Fall Fishing In Tampa Bay

Despite a slow start, Sean Rice (of O' Brien's Fishing Club) and myself managed to have a pretty good day of fishing. {%image_id=12864%} Our destination: the creeks of upper Tampa Bay. Our goal: redfish, snook, and trout. The redfish and snook evaded us. The trout on the other hand weren't so lucky. Big white baits, freelined in 4-6ft of water, worked their magic producing 20-25" speckled trout.{%image_id=12863%}{%image_id=12862%} A negative .4 tide limited accessibility to prime fishing spots but did not deture Capt. Rick Lyles of Reel Simple Charters and O' Brien's Fishing Club. He reported good action in a nearly land locked creek North of the Courtney Campbell Causeway. Capt. Rick's clients boated numerous redfish, snook, and trout with the highlight of the day being a 31.5" linesider.{%image_id=12861%} Still on the hunt for redfish and snook, Sean and I didn't kill the motor until we reached the Weedon Island area where we managed to catch a keeper size snook and a jack on cut ladyfish before the tide went slack.{%image_id=12860%} Our next move was to set up on the outgoing tide North of the "Mudhole." About ten minutes into the outgoing Sean got a snook, next cast a red, then a trout and so on. Freelining live sardines out from the mangroves was the ticket. A few bat fulls of live chum and a strong tide were key. It was dark when we left them biting.{%image_id=12859%} Till next time have a safe and quality day on the water.{%image_id=12858%} Capt. Sean Hagen of Shamrock Charters "Fishing Like a Pro with Eupro"