March 24, 2003
Sarasota Fla. Fishing Report
By Capt. Bob Smith
The Kings are in! King mackerel showed up in good numbers on most of the artificial "M" reefs a few days ago. Reefs 6 and 5 have been focal points but all of the "M" reefs show promise. The reefs are also loaded with barracuda to help eat the kings. Hardware and live bait are both working. Some other interesting fish caught along with the kings have been one sailfish, cobia to 30 lbs. and a jack crevalle to 35 lbs.
The bay grass-flats are still producing fine catches of trout with a few over twenty inches. Spanish mackerel, pompano, bluefish and a few cobia have been caught along with the trout while fishing the flats. Live shrimp seems to be the best bait but whitebait, jigs or flies are also working. Snook fishing has also picked up with some nice single fish for the sportsmen or numbers for the fishermen who chum.
Wind and rain have been a problem for the last couple of days on both the Bay and Gulf, but the weekend looks good.
Enjoy and Protect
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