Fishing Update: The Bite is On!
If you’re looking for the right bite, Sheepshead is your best bet right now! Here’s the latest update from across the area:
Caladesi – Honeymoon Island – Anclote Island
- Anclote Island & Honeymoon Island:
Redfish are on fire and hungry—perfect for breaking your personal best! Yesterday, several 27-inch reds were hitting live pinfish on the flats. Snook have returned in good numbers and are feeding aggressively on white bait and swimbaits. Trout action is phenomenal, and slot-sized black drum are moving along the beaches. Bring shrimp for these drum and you’ll be in business! - Honeymoon Causeway:
Sheepshead are active here! Use fiddler crabs or small live shrimp for the best results. - Honeymoon Island:
While the island is currently closed (except for the dog beach), the surrounding flats and mangroves are hot. Redfish are biting especially well, with impressive sizes reported. Sea trout are plentiful along the beach, and larger pompano are cruising through Hurricane Pass. - Dunedin Reef:
Anglers are landing some larger grunts and a couple of flounder here. However, the mangrove bite is almost non-existent.
Intracoastal: Anclote to Indian Rocks
- Spoil Islands:
Trout, redfish, and snook are feeding aggressively here, especially on swimbaits. High tide has produced some massive snook, but you’ll need to chum them up a bit. - Creeks:
Snook are packed in the creeks and will likely remain there for the winter due to stable water temperatures. Don’t miss out before the cold front ends! - Clearwater Beach Pier 60:
Currently closed. - Sand Key Bridge:
Night fishing for snook is exceptional, with gag grouper also biting well at night on swimbaits. During the day, the jetty offers great action for larger snook, and slack tide is prime time for sheepshead. - Indian Rocks Bridge:
Sheepshead are biting like crazy! Bring fiddler crabs and enjoy the action. - Indian Rocks Flats and Docks:
Dock light fishing is excellent, yielding sizable snook and redfish. Trout are biting well on 3-inch swimbaits, and sheepshead can be found piled up if you scout the right docks.
Tampa Bay
Upper Tampa Bay
- Dock Fishing:
Dock fishing is red-hot! Redfish, snook, and sheepshead are biting, especially around clean pilings. - Courtney Campbell:
The snook are biting well around the bridge, and redfish are moving into the surrounding mangroves. These same areas are seeing excellent black drum action, with fish ranging from 15 to 24 pounds. - Gandy Bridge:
Snook are hitting white bait near the start of the bridge, and smaller snook can be found by the rocks near the boat ramp. Black drum are also in the area. - Flats:
Redfish are biting in the skinny water, and trout fishing is absolutely on fire. Gator trout have been caught here recently!
Lower Tampa Bay
- Skyway Fishing Pier:
The North Pier is open, and the Spanish mackerel bite is excellent. Fish near the bait pods with spoons and lures for best results. Some sheepshead are also around the pilings. - Skyway Bridge:
No new reports. - Fort Desoto Pier:
Unknown if the pier is open—let us know in the comments! - Islands:
Both redfish and snook are actively feeding. Bring plenty of white bait or live pinfish to maximize your chances. - Fort Desoto Beach:
Larger pompano are moving through, though numbers are low. Flounder are showing promising signs as well. - Tampa Bay Shipping Channel:
Rock piles are teeming with mangrove snapper—chumming during slack tide will help you limit out. The gag grouper bite is decent, though affected by poor water clarity. Larger sheepshead are also holding on these deep-water rock piles. - Egmont:
Not much to report—no tarpon, and the pass island has sustained damage. - Tierra Verde:
Snapper are biting well here with chumming, and snook action is strong. Sheepshead fishing is fantastic—fiddler crabs are the key.
Final Notes
That’s all for today’s update! Be sure to book your charter at 714-661-6550 and share your reports with us. Tight lines and good luck out there!
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