Fast action on the Sarasota flats!

It sounds like a broken record, but the fishing on the deep grass flats continues to be very good. Speckled trout, bluefish, Spanish mackerel, jacks, sharks, ladyfish, grouper, snapper, sea bass and more kept the rods bent and Capt Jim busy! The pattern of casting jigs at first light then catching bait when that bite slowed continued to be the best bet. Chumming with live bait produced fast action later in the morning. The flats near the passes, Marina Jack, Bird Key, Radio Tower, and Middlegrounds were best. {%image_id=65882%}