Fishing Reports
& Blog.

Catch pompano from Sarasota's beaches — the spring run, finding the trough, sand fleas and Fishbites, the pompano rig, and the tides. Siesta Key, Lido, Coquina, Casey Key.

Five secrets to Sarasota Bay redfish — finding the schools on Long Bar, sight-fishing the high tide, matching the tide to the bars, and the winter school-up.

The 10 best Anna Maria Island fishing spots — Bean Point, Longboat Pass, Coquina jetty, the piers, the Bulkhead flat, and the reefs offshore, with what bites where.

The 7 lures that catch on Sarasota Bay — paddletails, topwater, popping corks, gold spoons, jerkbaits, flair hawks and twitchbaits — with the exact time to throw each.

Boca Grande is the Tarpon Capital of the World. Five secrets to the pass — timing the hill tide, fishing the crab flush, the depth ledges, and the FWC gear rules.

The Peace River is Charlotte Harbor's winter snook refuge. Five secrets — get above the US 41 bridges, fish the bridge lights at night, and work the cold-front push.

Big Sarasota Pass is one of the best snook passes on the coast. Five local secrets — the outgoing tide, the swash channel, night snook, and the shore access nobody uses.

Phillippi Creek is Sarasota's winter snook hole. Five secrets — cold-front snook, the US 41 bridge, summer baby tarpon, the creek-mouth flats, and dock-light nights.

The 10 best-eating fish off Sarasota — hogfish, snapper, grouper, pompano, tripletail and more — ranked, with the cooking method that suits each fillet.

The 10 best Bradenton fishing spots — Bradenton Beach pier, Green Bridge pier, the Manatee River, Longboat Pass, and the Manatee County reefs, with what bites where.

Booking your first Sarasota fishing charter? Costs from $450, licenses covered, what to bring, seasickness tips, tipping, and how a 4-hour trip actually runs.

Month-by-month Sarasota fishing calendar — snook, redfish, tarpon, sheepshead and more, with 2026 season dates, peak windows, and where each bite happens.

Sarasota fishing report for July 18, 2026 — tarpon run winding down on the beaches, snook stacked in the passes (closed season), mangrove snapper spawn on.