Big mackerel showing up in Sarasota Bay

Fishing was steady this week for clients fishing the deep grass flats in Sarasota Bay. Jigs provided most of the action, producing speckled trout to 22", mackerel, ladyfish, bluefish, quite a few jacks, grouper, sharks, and other species. Bait was plentiful and I finished up doing some chumming. While that did not produce the fast action that it normally does, but did result in some very large Spanish mackerel, around 5 pounds. {%image_id=68569%}