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The lake level is hovering around the 15 foot mark, which is 7 inches lower than this time last year. As we move deeper into fall the shorter light hours and cooler daytime temperatures help the water to cool. Water temps are 73 to 75 degrees at the present time ...

I fished offshore with long-time customers Kari Vilamaa, George Dyer, and Paul Kikendall. We were one day ahead of a cold front that was predicted to bring strong winds and seas of six to eight feet offshore, but we had calm conditions all day, and we were able to fish in various ...

Tarpon Spring’s fishing guide, Capt. Rich Knox of Absolute Florida Flats Fishing, inshore fishing charters New Port Richey, Palm Harbor and Tarpon springs, with the cold fronts becoming more common (weekly) and the water temperature falling into the mid to 60′s to 70 ...

Fall has come late this year but at least it has come! Winds have finally started to blow from the north and northeast, water temperatures are falling and our baitfish schools are no longer Happy! The reason for unhappy baitfish is because the predators like large Spanish mackerel, ...

Inshore:

November is always a super month to catching spotted sea trout. The bite has been very good this month and should continue to improve each week for anglers. Tactics are a little different from the summer months due to weather conditions and temperature ...

Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"It was a good while before I fished again, given lots of wind and rough seas offshore, along with our typical lull in activity at the end of October, just prior to busy season’s commencing. I fished a very windy Monday ...

It has been a windy week on the Treasure Coast. It kept most anglers at home as a result. I did my usual duties around the house and spent time working on the boat and tackle to while away the time in anticipation of the winds letting up so I could get on the water. Expect ...

Inshore:

Mother nature has blessed us with some awesome weather lately. Mild temperatures and lots of sunshine around the Treasure Coast has been a welcome change from all the rainy months we have endured this year. Fall always brings us fantastic weather and ...

Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Bob and Jo-Ellen Exby fished 18 miles offshore with me on Tuesday, 10/22, just ahead of a cool-front due in the next day. The day began calm, and seas of one-foot were predicted by NOAA, but we had two-to-three foot seas ...

November is always a fun month to enjoy the fishing along the Treasure Coast. We are in the middle of our winter transition and you can also count on cooler temperatures that will start the thermometer sliding when it comes to the water temps as well. The days will remain ...

Tarpon Spring’s fishing guide service, Absolute Florida Flats Fishing reports very good breeder sized Redfish in and around area pass’s and grass flats in the New Port Richey to Clearwater FL. Redfish from 27″ to 34″ and up to 17lb. are moving in for the fall spawning ...

Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Thursday, 10/17, I fished 28 miles offshore with long-time customer, Dave Carey, and his friends, Scott Ehartt, Steve Wanner, and George Siambanes. Last time Dave fished with me, we were weathered out of an offshore trip, ...

Inshore:

We have enjoyed some gorgeous fall weather this past week. Less rain chances and more sunshine has been the norm for us. Mild temperatures have arrived on the Treasure Coast and it's been very comfortable to enjoy fishing the area. Expect more of the ...

Had a trip with a great couple this week, Sam and Jeanie Garrison, of Cumberland, Tennessee. Jeanie enjoyed fishing as much as Sam did, and I really enjoy guiding couples who like to fish together. Sam and Jeanie were kayakers, but had never kayak fished.

I picked ...

The Fall Migration Is On & the Mullet and smaller Baitfish Schools are Not Happy!

It's the second week of October and big schools of mullet, pilchards, threadfin herring, Spanish sardines, ballyhoo and glass minnows have been moving down our coast for weeks. ...