Capt. Rick Grassett's Sarasota, FL Fishing Report for 8/1 through 8/14/2016
I hosted a group of friends and clients on a destination fly fishing trip at Crane Meadow Lodge (www.cranemeadow.addr.com) in Twin Bridges, MT last week, so I don't have a Sarasota report for that time frame. This is an annual trip for me and was my 15th year at the lodge. We fished the Beaverhead and Madison Rivers and a couple of creeks and lakes in southwest Montana where we caught and released numerous brown, rainbow, brook and cutthroat trout during the week. We fished streamers, nymphs and dry flies on 3 through 6-weight fly tackle. The dry fly action was with a variety of grasshopper patterns, sometimes with a nymph dropper, callibeatis and a few other bugs. For a full report of this trip and other upcoming trips, you can go to the Destination Trips page of my web site at, http://www.snookfin-addict.com/destination-fishing-trips/ .
Anglers fishing Sarasota Bay with me, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, during the week of Aug 1st caught and released trout and ladyfish on flies and DOA Deadly Combos. We also fished dock lights one morning before dawn on a pre-dawn/bay trip and caught and released snook on CAL jigs with shad tails.
Jackson Bergdoll and his dad, Todd Bergdoll, from Columbus, OH, fished Sarasota Bay with me on Monday, 8/1. Action was slow that day but they had some action catching and releasing trout and ladyfish on a DOA Deadly Combo and Jackson did well on his first saltwater fly fishing trip!
Dan and Sara Stults, from Highland Park, IL, fished a pre-dawn snook/bay trip in Sarasota Bay with me on Thursday, 8/4. They caught and released a couple of snook on CAL jigs with shad tails before moving to deep grass flats where they had some action catching and releasing trout on DOA Deadly Combos.
Snook season is closed now on the west coast of Florida, but catch and release night snook fishing around lighted docks and bridges in the ICW with flies and DOA Lures should be good. There are singles, doubles and small schools of tarpon in the coastal gulf now, rather than the large schools that we see in June, but it is worth checking on. You may only see a few fish but they are aggressive. There should also be good action with trout, bluefish and more on deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay.
Tight Lines,
Capt. Rick Grassett
IFFF Certified Fly Casting Instructor
Orvis-Endorsed Fly Fishing Guide at CB's Saltwater Outfitters
Orvis Outfitter of the Year-2011
Snook Fin-Addict Guide Service, Inc.
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