by Capt. Rick Grassett | Jan 17, 2021 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
Anglers fishing with me, out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action with trout in Sarasota Bay and Gasparilla Sound on DOA Lures recently. My brother Kirk Grassett, from Middletown, DE, fished several days with me during the past week. We fished...
by Capt. Rick Grassett | Jan 9, 2021 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
Anglers fishing with me, out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action with trout in Sarasota Bay on flies and DOA Lures recently. Fly anglers scored with Clouser flies fished on sink tip fly lines. Spin fishing anglers also had good action with CAL...
by Chuck Cress | Jan 1, 2021 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
Dr. Stephen Wahl of Sarasota, his daughter Hannah, and their friend Carmen spent New Year’s eve morning fishing with me. Although a little windy the trio managed to catch and release numerous fish. Using jigs, DOA shrimp, and live shrimp helped them to catch trout,...
by Capt. Kelly Stilwell | Dec 28, 2020 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
Cooler temperatures have put a damper on the flats fishing recently. Fortunately the bottom fishing has picked up with impressive numbers of black sea bass, small grouper, and some sheephead. All of these have been caught on live or frozen shrimp in the passes,...
by Capt. Rick Grassett | Dec 27, 2020 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
Anglers fishing with me, out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action with trout, Spanish mackerel and blues in Sarasota Bay and tripletail in the coastal gulf on flies and DOA Lures recently. Fly anglers scored with Clouser flies fished on sink tip...
by Chuck Cress | Dec 21, 2020 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
John and his son Blake booked a charter with me thru CB’S Outfitters on Sunday. Both anglers are from the Chicagoland area and let me know that they are fly fishermen. With that info in mind we chose to fish using only artificial bait only. Our first spot looked good...