10.19.21 INSHORE

Name of Captain; Craig myers
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 10-19-2021
Your Name; Denis  Surette
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 Butch ,Craig and I met at the ramp in the dark to go fishing . Off we went as the sun came up. Out cam the spoons as we left the dock and ran them all the way out of the channel. A couple of hits and one mackerel takin into the boat.  Off to the south to a few spots looking for some reds!  None today ! So off a little  further south and the wind picked up ! A little rough now so we drifted which made it better to fish Throwing plastic . We were moving about a mile and a half so not so bad. Fishing was spotty south so we just keep moving north to our different spots .we caught a lot of really different fish today all small but a least they were biting gulp.  A few trout  were caught among all the other fish , no lady fish today which is usually not a problem catching them.  We even used some shrimp and cut bait on a bobber . A nice  size mackerel on a shrimp at the end of the day.  The wind made it difficult to stay in one spot but traveling the miles we did opened up a few new spots we can really  try the next time out. We had a lot of laughs  together as usual looking for our next trip out on the water.
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Denis surette
Trout 16”

10.15.21 INSHORE

Name of Captain; Frank Poggio
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 10-15-2021
Your Name; Frank  Poggio
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 at noon. Tide had started moving out.
Fished over by the tower park near the power plant in 3ft water. Sunny day, water very clear. Got 4 nice trout within the first 30min. From 15 to 18.5 in, mostly on mirror lure. One on a pin fish.
After  the first 30 min nothing was biting for the next 3 hours.
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Trout 18.5 in.

10.16.21 OFFSHORE

Name of Captain; Joe Stand
Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 10-16-2021
Your Name; Shelli Sauban
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 with Joe, Jill, Lonnie and my husband. I got my first hogfish ever. It was my birthday gift from Joe! We caught several red grouper, hogfish, lesser amberjacks and grunts. It was a beautiful and calm day. It was another great day with great people!
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Shelli- 23” red grouper
Shelli- 15” hogfish

10.16.21 OFFSHORE

Name of Captain; Mark Cummiskey
Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 10-16-2021
Your Name; Mark Cummiskey
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. 24 1/2″ Gag grouper

10.15.21 INSHORE

Name of Captain; Terry Reelitz
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 10-15-2021
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 Mary and I headed out for a couple hours, no rain in sight and winds were mild.

Outgoing tide water still 81-82 degrees

Hit Green 7 and Green 5 – Crab pots are showing up in both areas.

Plenty of Trout and Sharks – had a blast with both, both live and frozen shrimp – didn’t seem to bother the fish, they ate both

The bigger Trout did seem to lean to a white DOA paddle tail

A good 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. Terry Reelitz 17 1/4″ Trout

10.9.21 OFFSHORE

Name of Captain; Rick Thompson
Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 10-09-2021
Your Name; Jack Hexter
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 Left Skeleton Key Marina at 7:45, to target Mango’s and Hogfish.  Rick showed up with 500 shrimp, purchased from Coopers for $45.00  That comes to about $1.00 a dozen, great value if you are going to target hogfish.  Seas were pretty smooth running to 59′.  First drop, Rick caught a keeper hogfish and I hung a 23′ red grouper.  Not a bad start but Red Groper is closed so it was released.  Then the Mangroves started to come over the gunnel as well as a lot of short hogfish, short red grouper and an occasional short gag grouper.  Just as Rick said to reel them in for the run home, I hooked the last fish, a 17″ hogfish. We ran home finishing with 11 mangos, 4 hogfish and a bunch of grunts.  About 1/2 way in the port engine quit,  After examining and contemplating the problem, we decided the fuel pump had quit as the engine ran fine as long as someone was pumping the ball.  We could run about 20 mph doing this and your hand gets real tired continuously pumping the ball but we made it in without the assistance of Tow Boat US
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. 17″ Hogfish
23″ red grouper

10.8.21 OFFSHORE

Name of Captain; Kevin Royals
Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 10-08-2021
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 Beautiful day on the water in Kevin’s boat.  We went 20+ miles NW of Gulf Harbors, fishing 40-60′ for gags, using frozen threadfins, pinfish, and other bait.  Water temp was 84-85, seas were 1″ or less.

Hit multiple spots, with one being the best.  Caught about a dozen gags (three keepers to 29.25″), 2 dozen red grouper some of which were  over 20″, and a nice mangrove snapper for Mike.

Building storms chased us home about 1pm.

Despite the red grouper closure, it seems  that the red grouper off Pasco in shallower water are better than they have been in years.
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Gag groupers
Jim Thirkill 29.25″
Kevin Royals 24.5″
Mark Cummiskay 24.25″

10.12.21 INSHORE

Name of Captain; Frank Bellizio
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 10-12-2021
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 Bill Herr and I headed out for a morning of inshore fishing from Tarpon Springs.  We didn’t spend a lot of time traveling to a favorite fishing spot. Instead we stated near the channel of the Anclote River.  The first spot didn’t product in 3′ of water so we moved to 10′ of water near marker 7.  We had a few bites and some sand perch so we moved in toward shore to 5′ of water.  We hit a spot with lots of fish and spend the next few hours catching and releasing trout and mackerel. We didn’t catch anything huge but we stayed busy reeling in fish most the time.  We were using both plastic and frozen shrimp.
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Frank Bellizio – Trout 16 3/4″
INSHORE

10.8.21 INSHORE

Name of Captain; Bob Sauban
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 10-08-2021
Your Name; Bob Sauban
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 We fished from noon and drifted on the flats. We used live shrimp and caught trout, sharks and on the way home caught this snook. A dream come true kind of fish for me.

3rd submission

If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Snook – 40-1/4” – Bob Sauban