish will be stacked at the inlets and other deep water spots. Fish around the slack tides at the inlets for the best results. I like [...]
Surefire Ways to Lose a Redfish Tournament: Part 2
Fishing Report – St. Petersburg, FL
St. Pete Report- Tarpon & Permit Well here we are…the last week of August. The temperature maybe HOT, but not nearly as hot as the tarpon and permit fishing has been lately! Crabs have been the ticket for both. I’ve been asked a lot lately, “Are the tarpon still around?” The answer…”Absolutely the tarpon are [...]
How to Win Friends and Ruin Fishing
In the fishing world, there may be nothing that will win you more friends than sharing a great bite with others. But, will that do you, them or the fish any good? Please forgive my cheesy attempt to parody the great book “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie with the title [...]
I was just waiting on clients…
Etiquette… where did it go?
Inshore fishing has grown in popularity over the last few decades bringing throngs of new anglers to the sport; unfortunately a by-product of this popularity is poor conduct. Pioneer inshore greats like Bill Curtis, Joe Brooks, and my good friend Stu Apte were looked at as gentlemen in this sport, who pitted their significant skills [...]
Tampa Bay's Toothy Tablefare

Tampa Bay is known to be one of the greatest inshore sport fishing estuaries on the Gulf coast. It has numerous, highly sough after sport fish. Snook, redfish and tarpon probably get the most notoriety. Snook are great to eat but you can only keep one and it must measure inside an increasing small slot [...]
Want to be a better flats fisherman?

I get this question quite frequently from my charter clients who charter me on their home waters. “How can I be more successful finding and catching fish on a consistent basis?” They don’t often like my answer. “You have to sacrifice some of your fishing trips.” They usually look at me funny and then ask [...]























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