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Fishing Reports

8.28.23 INFORMATION

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Bob Cohen

Name of Captain;	Frank Bellizio
Where were you fishing?	INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report;	No
The date you went fishing;	08-28-2023
Your Name;	Frank Bellizio
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below	I saw this posted on Social Media today and thought that our members should be aware.  Check out the picture and article regarding sharks near shore in this area. https://brightgram.com/tampa-fl/2789064/watch-drone-pilot-captures-massive-amount-of-sharks-swimming-near-beachgoers-at-caladesi-island/

8.25.23 INSHORE

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Bob Cohen

Name of Captain; John Grieder Where were you fishing? INSHORE Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No The date you went fishing; 08-25-2023 Your Name; John Grieder Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Finally, finally got out on the water for the first time with my wife Lori 7 1/2 months after her shoulder replacement surgery and subsequent stress fracture. Just wanted to go for a ride to see how she could handle being on the boat again.  But she did say ‘just take one rod each and let’s get rid of some frozen shrimp while we’re at it’  Fine by me! I had been out previously this week with Frank Bellizio and we had a great time drift fishing.  Frank showed me how a drift anchor works (very well, indeed!) and it’s always great to learn new things from an old pro. So Lori and I had a nice ride but we did eventually stop to fish a little.  As usual, she was out-fishing me but I did manage to catch this nice trout!

8.22.23 INSHORE

Posted on August 25, 2023 by Bob Cohen

Name of Captain; Frank Bellizio Where were you fishing? INSHORE Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No The date you went fishing; 08-22-2023 Your Name; Frank Bellizio Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below It was hot and sweltery but all the more reason to be on the water fishing.  John Grieder and I departed Belle Harbour Marina at about 11 am to catch the incoming tide for some inshore fishing.  We tried a few shallow water spots on the way to Marker 7 infront of the power plant at Tarpon Springs with no luck.  We set up and did 4 long drifts with the wind out of the north and an incoming tide in about 6ft to 10ft of water.  We caught a good mix of spotted seatrout and ladyfish.  We didn’t keep count but it is safe to say we each caught 10 trout and 5 lady fish.  We moved up and down and in and out of the water on the east side of Anclote Key with not much luck so it was hot and we wound it up and headed in at around 3 pm.  It was a really pretty good day of fishing.  We used top water, live shrimp and gulp plastic baits. Type a question Yes

8.14.23 OFFSHORE

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Bob Cohen

Name of Captain; Lin safford Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No The date you went fishing; 08-14-2023 Your Name; Joe Stand Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Still in RI we got another doable day to run off shore so we left the dock at 4: 30 and headed south west out of Point Judith 37 miles in a pretty big good heave put the 9 lines out and started trolling we got our first  knock down 30 minutes later a big fish hit the ballyhoo on a bird that was on theoutrigger we put Bonnie got the rod got it out of the holder and in Bonnie’s belt and harness this fish took 50% of the line off a 50 Penn international before he stopped turned and headed towards s the boat when that happens it’s game over no one can recover the line slack line fast enough and he got off  but I knew we found them and we did in less than 2 hrs we put four 60 lb yellow fin in the boat and had to quit we won’t have enough room in the coolers and had to buy a third 120 qt cooler we have no room for our luggage. So my wife and I are flying home with luggage and bonnie and Freddie are driving home. It was a awesome 3 weeks of fishing we did very well fishing one more 1/2 day inshore tomorrow and we’re done. Type a question No

7.24.23 INSHORE

Posted on July 26, 2023 by Bob Cohen

Name of Captain;	John Grieder
Where were you fishing?	INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report;	No
The date you went fishing;	07-24-2023
Your Name;	Frank Bellizio
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below	John invited me out for a day of inshore fishing but partly because of the weather we did not hit the water until about 12:45pm.  We thought we would catch the incoming tide for a few hours.  Armed with live shrimp and a multiple amount plastic and hard body lures we headed out to an area just north of Marker 6 .  We managed to catch a fair number of trout, a few were 16″ or better.  At around 2 pm we looked up and could see a shelf cloud forming. We decided to move closer to the mouth of the Anclote River so if something came up it would be a short run in but before we even got the anchor pulled and the engine started we were in the middle of a torential down pour with 30+ mph winds.  John did a hell of  job working our way back to the Anclote channel and just about the time we got there the sky cleared.  We were soaked but decided to fish in the river for a bit.  John caught his first red fish and I hooked a nice size mangrove camper.  We finally called it a day and headed in.  Thanks John for the day of fishing and the adventure. LOL
Type a question	Yes

7.19.23 OFFSHORE

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Bob Cohen

Name of Captain;	Team Freddie & Bonnie
Where were you fishing?	OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report;	No
The date you went fishing;	07-19-2023
Your Name;	Terry Reelitz
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below	Headed out with Team Freddie & Bonnie along with Joe Stand. The seas were behaving so the run out to +100’ was pleasant. First drops were active, with lots of short ARS mixed in with an abundance of short RG’s. The shorts kept the venting and descending process  in need – the Team did an awesome job of getting all the little guys back home safely. In pretty short order we managed to get limits for both ARS and RG’s as the clock was running out on RG season. Lady luck was on our side as we got ‘mission accomplished’ on another hot Florida day. Freddie Penrow got the ‘Kickin’ ARS and takin’ names’ Award with a feisty 25”er Red Snapper. Terry Reelitz squeezed past Bonnie with a 28” RG for the ‘Sweet Cheeks’ Award. Bonnie gave it hell by finishing with the last RG for limit with a beaut of a 27” RG. It was pool time, so the gang headed home ‘A great time was had by all’
Type a question	Yes

7.20.23 OFFSHORE

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Bob Cohen

Name of Captain; Freddie penrow Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No The date you went fishing; 07-20-2023 Your Name; Joe Stand Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Last day for red grouper and the weather was perfect so we ran 63 miles to find our red grouper and red snapper we got to 130 ft of water dropped baits down and it was on we had our 10 red grouper within the first hr there were so many keeper red grouper we had a hard time getting a bait to the snapper even lifting the baits 6 ft off the bottom the red grouper we’re coming up and grabbing the bait between the five of us we safely released over 15 keeper size red grouper and that’s not counting the shorts I have never seen anything like it but we kept fishing and managed to catch our 10 red snapper a few big lanes and 3 mahi it was a lot of fun for all on board. The seas were calm out and back home for a very relaxing ride. Thanks Bonnie and Freddie

7.20.23 OFFSHORE

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Bob Cohen

Name of Captain;	Carlos Bastos
Where were you fishing?	OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report;	No
The date you went fishing;	07-20-2023
Your Name;	Frank Bellizio
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below	This year has been a tough one for fishing. Between the weather and a few health issues, I haven’t seen as much of the water as I would have liked to.  I am happy to say the health issues seem to be well behind me and I am feeling good.  Even though the weather was hot and the humidity high yesterday was the last day of Red Grouper season and American Red Snapper ends soon so Bob Sherley and I headed out with Captain Carlos.  It was a great day of fishing. We were fishing in water from 110 t0 126 feet, We didn’t reach our limit on ARS and Red Grouper by one fish each for the 5 of us fishing but made up for it with plenty of Lane Sappers. We caught a lot of short ARS and Reds and we would have limited out except the sharks were really heavy and they only seemed to like to eat the bigger fish we were bringing up. Hopefully, I will get some inshore fishing in next week.  It was just great to be back on the water.
Type a question	Yes

7.14.23 OFFSHORE

Posted on July 17, 2023 by Bob Cohen

Name of Captain; Captain Joe Stand Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes The date you went fishing; 07-14-2023 Your Name; Terry Reelitz Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Another beautiful Florida fishing day instore…. Captain Joe Stand invited Freddie Penrow, Bonnie Allen and Terry Reelitz out to see if yesterday could be duplicated. Started out early and stopped for bait again… Squirrels were a little tougher to come by this time, Grunts were plentiful. Headed out past +100’ again, plan was to knock off some ARS and then go to work on RG’s. to our surprise they were mixed in together for the early morning bite. Big baits were the ticket again for the bigger fish. Grunt filets were doing very well. Late morning, we were well on the way with limits of both and moved on to different area. Interestingly, the bite changed in the afternoon and slowed down a tad, Freddie made the call and switched to Threads – we finished our limits pretty quickly with some bigger RG’s – good call Freddie! Hot Rods were shared by Bonnie bagging the biggest ARS at hefty 25” & Freddie hookin’ the biggest RG measuring 27” and ‘Sweet Cheeks’ Award. Freddie was full of surprises as he did come up with a rather unique trolling system that he tried out – he got pretty good fuel economy; it just took a little longer. The jury is still out if he will expand on this system – stay tuned for further developments. It was a quiet and pleasant ride back in…. ‘A great time was had by all’ If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Bonne Allen 25″ ARS Fredie Penrow 27″ Red Grouper Type a question Yes

7.13.23 OFFSHORE

Posted on July 17, 2023 by Bob Cohen

Name of Captain;	Freddie Penrow
Where were you fishing?	OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report;	Yes
The date you went fishing;	07-13-2023
Your Name;	Terry Reelitz
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below	Team Freddie & Bonnie invited Joe Stand and Terry Reelitz for a day on the water looking for some ARS and Red Grouper. Reports called for calm seas and sunshine, we got exactly that. Headed out bright and early with the sunrise to our back and high hopes. Made a bait stop in about 50’ – loaded up wit Squirrels and Grunts, also had Threads, Squid and some Octopus on ice as well. Trip out to +100’ was smooth, action was fast and furious on the first drift. Current was  cooperating as it only took 10 & 12 ounces to stay down drifting. The first couple hours of drifting were productive – Squirrels, Grunt heads or fillets got the biggest and Threads were very popular with the RG’s – we headed even deeper to make a run at the ARS. While running deeper Captain Freddie spotted a floating board and we stopped to see if any sea creatures were lurking beneath the 3’ chunk of wood. Holy Mackerel, all hell broke loose – there were hundreds of Mahi-Mahi cruising around! We put small hooks on with squid, it was total mayhem for the next 30-40 minutes. They came in wave after wave, it was crazy. Squid was their choice of treat. Getting down past the little ‘uns was the hardest part – once you got past the little squirts the nice fatties were hungry and willing. The weighted hooks did help getting down a little quicker. The Mahi also ate strips of ‘Fish Bites’ in bright pink, the weighted hooks also worked well trolling. Exciting time, we boated 40 Mahi in the frenzy. Finished off ARS limit,  headed back to RG area to fill out our limit. Bite was back to being active, it didn’t take long. Also had a visitor, a 7’ Nurse decided to Terry Reelitz busy for about 20 minutes. Joe ‘Hot Rod’ Stand got it done with number eight being a fat 27” Grouper, claiming ‘Sweet Cheeks’ Award. That goes along with ‘Kicking ‘ARS’ and takin’ names Award with a 24” fattie Red Snapper. It was time to head in-  seas were flat the ride was nice ‘A good time was had by all’ Thank you, Freddie and Bonnie!
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box.	Joe Stand 27″ Red Grouper Joe Stand 24″ ARS