Fishing Reports by Captain Jim Fesperman
About The Author: Captain
Company: Hook Setting Charters LLC
Area Reporting: West Coast, Tampa Bay
Bio: THE CAPTAIN: I grew-up around Tampa Bay with a dad and grandfather who also loved the outdoors. They freely shared their love of the outdoors with my brother and me. We were truly blessed with great parents and grandparents……Sure, the old timers didn't like the Snook to eat, because they prepared it the wrong way. They would scale it instead of filleting the fish and removing the soap tasting skin……Pop would take us fishing and camping all the time. Even our vacations would revolve around camping and fishing. I remember a vacation when we camped on the famous sand dunes of the Outer Banks near Kitty Hawk in North Carolina. We were catching fish during the day and fighting the swarms of mosquitoes at night. On another vacation, we took an old leaky wooden flat-bottom boat down the Homosassa River to an island camping and fishing away the week while battling mosquitoes all night long. But I think our best vacation was to the Florida Keys. This was pre-campground days…..We just drove in Pop's big, old Hudson until we found a place by one of the bridges we liked overlooking the water. We pitched our tents right there between the road and the water. We fished all day and fought the mosquitoes all night. Let's go fishing! Tight lines Captain Little Jim Fesperman Fulltime guide on Tampa Bay and Gulf Beaches
[St. Petersburg,FL] The weather broke this afternoon it was warm 65 degrees and the sun was shinning so we put in the water at 4:00 PM and fished until 8:00 PM. Great afternoon
[St. Petersburg,FL] It was cold and windy just like the last two months. We fish when we can fish.
[St. Petersburg,FL] Tampa Bay Grouper inshore trolling in December never more than 100 yards from houses and docks. Using Mann's and Bomber diving plugs.