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8.29.24 INSHORE
| Name of Captain; | Frank Bellizio |
| Where were you fishing? | INSHORE |
| Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; | No |
| The date you went fishing; | 08-29-2024 |
| 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 | Mike and I had not spent a day inshore fishing together in quite awhile so we decided to head out this morning to see how the inshore fishing was. We headed out of the Anclote river at about 8:30 am and found that there were not many boats on the water. This was a relief since scallop season had reopened. We first headed to the west side of Anclote Key to see if the large schools we had seen on Sunday were still there but no luck. We headed back to the area in front of the power plant and started in 8 ft of water and worked our way toward shore on the incoming tide. We caught lots of short and keeper size trout on shrimp and plastic. About an hour after high tide when the tide had turned and the water was headed out we moved in next to the mangroves and near the oyster beds. I caught a nice size shark and Mike landed two nice size keeper reds. It was starting to get hot so we headed in. It was a great day for fishing and catching with an old friend. |
| Type a question | Yes |
8.25.24 OFFSHORE
| Name of Captain; | Capt Carlos Bastos |
| Where were you fishing? | OFFSHORE |
| Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; | No |
| The date you went fishing; | 08-25-2024 |
| Your Name; | Frank Bellizio Florida |
| 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 | The last days of ARS season were at hand so Mike Spanhel, Terry Freeman, Mark Cammiskey and me joined Capt Carlos and his mate Jeromy and Gerald, a fisherman from Clarmont, for a 2 hour ride out to 100+ feet of water in search of ARS. We caught 6 keeper ARS’s and a bunch of lane and mangrove snapper.The snapper were fun but as you can see from the pictures there was plenty of Red and Gag grouper action. There certainly is no shortage of Red Grouper, we caught a large number of short and keeper size Red Grouper. The Gag caught by Gerald in the picture was 34 to 36 inches.
On the way back to port we came on one of the most unusal sights I have seen fishing in this area. At about 6 miles off the beach of Anclote Key we ran into about 1000 segulls working the water, as we approached we could see what appeared to be trout or ladyfish for about a half a mile square making the water boil. We saw another almost identical situation about 3 miles from the beach. The wind had picked up and the combination of white caps and the fish action was a once in a lifetime sight. It was a great way to finish out the ARS season fishing with FOC member friends. I have a grouper trip booked with Capt Carlos for Sept and from the looks of things it should be a great trip. |
| Type a question | Yes |
8.1.24 INSHORE
| Name of Captain; | John Grieder |
| Where were you fishing? | INSHORE |
| Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; | No |
| The date you went fishing; | 08-01-2024 |
| Your Name; | Frank Bellizio Florida |
| 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 but Frank and John hit the water at 11 am to see what we could catch. As it turns out small and medium size trout still bite when in hot water. John threw top water most the time and Frank used a mix of live shrimp and white Gulp swimming mullet. We only got to fish around 2 hours before the thunder and lightning started so we called it a day. If you can take the heat there are still fish out there that like to bite in the water between 5′ and 10′. We just couldn’t get a bite in the shallows. |
| Type a question | No |
9.24.2024 INSHORE
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7.18.24 OFFSHORE
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7.16.24 OFFSHORE
| Name of Captain; | Mike Spanhel |
| Where were you fishing? | OFFSHORE |
| Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; | No |
| The date you went fishing; | 07-16-2024 |
| 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 | Once Capt Mike Spanhel found out that Bob Sherley had never caught a hogfish with hook and line Mike initiated “Mission Hogfish” to get Bob his first hogfish on rod and reel. Mike enlisted help from Bruce Archabault and Frank Bellizio. We left the doc at 7:45am and Capt Mike had us in 40ft of water within an hour. We caught a few hogfish and quite a few grunts. We moved several times to spots within 5 to 6 miles of the original spot picking up hogfish and grunts as we went. We used naked ball jig style setups with frozen shrimp. The fresh shrimp at the bait shop were very small so frozen was the ticket for the day. The frozen shrimp were fairly large and stayed on the hook well. Bob caught his first hogfish about 2 hours into the trip so we all felt good that our mission was a success. We also caught quite a few short red grouper. At about 1pm the clouds started to move in so we headed home and beat the rain by about one hour which gave us just enough time to clean up the boat and the fish we caught. Thanks Capt Mike for a great day of fishing. |
| Type a question | Yes |
6.29.24 OFFSHORE
| Name of Captain; | Stu Johnson |
| Where were you fishing? | OFFSHORE |
| Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; | No |
| The date you went fishing; | 05-29-2024 |
| 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 | Mike Spanhel and I joined Stu Johnson and his brother Paul for a week of fishing at the end of June on the Atlantic side of Summerland Key Fl. The weather was great except for the last two days that were windy or rainey. We spent three days reef fishing and two days trolling. We could not find weeds or fish for that matter the two days we trolled so we did some bottom fishing off the reefs for 3 of the days. The first day on the reef was slow with a few yellow tail snapper and grunt. The second day we headed 20 miles south to an area off Key West and got into some good fishing. We were catching 4 to 5lb grunts and really big progies. The third day we found an area on the reef near home and caught yellow tail and grunt that were small non stop all day. The great part was we caugh enough fish for Chef Paul to provide some excellent dinners each night. I have to tell you that plantain breaded snapper was my favorite. Thanks Capt Stu for the great trips. |
| Type a question | Yes |
6.24.24 – OFFSHORE
| Name of Captain; | Jim Thirkill |
| Where were you fishing? | OFFSHORE |
| Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; | No |
| The date you went fishing; | 06-24-2024 |
| Your Name; | Jim Thirkill |
| 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 | Went out to 100 FOW off Dunedin for a last shot at red grouper before the season closed, with crew Mike B, Mark C, and Rick U. We had pretty good action, catching plenty of red grouper and mangrove snapper. Then an intruder showed up and starting eating our snapper. Big mistake on his part, since Rick quickly rigged some wire and was soon hooked up, then after about a 30 minute battle on his spinning rod, we put the gaff in this 62″ wahoo. |
| Type a question | No |
6.24.24 OFFSHORE
| Name of Captain; | Mike Kaplan |
| Where were you fishing? | OFFSHORE |
| Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; | No |
| The date you went fishing; | 06-24-2024 |
| Your Name; | Mike Kaplan |
| If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. | With Red Grouper season ending in a week, We decided to go out 1 more time. Despite the many storms in the area, we headed out to 100 feet for a lot shot at catching some Red Grouper. The crew consisted of Bob S, Terry F and friend Joe. We only stopped at 3 spots and the action was steady at each. We used live Grunts, Squid and Threadfins. By the time we decided to go home, we had caught 4 Red Grouper to 28″, 4 ARS to 20″, 2 Mangos to 20″ and assorted other fish. We were lucky and didn’t run into any storms but it was really hot. By 2:30 we decided we had enough and headed in for the 2 hour ride home. The winds were very light and the water was smooth all the way in. A great way to finish the Red Grouper season. |
| Type a question | Yes |
