Lakewood Ranch Fishing Reports (March 2025)

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Fishing reports straight from our guides in Lakewood Ranch

Joe Masi
Bay Pines, Florida
Reported: 2 days ago

Inshore, bite lots of trout, pompano redfish, a couple keeper snook, and plenty of little sharks for kids. Nearshore tripletail and gag grouper Greg snapper and permit an kingfish are starting to show up plenty of eaters. Tarpon permit kingfish and Spanish mackerel big focus next couple months.

Joe Masi Bay Pines, Florida Reported: 2 days ago

Nick Kuhn
Bradenton, Florida
Reported: 3 days ago

Tons of snook, redfish, and trout. Fishing has been great in between these cold fronts. The drag-screaming kingfish should be showing up right around the corner! Tarpon season will be coming quick!

Nick Kuhn Bradenton, Florida Reported: 3 days ago

Tons of snook, redfish, and trout. Fishing has been great in between these cold fronts. The drag-screaming kingfish should be showing up right around the corner! Tarpon season will be coming quick!

George Hastick
St. Petersburg, Florida
Reported: 3 days ago

Live bait and artificial sea shads by Saltwater Assassin are getting it done on the trout, snook and redfish, and fiddler crabs are nailing the sheepshead.

George Hastick St. Petersburg, Florida Reported: 3 days ago

Live bait and artificial sea shads by Saltwater Assassin are getting it done on the trout, snook and redfish, and fiddler crabs are nailing the sheepshead.

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Matt Fueyo with Reel Tight Fishing Charters
Sarasota, Florida
Reported: 1 week ago

We've been back and forth between snook/redfish and snapper/sheepshead fishing. The cold front shut down the white bait, but the shrimp eaters remain hungry! If you're ready to jump on board and have some fun with us today!

Matt Fueyo with Reel Tight Fishing Charters Sarasota, Florida Reported: 1 week ago

Scott Flinn
Bradenton, Florida
Reported: 2 weeks ago

Snook season is open.

George Hastick
St. Petersburg, Florida
Reported: 2 weeks ago

Boy has been on fire for me, filler crabs for the sheepshead and live white bait for snook, redfish, and trout.

George Hastick St. Petersburg, Florida Reported: 2 weeks ago

Boy has been on fire for me, filler crabs for the sheepshead and live white bait for snook, redfish, and trout.

Scott Flinn
Bradenton, Florida
Reported: 3 weeks ago

We are getting a pretty good mix of trout redfish and snook.

Scott Flinn Bradenton, Florida Reported: 3 weeks ago

We are getting a pretty good mix of trout redfish and snook.

George Hastick
St. Petersburg, Florida
Reported: 3 weeks ago

The snook, trout and redfish have been on fire especially on the warmer days with some of the larger fish coming out to play! Docks ant mangrove tree lines have been producing well. With the docks also producing sheepshead which are great table fair.

George Hastick St. Petersburg, Florida Reported: 3 weeks ago

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★★★★★
Dillion was really knowledgeable fishing the area, and some great conversation. We got a bunch of sea trout, sheepshead, and some black snapper. 10/10 recommend taking a trip with him
Zach A. | March 12, 2025

Trip: Targeted Flats Fishing
★★★★★
Awesome intro to Bowfishing for the entire family. Thanks very much Mike!
Bryan C. | March 12, 2025

Trip: Bowfishing the Tampa Bay
★★★★★
Dillion was really knowledgeable fishing the area, and some great conversation. We got a bunch of sea trout, sheepshead, and some black snapper. 10/10 recommend taking a trip with him
Zach A. | March 12, 2025

Trip: Targeted Flats Fishing
★★★★★
Awesome intro to Bowfishing for the entire family. Thanks very much Mike!
Bryan C. | March 12, 2025

Trip: Bowfishing the Tampa Bay
★★★★★
Great trip, I finally caught a shark and my daughter and I caught an abundance of eating fish.
Michael S. | March 23, 2025

Trip: Offshore Trip - 27' Cape Horn
★★★★★
Best guide ever! Hitting great trout like we wanted all day, then my son landed a prehistoric grouper, reeled that sucker in for a while! Capn Dillon put us right on the beast’s door step, all we had to do was knock on the door, BAM!💥
Michael B. | March 22, 2025

Trip: Targeted Flats Fishing
★★★★★
Best guide ever! I never thought it was going to be easy, but it was actually TOO EASY TWEEZY! So much fun and got in the fish all day!
Michael B. | March 22, 2025

Trip: Targeted Flats Fishing
★★★★★
Christian was our guide and he was great to fish with. He was very knowledgeable and accommodating. He was very kind to my grandsons and helped them out whenever needed.
Don R. | March 20, 2025

Trip: Fishing Fun in the Florida Sun
★★★★★
Christopher was friendly, laid-back, patient and created an unforgettable experience for our family. We saw dolphins, manatee, sting rays, and turtles and were able to reel in several bonnethead shark. Great experience!
Jennifer N. | March 19, 2025

Trip: Tampa Bay Shark Fishing
★★★★★
Great time! Put us on fish the whole trip! Would highly recommend.
John E. | March 16, 2025

Trip: Sarasota Inshore/Nearshore
★★★★★
Great Captain and experience. Girls first fishing trip. They caught a ton. Thanks, James
James C. | March 15, 2025

Trip: Fishing Fun in the Florida Sun
★★★★★
Tony was excellent he worked hard to get us fish. My friends and I had a great time will definitely book with him again!
Dan M. | March 13, 2025

Trip: Bountiful Backwaters of Sarasota
★★★★★
Dillion was really knowledgeable fishing the area, and some great conversation. We got a bunch of sea trout, sheepshead, and some black snapper. 10/10 recommend taking a trip with him
Zach A. | March 12, 2025

Trip: Targeted Flats Fishing
★★★★★
Awesome intro to Bowfishing for the entire family. Thanks very much Mike!
Bryan C. | March 12, 2025

Trip: Bowfishing the Tampa Bay
★★★★★
Great trip, I finally caught a shark and my daughter and I caught an abundance of eating fish.
Michael S. | March 23, 2025

Trip: Offshore Trip - 27' Cape Horn
★★★★★
Best guide ever! Hitting great trout like we wanted all day, then my son landed a prehistoric grouper, reeled that sucker in for a while! Capn Dillon put us right on the beast’s door step, all we had to do was knock on the door, BAM!💥
Michael B. | March 22, 2025

Trip: Targeted Flats Fishing
★★★★★
Great trip, I finally caught a shark and my daughter and I caught an abundance of eating fish.
Michael S. | March 23, 2025

Trip: Offshore Trip - 27' Cape Horn
★★★★★
Best guide ever! Hitting great trout like we wanted all day, then my son landed a prehistoric grouper, reeled that sucker in for a while! Capn Dillon put us right on the beast’s door step, all we had to do was knock on the door, BAM!💥
Michael B. | March 22, 2025

Trip: Targeted Flats Fishing