by Capt. Brandon Naeve | Sep 22, 2018 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
We were lucky enough to grab some live bait first thing in the morning and today’s fishing in Sarasota Bay was fantastic. The fishing docks that were not in the red tide areas had tons of large mangrove snappers to be had. Large hand-picked shrimp we picked up...
by Capt. Brandon Naeve | Sep 19, 2018 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
Even though the red tide is along the beaches and in North Sarasota Bay the fishing in the intercoastal today was excellent. We caught two snook, two redfish, about 50 mangrove snapper, and one trout. My charter people were from the middle of Pennsylvania, close by...
by Capt. Rick Grassett | Sep 8, 2018 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
A fly angler fishing with me, out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, had good action catching and releasing snook around dock lights in Sarasota on a trip during the past week. Randy Ritzenhaler and his daughter Elise, from TX, fished a predawn snook/flats...
by Capt. Brandon Naeve | Sep 4, 2018 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
My son Hunter and I went down to Charlotte Harbor to fish Boca Grande, Bull and Turtle Bays, Widens Creek and the other outlying areas. The red tide is gone, it’s been pushed offshore and the fishing has been fantastic. During the red tide, shrimp grow a quarter...
by Chuck Cress | Sep 2, 2018 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
Like Mr. Rogers said “it’s a beautiful day on Sarasota Bay,” or something similar to that. And it was a beautiful day when John and his wife Holly, who were visiting from California, came aboard as we launched my boat in search of some hungry fish. It all...
by Capt. Brandon Naeve | Sep 1, 2018 | CB's Weekly Fishing Reports
The fishing today was great as the red tide finally moved out of Little Sarasota Bay. I was out with the boys from Chicago who managed to catch yellowtail, jacks up to 5 pounds, along with some trout and a few bluefish. There were lots of good ladyfish as well. John,...
