Tampa Nearshore Fishing

The fish were hungry and waiting for us to return at the start of the week. Later this past week we faced rough weather Thursday due to the front and the Tuesday all day had a little slower bite than we would have liked but we still caught some great fish.

Hogfish action still going okay near shore, but it has definitely slowed a bit lately as the water is clearing up and warming up too.

Kingfish action has been great near shore lately and there is plenty of mackerel around too mixed in among the kings. From the Skyway all the way out of the shipping channel is a great spot to start looking for the bait schools. However, simply trolling around the channel will work well to produce plenty of mackerel and some nice kingfish too.

Hogfish are still biting near shore around 30-70ft of water. They have definitely slowed a bit from the cooler moths, but there’s still a decent chance of finding a few ready to eat near shore.

The near shore action is going very well right now and it’s killing me not to be sending out trips to capitalize on this awesome bite we are seeing.

The kingfish bite is definitely the big news near shore right now with tons of kingfish showing up in our area from around 30-90 foot of water.

Hogfish bite is super hot right now, especially around 40-70ft of water we are seeing the hogfish chewing well.