Blog & Fishing Articles
When is the Best Time to Fly Fish for Redfish in this Area?
A large number of fly anglers are extremely passionate about targeting redfish on fly in the Tampa, Bradenton, and Sarasota area. A reoccurring question that I get from fly fishing clients who are planning a trip to the area is – Question: When is the best time of...
The Ultimate Winter Snook Fly – Tying Video Included
The snog fly is a winter snook fly that we use to target finicky snook in colder water. It's a pattern that fly anglers in our area have been tying for a long time. This winter snook fly pattern is designed to mimic fry or small glass minnows. There are times when...
Redfish Have Been Chewing
Shallow water anglers on recent Quiet Waters fishing trips fished waters as far south as Placida and as far north as Tampa Bay. Fly anglers did well sight fishing for snook in Little Sarasota Bay, Blackburn Bay, and Sarasota Bay. Snook were also very active in Terra...
Fly Fishing Sarasota – Sight Fishing Tips
If you’re fly fishing around Sarasota and you’re looking for sight fishing tips, then you should find some helpful information here. For fly anglers fishing in saltwater, sight fishing for gamefish in shallow water represents the apex of the sport. As a guide in the...
Flats Fishing Strong in Early 2022
Salt water anglers and shallow water enthusiasts on recent Quiet Waters fishing trips found success flyfishing and using light tackle to target snook, redfish, and seatrout. Action in the deep grass featured mainly class size seatrout, bluefish, and jack crevalle....
The Ultimate Snook Fly – The Bigly Floating Minnow Tying Video
If you’re looking for the ultimate snook fly, then you should consider adding the ‘Bigly Floating Minnnow’ to your fly fishing arsenal. It’s a surface fly that snook can’t help but be curios about. The fly is designed to be fished slow and deliberately with lots of...
Good Shallow Water Fishing Continues in SW Florida
May was a good month for fishing in Southwest Florida. Snook, redfish, seatrout, & tarpon were targeted on Quiet Waters fishing trips – run out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key. Sight fishing was the focus of fly fishing charters throughout the month....
Solid April Flats Fishing in Sarasota
Anglers on recent Quiet Waters fishing trips, run out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, experienced good sight fishing conditions in shallow water and excellent dock light fishing. We had a mix of light tackle and fly fishing trips. Wind played a factor in...
March Flats Fishing Starting Strong
Anglers on recent Quiet Waters fishing trips, run out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, found good fishing for snook, reds, and seatrout on both day and night trips. Wind was a real factor for the better part of two weeks, but it finally laid down a bit in...
Snook & Redfish Active In Sarasota’s Shallow Water
Anglers on recent Quiet Waters fishing trips, run out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, enjoyed good shallow water fishing and dock light fishing. Most trips were fly fishing focused, but we did have a few really fun conventional light tackle trips mixed in....
If you have any questions about the articles, feel free to contact me. If you go back in to the blog archives, you will be able to find some helpful information for fishing in Sarasota. If you’re interested in a type of trip or species that you read about on my blog, then let me know and we can go from there. The Quiet Waters Outdoor Journal is for folks who enjoy outdoor writing. Check it out and let me know what you think.
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