
Tampa Bay Flats Holding Big Fish
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By Sean Hagen
The flats the flats the flats are on fire! Big reds, snook, and trout have moved on the the flats and the action has been red hot! {%image_id=4668%}{%image_id=4669%} During recent charters the red fish bite has been explosive. For the last 3 weeks we have been targeting large schools of breeder size reds. Free lining large sardines and dead sticking chuncks of cut lady fish have definately been the ticket. {%image_id=4673%}{%image_id=4665%} While fishing the Red Fish Extreme this past Saturday we must of landed 30-35 fish most of which were over 30 inches. My tournament partner Mike Murray landed one weighing 17 lbs. in a foot of water on ultra light tackle; a straight up "snoopy rod". Over the slot reds seemed to be our curse. We did finally ended up with some nice slot fish totaling 13.2 lbs. But it wasnt enough to win,so we settled for third place. {%image_id=4671%}{%image_id=4672%} Lets talk snook and trout. They are all over the flats as well as the beach and the ones we have been catching have been quality fish. live sardines and a cork have proven successful for both snook and trout. Also a 3/8 jig with a cut threadfin as worked well for bigger snook. {%image_id=4664%} The poons are at the Sky Way and the bites heating up,so thats where Im headed in the A M . I'll have a tarpon report in a few days till then have a safe and quality day on the water.