CAPT. BILL MILLER
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Marketing/Sales Specialist • Grand Master Angler • TV Host/Writer

 

BILL’S FISHING REPORTS
Current Advice for Catching More Fish

Head East To Try Luck With Sailfish

By BILL MILLER
Feb. 7, 2007
Bay area anglers wishing to try fishing for sailfish should head to the east coast. Sailfish action, although off a bit from last year, is still very consistent.
The “Hooked on Fishing” crew fished a half-day with captain Mike Genoun of Florida Sportfishing Magazine last week out of Hillsborough Inlet at Pompano Beach. Drifting a big whitebait under a balloon, I was able to hook a sail that threw the hook after a series of spectacular jumps. We saw sailfish free jumping and other boats hooked up in the area.
Sheepshead are biting well around Bay area bridges. Shrimp, fiddler crabs and green mussels are the best baits.
St. Joseph Sound trout action is red hot. Anglers using soft plastics on the deep grass flats are scoring with huge numbers of speckled and silver trout. Speckled trout season is open south of Fred Howard Park at Tarpon Springs. North of that line, it is catch-and-release only.
Silver trout are still thick off Redington Beach and in the ship channels leading into Port Manatee, the Alafia River, Davis Islands and Weedon Island. Tandem-rigged Love’s Lures tipped with shrimp will produce spectacular action.
Captain Bill Miller hosts “Hooked on Fishing” on Thursdays and Sundays from 7-8 p.m., and Fridays and Mondays from 11 a.m.-noon on Bright House Networks Catch 47.

Reprinted with permission of The Tampa Tribune

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