Weather & water: Recent cold fronts have brought chilly temperatures, gusty winds, and some unsettled water conditions. These fronts are still influencing fishing activity around Anna Maria Island and Sarasota Bay — expect rougher conditions offshore on windy days. Inshore action: • Sheepshead, black drum, and redfish are reliably biting inshore now, especially around docks, rock piles, seawalls, and bridges. Live shrimp is working well for these species. • Redfish and black drum are showing up along residential canals and along Gulf beaches as well. • Spotted seatrout and snook may still be present in the bays and passes — particularly in clearer pockets of water — but they’re more weather dependent right now. Offshore and nearshore bite: • Nearshore reefs and wrecks are producing a mix of snapper species (lane, vermilion, mangrove) and red grouper. • Amberjack have been caught on wrecks in deeper Gulf waters (near 100 ft+).

We have been catching tons of Redfish on the docks, Snook in the mangroves near Siesta key, and Trout on the flats in the north bay, The Snook Bite has been on fire up in the northern part of Sarasota bay up towards longboat key with some 24-29" fish showing up, Its been an awesome week. Next weeks weather looks exceptional to get out there and catch a ton of fish! Book now and let us know how we can assist you, Feel free to give us a call anytime.