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| Bob Parrish of Plant city caught this redfish on a MirrOlure Top Dog while fishing around Buttonwood Harbor. |
It's a time when a wide variety of fish are available in
Sarasota Bay, surrounding salt waters and area
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| Parrish also landed some nice bluefish. |
freshwater lakes and rivers.
September, one of the wettest months we've had in quite a
while, was a month of diversity. Anglers fishing with me caught a plethora of
species, including spotted seatrout, snook, redfish, flounder, bluefish,
Spanish mackerel, permit, flounder, ladyfish, blacktip shark and bonnethead
shark.
Dave Cyr, a repeat client from Maine, got things started off
on a fine note. We fished the Buttonwood Harbor area off Sarasota Bay and did
well. We totaled 40 spotted seatrout to 21 inches, bluefish, Spanish mackerel,
ladyfish, jack crevalle and mangrove snapper. Most of the fish were caught on
MirrOlure MirrOdines and D.O.A. CAL Jigs with gold paddle tails.
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| Mike Esposito of Kentucky battles a blacktip shark. |
Dr. Everett Howell of Nashville, Tenn., had a decent outing in
the same area. We managed 25 trout to 20 inches, jack crevalle, mangrove
snapper and a redfish on MirrOdines, jigs and D.O.A. Deadly Combinations.
Bob Parrish of Plant City received a four-hour kayak fishing
trip from his dad. But the action was good enough that he increased it to a
six-hour outing. Parrish caught redfish to 28 inches, trout to 23, bluefish, ladyfish,
jack crevalle, flounder and a bonnethead shark. He used MirrOdines and D.O.A.
CAL Jigs.
Michael Esposito of
Louisville, Ky., fished Buttonwood Harbor and had a tough but rewarding day.
Even though the fish weren't exactly jumping in the kayak, he caught trout to
18 inches, jack crevalle, ladyfish,
mangrove snapper and a blacktip shark on D.O.A. Deadly Combinations and
MirrOlure MirrOdines.
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| Dr. Everett Howell of Tennessee enjoys the morning action. |
Steve Manning of Sarasota joined me for a trip to Tampa Bay.
We caught 40 spotted seatrout to 19 inches on MirrOdines and D.O.A. CAL Jigs.
We also landed a pair of blacktip sharks.
Vinny Caruso of Bradenton fished with me on a number of
occasions. We targeted sharks in Tampa Bay. Using live ladyfish, dead ladyfish,
pinfish and bonito strips, we hooked a number of sharks over three outings and
landed blacktip sharks to 50 pounds. We had 21 pickups over the three trips and
landing a half dozen fish. In addition, we caught spotted seatrout, mangrove
snapper, jack crevalle, Spanish mackerel and mangrove snapper while waiting for
sharks to home in on our baits.
On our first trip to Tampa bay, we landed snook to 25
inches, flounder to 21, 15 trout to 18, ladyfish and gag grouper. We also
encountered a bunch of sharks, but didn't have the tackle to handle them.
I fished a few different areas on scouting trips. I tried
the Vamo area of Little Sarasota Bay and caught snook and spotted seatrout on
MirrOlure Top Dogs and MirrOlure Lil Johns on light jig heads.
We had record amounts of rain during September. Although we
needed the precipitation, we're hoping that October is just a little drier!
We're looking for good action in October. Redfish and snook
should please on the flats. Spotted seatrout, bluefish, Spanish mackerel,
pompano, ladyfish and jack crevalle are expected to cooperate over deeper grass
in four to six feet of water.
Shark action should continue strong in Tampa Bay until the
first cool snap.
October is a great month to fish. It's one of my favorites
times to be on the water.
If you're interested in a fun day on the water, please give
me a call or shoot me an email.
Steve Gibson
Southern Drawl Kayak
Fishing
www.kayakfishfishingsarasota.com
941-284-3406
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