Quinte Fishing

Flew into Tampa early Sat morning, got the rental van and off to Anna Maria island where we have a house right on the canals. As soon as we got situated the guys made a quick trip to the bait and tackle store to talk to the locals and find out what we needed to get us fishing. 100$ later (3 rod and reel combos, hooks, sinkers, line and 3 doz live shrimp (at 3$/doz (not 6$/doz)) we were on our back deck with lines in the water. Well after a day and a half we have managed some flounder, jacks, catfish, pinfish (which are like perch for stealing your bait) and grey snapper. We have already madenit back to the bait store for more shrimp and another rod and reel as my brother inlaw had his pulled into the water as he was checking the grab trap...........lol. Tomorrow we have a charter booked in Tampa and are going for reds, trout, pompano first then going deeper for cobia, shark, tarpon or whatever else bites the hook, can't frigging wait. Good luck to all you guys hitting the hard water for this final week, hope the eyes really turn on for yas. Take care

Fishing over on the Atlantic coast has been inconsistant this year. I/we have been fishing the intracoastal out of Port.St. Lucie and Fort Pierce and have caught a few Jacks, Pompano, Ladyfish and Blues. Two weeks ago, Spanish mackeral and Snapper were on fire. No Snook (the walskie of Florida). The water temp has also been all over the place making the bait fish scatter. I really don't care if I catch anything, I'd rather be here than up north freezing and shoveling. 83 degrees right now. Tough to take.