Tampa Fishing Reports (November 2024)

Wade Osborne
Tampa, Florida
Reported: 4 days ago

Fall Has Finally Arrived Until recently, we hadn’t had any typical fall weather here in the Tampa Bay area, but it’s finally here. Most of November’s water temperatures remained in the mid-70’s. Usually, by now the water temperature on the grass flats is in the low 70’s to upper 60’s...

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Wade Osborne Tampa, Florida Reported: 4 days ago

Fall Has Finally Arrived Until recently, we hadn’t had any typical fall weather here in the Tampa Bay area, but it’s finally here. Most of November’s water temperatures remained in the mid-70’s. Usually, by now the water temperature on the grass flats is in the low 70’s to upper 60’s Snook are still open to harvest until the first of December, so you only have a couple of weeks to take advantage of it. My clients are still catching plenty of snook. Some are in the slot of 28 to 33 inches, but most are just under or over the keeper slot. Oscar Santana and Kinh Shiau fished with me earlier this month and Oscar caught and released a 34” snook unharmed. It turns out, Oscar had never fished before and this snook was the first fish he’d ever caught. Unbelievably, he continued to out fish Kinh during the rest of the charter. Talk about beginner’s luck, now Oscar is ruined for life… The redfish action continues to please. Schools of redfish are still plentiful, but now I’m encountering more rat reds. I don’t have a problem with that because they’re still fun to catch and if you never have, they’re a blast. Riley found that out himself recently when he caught his first redfish. When looking to take one home for dinner though, I move on in search of bigger fish. There are still larger fish around, I just have to do a little looking. Seatrout, out of all the inshore species, remain the most dependable, as far as, fish for dinner. It’s been a banner year for seatrout, and I look for that trend to continue right through the end of the year.

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Gage Brady
Clearwater, Florida
Reported: 4 days ago

We have a red snapper season Nov 18th to Jan 1st !

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Gage Brady Clearwater, Florida Reported: 4 days ago

We have a red snapper season Nov 18th to Jan 1st !

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Juan Herndon
St. Petersburg, Florida
Reported: 1 week ago

The fish have been biting very good

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Juan Herndon St. Petersburg, Florida Reported: 1 week ago

The fish have been biting very good

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Joe Burruezo
Holmes Beach, Florida
Reported: 1 week ago

Fall frenzy in full force! Redfish and trout are showing up in good numbers with some nearshore fishing getting good as well!

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Joe Burruezo Holmes Beach, Florida Reported: 1 week ago

Fall frenzy in full force! Redfish and trout are showing up in good numbers with some nearshore fishing getting good as well!

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Ron Finger with Fishhawk Charters
Tierra Verde, Florida
Reported: 1 week ago

Our Pelagic Angler Expertise is in play as We target hogfish year round, but it’s best from November to May as it gets more difficult to catch them consistently during the summer months due to water temperatures. Our 1/2 day and 3/4 day charters are perfect for getting on great...

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Ron Finger with Fishhawk Charters Tierra Verde, Florida Reported: 1 week ago

Our Pelagic Angler Expertise is in play as We target hogfish year round, but it’s best from November to May as it gets more difficult to catch them consistently during the summer months due to water temperatures. Our 1/2 day and 3/4 day charters are perfect for getting on great Hogfish action out in the Gulf of Mexico, due in part to the relative closeness of the fishing grounds. Here’s the FWC breakdown for Hog Snapper. Expect a ton of action on these snapper fishing charters. The best part of fishing for the hog snapper is the challenge of getting them to bite. They have very large mouths, but only pick at the bait, making them hard to hook. Once you do hook one however, you will know by the telltale way they fight, extremely fast tail beats on the line and drag pulling as they look for a rock crevice to find safety in. Considered one of, if not the best, eating of the snapper species. We Deliver the Results Exceed Expectations!!

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Robert Denbo
Tarpon Springs, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Redfish and snook bite has been on fire!!!

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Robert Denbo Tarpon Springs, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

Redfish and snook bite has been on fire!!!

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Jarrod Wallach
Tampa, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Snook and Snapper have been fire lately!

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Jarrod Wallach Tampa, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

Snook and Snapper have been fire lately!

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Joe Burruezo
Holmes Beach, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Redfish bite has been great!

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Joe Burruezo Holmes Beach, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

Redfish bite has been great!

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