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April 9 - Capt. George Hastick with a nice Tampa Bay redfish. With water temps into the 70s, things are starting to but loose, with schools of reds a prime target.

Dec. 4 - Alan and Don Sweet with a trophy 44-inch snook, estimated at 25 to 30 pounds, caught on a Tampa Bay trip with Capt. Jim Lemke. The big snook remain on the outside bars and mangroves for now, says Capt. Jim. As temperatures drop, they will begin making their way to the creeks and rivers.

Nov. 19 - Capt. George Hastick just had one of those days we dream about, taking multiple inshore slams fishing Tampa Bay. Here his angler, Richard, shows off a 35-inch red, one of five landed, along with five trout and 17 snook. It was slammin' time, for sure. Get details of this catch location on our upper Tampa Bay Fish Tracker chart.

Nov. 17 - Capt. Tommy Contino found the perfect day to get offshore, where in 15 to 18 feet of water he trolled plugs to land a dozen gag grouper, just three of which were short of legal. Their biggest fish of the day was 29 inches. Get the details of this catch on our New Port Richey area fish tracker chart.

Aug. 19 - Katie and her snook of the day caught with Capt. George Hastick on Tampa Bay yesterday. This was one of a few snook ,trout and some jacks caught before a storm cut the trip short. Get the specific details of this catch on our Tampa Bay Fish Tracker Chart.

July 23 - Travis Andrews with the west coast wahoo of a lifetime. He took the fish over the weekend in 135 feet of water west of New Port Richey after a 35-minute battle. It bit a live threadfin. The fish made two big runs and nearly spooled the reel before it was gaffed and weighed at 62 pounds.

July 10 - Capt. Rick Grassett took a busman's holiday today, breaking out the flyrod while fishing mate and outdoor writer/photographer Rusty Chinnis manned the poling platform (and camera). Rusty snapped this pic of Rick battling a nice fish, one of three hooked. Get details of the bite on our Sarasota area fish tracker chart.

July 9 - The night offers a good opportunity for big reds like this one and also is a way to beat the heat of the day. Here angler Mark shows off a red that went 30 inches, or about 3 inches too big to invite home for dinner. It was taken, along with some trout, at Dubai Long Pier, formerly known as Redington Long Pier.

July 5 - This couild be the breakout week for Sarasota Tarpon on the beaches. The west winds and rains have left the water murky, but a couple of mild days may be just what we need to get us back on track. This fish, getting a leader touch by Mason Tush fishing with Capt. Rick Grassett, was taken just before all the bad weather came in. Since then, Capt. Rick says it's been Bay fishing or nothing.

June 22 - Scott Miller with a 50-pound black drum he caught in a cast net while trying to catch bait under the Howard Frankland recently. He was fishing with Capt Jamie Baker when the tossed the net blind by a piling, only the net stated to swim off. They eventually got the big fish aboard, with only minor damage to their bait net. All we can say, is if that's the kind of bait these guys catch, we don't want to see what they catch with it.

June 19 - Capt. Any Cotton has been on top of the tarpon in Sarasota. Here angler Jaso leans in to pose with a nice fish he landed. Get the details of this catch in others on our Sarasota area Fishtracker Chart.

April 30 - It was a first-ever snook for young Jacob, who along with dad took a trip in Tampa Bay with Capt. George Hastick. They landed several fish to 26 inches, spotting a few larger fish they could not get to bite. Members get details of where this bite is going on by viewing our Tampa Bay Fish Tracker chart.

April 12: Trout fishing has been on in Sarasota Bay, with fish like this taken while fishing with Capt. Andy Cottom typical of those bening taken on jigs over grass bottom.

March 28 Kirk Grassett's Sarasota Bay fly red taken on a recent outing with Capt. Rick Grassett. Sarasota Bay is coming alive with warming weather.

Feb.2-Bill Walterhoefer's cought this good looking 34" snook out in Charlotte Harbor on a CAL jerk worm

jan.26-Victor Feldman's cought this nice red at Charlotte Harbor on a CAL jig

Jan. 16 - Tyler Rohrberg, age 8, caught this 39-inch redfish while fishing 5 miles west of Anclote Key with his dad Dick Rohrberg.

Tom Schalk's Sarasota Bay CAL jig red caught reacently fishing Sarasota Bay withCapt. Rick Grassett.

One of 18 snook caught by 6-year-old Jarrett and his dad fishing with Capt. George Hastick in Tampa Bay recently. They got reds and trout to make multiple grand slams. The bite is on

Tom Newman with a fat Sarasota Bay trout taken fishng with Capt. Rick Grassett. The bay is seeing some excellent trout fishing right now, with Capt. Rick's most recent trip ending with some 30 fish landed on jigs.

Angler David Pealman with a dandy snook he hefted for the camera just before releasing it. He caught it on a Tampa Bay trip with Capt. Chuck Rogers, who has been smacking the snook and reds lately.

Capt. George Hastick, right, with his angler, Jeff, show off one of the 25 reds the Capt. has put his anglers on his last two Tampa Bay trips. The bite is on and you can get details on our mouth of the bay tracker chart.

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	Water Temps	F
Aripeka		75 (est)
Hudson 65' water		66.9
Port Richey		76.3
Anclote power plant		75 (est)
Clearwater Beach		72.5
Egmont Key		72 (est)
Sarasota 80' water		68.5

April 9 - Dirk Greene's Sarasota Bay fly trout, taken on a Flats Bunny fly while fishing recently with Capt. Rick Grassett. The trout bite in sarasota Bay has been on, and fish have been running large

Dec. 4 - They have not been the primary target, Capt. Rick Grassett has been putting his anglers on some pompano in Sarasota Bay. Here Sal Devita shows off a chunky specimen.

Nov. 17 - Capt. Rick Grassett with a nice Sarasota Bay pompano taken on fly while on a recent trip..

Aug. 19 - Megan Lemke, daughter of Capt. Jim Lemke, with a nice bridge snapper taken while fishing with dad in Tampa Bay. It was one of several snapper to about 16 inches taken.

July 10 - The winds finally shifted to out of the east and Greg Huffman wasted no time getting out on the Sarasota beaches this morning to bag this nice tarpon.

July 9 - Capt. Rick Grasset has been scoring snook in Sarasota nigh fishng the docks with fly. Here Clark Keator displays one of the fish he took on a recent outing. Get details on our Sarasota area fish tracker chart.

June 19 - Summer means bonio, like this dandy pair photographed by a Bitetracker Member and submitted to our gallery.

April 8:This red snapper catch was submitted by a BT member. Looks like a meal for the whole family to us.

This nice trout was caught fishing with Capt. Andy Cottom in Sarasota Bay. The trout action is turned on in the bay right now, with fish taking jigs very well over grass bottom. For current hotspots, check our Sarasota area fish tracker chart.

Capt. Rick's Snook Minnow fly little tunny from a recent outing with outdoor writer Steve Gibson.

Dave Sprouse shows off a nice fly snook taken with Capt. Rick Grassett. This fish came from docks on the back of Little Gasparilla but Capt. Rick's been getting some of night fish in south Sarasota of late.

Caption Dennis Grau's CAL Jig Pompano taken this week fishing with Capt. Rick Grassett, who has been doing well in Charlotte Harbor's backcountry.

Reds have been plentiful for Capt. George Hastick, who put this angler on this and other fish on a recent Tampa Bay tirp. Lots of fish just at keeper size have been the norm, but there are some large slot fish, as well.

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