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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		70.3
Hudson 65' water		84.3
Port Richey		80.3
Anclote power plant		84.5
Clearwater Beach		89.6
Egmont Key		83.3
Sarasota 80' water		83.4

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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Dear Bitetracker: Thanks to Bitetracker we had a super day. I checked the website and went to the area where trout were reported. Three of us landed 56 trout in about 4 hours. No count on the ones we didn't land and you know the biggest one got away! Bitetracker is the day planner for people who want to catch fish – John Wesphal, shown above right with Russ Pendergaff.