Beach near the artificial reef. They all were nice sized fish over 20 pounds and were caught among schools of large Spanish mackerel. Of course Spanish mackerel is just about their favorite food when they are around. The Spanish have been large as well, from 4 to 7 pounds being the average size caught by the live bait fishermen. The only problem right now is that you will have to move around enough to find water that is free of red tide and that can be difficult as windy as it has been.
Trout fishing seems to be picking up in the area as well.
The ship s channel is holding some nice grouper and mangrove snapper. Snook are biting well in the river. Spanish mackerel are biting well on both spoons and live bait from the Skyway up to the Gandy Bridge. Lots of reds have shown up in the area. Lots of keepers and many of them are over-sized.