Saint Joseph Sound Weather Forecast

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Ike Carrasquillo
Ike C.
Tampa, Florida
Reported 7 months ago
Sheepshead and Mullet are hot right now on our Tampa bay shallow flats. We still have a few huge rays hanging out but no for long as our water temps are dropping
Ike Carrasquillo
Ike C. Tampa, Florida Reported 7 months ago
Sheepshead and Mullet are hot right now on our Tampa bay shallow flats. We still have a few huge rays hanging out but no for long as our water temps are dropping
Fishing in Tampa, Florida
Fishing in Tampa, Florida
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Jim Vanderbeck
Jim V.
Clearwater, Florida
Reported 11 months ago
Red grouper, red snapper, Mango snapper and lane snapper are on fire in 100+ feet! Sharks are everywhere and you have to move around a lot but filling the box every trip!
Jim Vanderbeck
Jim V. Clearwater, Florida Reported 11 months ago
Red grouper, red snapper, Mango snapper and lane snapper are on fire in 100+ feet! Sharks are everywhere and you have to move around a lot but filling the box every trip!
Fishing in Clearwater, Florida
Fishing in Clearwater, Florida
Fishing in Clearwater, Florida
Fishing in Clearwater, Florida
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Sebastian Shindel
Sebastian S.
Tampa, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Snook fishing has been on fire!!! Fishing docks around the evening has been the best time to hook a big one👍🏼
Sebastian Shindel
Sebastian S. Tampa, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Snook fishing has been on fire!!! Fishing docks around the evening has been the best time to hook a big one👍🏼
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Ashley Beall
Ashley B.
Tampa, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Recent trips have produced some quality snook and trout, and some Spanish mackerel are showing up also. We have been using artificial lures and live bait and doing very well. There are also some big redfish and huge snook cruising around the mangroves right now.
Ashley Beall
Ashley B. Tampa, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Recent trips have produced some quality snook and trout, and some Spanish mackerel are showing up also. We have been using artificial lures and live bait and doing very well. There are also some big redfish and huge snook cruising around the mangroves right now.
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Fishing in Tampa, Florida
Fishing in Tampa, Florida
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Jim Vanderbeck
Jim V.
Clearwater, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Red grouper bite has been solid in 100 feet. Silver trout are out of control on the beaches, as well as redfish!
Jim Vanderbeck
Jim V. Clearwater, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Red grouper bite has been solid in 100 feet. Silver trout are out of control on the beaches, as well as redfish!
Fishing in Clearwater, Florida
Fishing in Clearwater, Florida
Fishing in Clearwater, Florida
Fishing in Clearwater, Florida
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Cody Beckman
Cody B.
Tampa, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Too good not to post… so a client comes in from the eastern shore of Maryland and says he wants to catch snook. Mind you, he has never seen a snook in his life, let alone catch one. So we set out with a clear goal to target big snook but neither us of, especially me, expected to hook into this absolute behemoth. Most people will never get an opportunity to catch a snook this big and if they do, most people won’t be able to land it. This fish did not make it easy on us; we got her...
Cody Beckman
Cody B. Tampa, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Too good not to post… so a client comes in from the eastern shore of Maryland and says he wants to catch snook. Mind you, he has never seen a snook in his life, let alone catch one. So we set out with a clear goal to target big snook but neither us of, especially me, expected to hook into this absolute behemoth. Most people will never get an opportunity to catch a snook this big and if they do, most people won’t be able to land it. This fish did not make it easy on us; we got her boat side and in the net and she immediately shook her head and ripped a huge hole in the landing net with her gill plates. This is when the chaos ensued. She swam through the net and wrapped the power pole and motor and swam completely under the boat while still being hooked. So I immediately jumped in the water and swam under the boat to secure the fish. I managed to get a good grip on her bottom lip and pull her from under the boat and untangle the mess she got us in. Instead of taking this big fish out of the water in the heat of summer, I kindly but sternly “asked” him to get in the water also for the picture. Fish that big in water temps this hot do not survive if kept of out the water for the normal boat picture “photoshoot”. He didn’t hesitate and jumped in and we got this amazing photo of his fish of lifetime. The rest of the day everyone was smiling from ear to ear and in shock of what had just taken place. A day and fish I’m sure neither of us will ever forget.
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Robert Denbo
Robert D.
Trinity, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Trout bite has been on fire!!🔥
Robert Denbo
Robert D. Trinity, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Trout bite has been on fire!!🔥
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Christian L.
Tampa, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Currently lots of sheepshead been biting along with some sharks and sand trout. The cold weather has slowed down some bites but the back creeks have been shows to catch them
Christian Lugo
Christian L. Tampa, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Currently lots of sheepshead been biting along with some sharks and sand trout. The cold weather has slowed down some bites but the back creeks have been shows to catch them
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Tyson Wallerstein
Tyson W.
Clearwater, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Artic air early this week will certainly cool off what’s been a hot wintertime bite. Unseasonably warm water temperatures over the past couple of weeks have helped to get all inshore fish moving around better, especially snook. A good snook bite can be hard to come by this time of year. however they are opportunists and if conditions are right they can feed aggressively especially in the afternoon. Redfish are much more cold tolerant than the snook and can be found shadowing mullet schools in both the Intercoastal waterway as well as the expansive flats of Tampa Bay. Target the...
Tyson Wallerstein
Tyson W. Clearwater, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Artic air early this week will certainly cool off what’s been a hot wintertime bite. Unseasonably warm water temperatures over the past couple of weeks have helped to get all inshore fish moving around better, especially snook. A good snook bite can be hard to come by this time of year. however they are opportunists and if conditions are right they can feed aggressively especially in the afternoon. Redfish are much more cold tolerant than the snook and can be found shadowing mullet schools in both the Intercoastal waterway as well as the expansive flats of Tampa Bay. Target the first half of the incoming tide for redfish right now. The lower water will make it easier to spot the mullet schools and in turn put you where you need to be for the redfish. Chunk baits such as ladyfish and mullet work excellent under these conditions, allowing you to make extremely long casts to comfortable fish. Scaled sardines a.k.a. pilchards can still be cast netted in volume most days and have been the ticket for getting the snook fired up. The bait has moved deeper and can often be found near the bay bridges in deeper dredge holes. Look for high diving pelicans to give the bait away, typically the higher they dive the bigger the bait. Snook have been willing to creep out of backwater creeks over the last several days, but don’t expect them to venture too far from their safe zone. Target mangrove shoreline’s that have small feeder creeks along them on the later portion of the afternoon incoming tide
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Ike Carrasquillo
Ike C.
Tampa, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Pass few weeks have been dead, no Charters for two months because of the hurricanes but it has picked up for me and I have several this month and next month. The Sheepshead action is good on the grass flats, oyster beds and anywhere crustacean grows. The Flounder action has been slow for me but the dark muddy waters in tge back country has produced Blackdrum, Mullet and Gar.
Ike Carrasquillo
Ike C. Tampa, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Pass few weeks have been dead, no Charters for two months because of the hurricanes but it has picked up for me and I have several this month and next month. The Sheepshead action is good on the grass flats, oyster beds and anywhere crustacean grows. The Flounder action has been slow for me but the dark muddy waters in tge back country has produced Blackdrum, Mullet and Gar.
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Fishing in Tampa, Florida
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