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...
by Capt. Rick Grassett | Dec 13, 2020 | 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 tripletail in the coastal gulf on flies and DOA Lures recently. Greg Stepanski, from Tampa, fished the coastal gulf with me and caught and released...
by Brian Boehm | Dec 12, 2020 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
Flats & dock light fishing have been steady on Quiet Waters trips run out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key. The last cold front made it official – winter is definitely here. The sea trout bite has been dependable over the past few weeks....
