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Fishing Report: Sarasota & Charlotte Harbor, FL Fishing Report for 5/30 through 6/11/2005
Rain, rain, go away! We've been plagued with rain for the last couple of weeks in southwest Florida, first with a persistent upper level low that dumped rain for 5 straight days beginning on May 31st. Most recently, the passing of Tropical Storm Arlene on Friday dumped another several inches. Rain combined with varying degrees of red tide, from Siesta Key to Venice, has made tarpon fishing tough. We’ve found them far offshore in the Sarasota/Venice area and not giving us many opportunities. I’ve lost 6 days of tarpon fishing due to weather in the past 2 weeks!
John Leverage, from Seaford, DE, and his son, J.C. Leverage from Kure Beach, NC, fished with me for 5 days this past week. We fished near Siesta and Casey Keys on Monday, where they had a couple of bites and jumped one tarpon on live crabs. The following day we headed south where we fished the rest of the week. They jumped a pair of fish on Tuesday, landing an estimated 110-pounder, both with live crabs. The rest of the week was a bust. We had lots of tarpon schools that were behaving how we hope they do, except for the not biting part. We got in a couple of hours on Friday morning before the next monsoon chased us off the water. We tried a variety of live baits, DOA Baitbusters, DOA Swimming Mullet and MirrOlure Top Dogs, but had no takers.
Although tarpon are known to act like this occasionally, it is usually only temporary. They’ve got to eat sometime! With the late spring that we had this year, maybe July tarpon fishing is going to be strong this season? If weather and red tide will give us a break, hopefully they’ll bite better as we head toward the quarter phase of the moon next week.
Tight Lines,
Capt. Rick Grassett |
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