At Port Manatee, water temperatures bottomed out at 44.6 degrees. That’s just about as cold as the bay will get, one ...

Jacks are closer to shore, but in 10-30 feet of water. Inshore: Snook fishing is leading the bite right now. Big fish are still upriver looking for mullet and bluegill to fatten up for spawning ...

Our local West Central Florida coastline is divided into four regions, the Big Bend ... means the larger snook are mostly female. It is important to protect those larger fish because they become ...

Bear Point has been holding a lot of fish. Along the beaches, plenty of snook and big tarpon have been eating large silver spoons. A few Spanish mackerel, bluefish and pompano have been caught ...

From freezing to days reaching the 80-degree mark, that’s a Florida winter for you. Anglers finally got a break over the past ...