by Capt. Brandon Naeve | Aug 20, 2025 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
Haley, from Pittsburgh, caught this beautiful Jack while fishing with me and Capt Hunter fishing out of CB’s Outfitters on Sarasota Bay this past week. Jack Crevalle fishing in Sarasota varies moderately throughout the year, with the high season being May though...
by Chuck Cress | Aug 20, 2025 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
Roy Anderson shows off an upper slot size redfish he caught in Sarasota Bay on Tuesday. Other fish caught and released on the trip were trout and snook. All of the fish on this Charter were caught on jig heads with Little John tails. We had a slight breeze on the...
by Capt. Kelly Stilwell | Aug 12, 2025 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
The fishing this summer has been as good as ever in Big Sarasota Bay. Recently Jeff and Cheryl Bextan had a great day. They caught lots of trout, ladyfish, and jack crevalle on plastic jigs and topwater plugs. Capt. Capt. Kelly Stilwell Kelly has lived and fished in...
by Capt. Brandon Naeve | Aug 10, 2025 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
Darby, from Nashville Tennessee, caught this beautiful mackerel in Sarasota Bay the other day while fishing the best trout bite in almost 30 years. Trout fishing in Sarasota Bay in August can be productive, particularly early and late in the day when temperatures are...
by Capt. Rick Grassett | Aug 2, 2025 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
I hosted a group of friends and clients on one of my annual destination fly fishing trips to recently. Richard Weintraub, Jim Kuhlman and I traveled from Sarasota to Bozeman, MT and met up with Tim Siegel, from IN, Ray Hutchinson, from MI and Trevor Elmquist, from...
by Capt. Kelly Kurtz | Jul 29, 2025 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
Last week the fishing on the new moon week was exceptional. We fished a combination of live bait in the passes and the nearby grass flats that produced excellent results. With water temperatures increasing, the tides play a major factor when and how the fish respond....
