by Capt. Kelly Kurtz | Jun 8, 2019 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
The last couple of weeks the fishing has been steadily improving. On a couple of days, the seas were calm and we fished off the beaches. Spanish mackerel were crashing large bait schools as well as some large sharks mixed into the fray. Casting spoons provided several...
by Chuck Cress | Jun 5, 2019 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
Young Kellen is shown here holding one of the many mackerel he caught on his excursion this week with his dad Ryan. We left CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key early in the morning in search of bait or busting fish on the surface. The first couple of places we...
by Capt. Rick Grassett | May 31, 2019 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
Anglers fishing with me, out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had some action with jacks and bluefish in Sarasota Bay and tarpon in the coastal gulf on flies recently. Bill Morrison, from Anna Maria Island, fished a day in Sarasota Bay with me. The plan was...
by Capt. Ed Hurst | May 28, 2019 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
David Miller and son Zack, from Charlotte NC, enjoyed a beautiful morning of tarpon fishing with me. David landed a very nice fish that weighed in at around 80 pounds. Zack put two in the air. The hook pulled on one and the other one rubbed through the leader. More...
by Chuck Cress | May 28, 2019 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
I had a couple of very nice young men on board today from Indiana. Their mother, Angie, booked the trip with me thru Siesta Key’s CB’s Saltwater Outfitters. Harrison, the older brother of Aidan, hooked up with a snook at our first spot using a topwater lure....
by Capt. Brandon Naeve | May 22, 2019 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
The weather in and around Sarasota Bay has been nice with water temperatures are in the mid-’80s. There’s nothing is better than the feeling when you hook your first tarpon. Glenna from Sarasota experienced that feeling this week when she hooked her first...
