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More Info Tarpon Springs Fishing Charters Corporate & Group Fishing Charters
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March 12th, 2008 When the wind laid down the bite picked up.
The large trout are coming from shallow water. We've been getting
them up to 23" but a fellow angler today reported catching 20 trout
over 20" today with the largest being 26". Smaller trout are in deep
cuts through shallow flats and they can be caught by the dump truck
load on Bass Assassin 4" shads or Exude Darts in dark colors. Rig
them on a 1/8oz jig
The redfish have moved. If you think you know where they are you are
probably wrong. The last couple of days following this latest cold
front has brought southerly winds which has pushed greenbacks into
the area. As a fellow guide quipped yesterday, "they got a taste of
the greenbacks and they are following them." My charter
yesterday caught their fill of trout by noon and wanted to boat some
reds so we went looking... for 4 more hours and
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March
always seems to be one of the windiest months of the year for the
Tampa Bay Area. Fishing is a little more difficult when the wind
blows. But, the good news is that when the wind lays down we can
find fish and they are hungry. The Tarpon Springs area has some
large schools of redfish roaming around and some super sized trout.
head
and you are likely to catch one every other cast all day long. 
couldn't
find them in their recent haunts. I have them again tomorrow so I
went out today to look for the reds on my own. What a pleasant
surprise today when I not only found the redfish I was looking for
but I also found tons of large snook sticking their head out on the
flats. I hooked a pig of a snook nearing 35" and lost him while I
tried to land him by myself without a net. The water temperature
topped 70 degrees and that spells springtime snook blitzing.
Hopefully we won't get too many more cold fronts. If we don't,
the snook bite should really go off. 
Look
for redfish to be moving around following the bait and trout to be
just about everywhere you find bait as well. The big trout will be
shallow in the afternoons on high tides and the reds will be in
moving water along deeper shorelines which is where the baitfish
tend to congregate this time of year. You might have to look real
hard to see them as they might be in water up to 4 feet deep. Throw
Bass Assassin shad style jerk baits or Exude Darts or RT Slugs in
dark colors on jig heads or if you can find greenbacks you might
really whack them.