CAPT. BILL MILLER
“OUTDOORS PROFESSIONAL”
Marketing/Sales Specialist • Grand Master Angler • TV Host/Writer

 

BILL’S FISHING REPORTS
Current Advice for Catching More Fish

Cooler Weather Brings On The Bites

Posted November 08, 2006
By BILL MILLER
Big Pier 60 in Clearwater is reporting Spanish mackerel catches all day on Gotcha plugs and spoons. Tina says nighttime is the right time for snook. A lot of snook were caught before this last front, including whoppers measuring 40 and 32 inches. Greenbacks and ladyfish have been the best baits.
A big school of redfish has been showing up near the Redington Long Pier. According to Don, live shrimp and pinfish have been getting most of the bites. Mackerel have been biting early in the morning, and whiting are providing good action all day.
John at The Pier in St. Petersburg reports a lot of redfish. The slot-sized fish are in shallow water, and some monsters to 25 pounds are out in deeper water. A few sheepshead are being caught on fiddler crabs and green mussels, and mackerel are taking cut greenbacks under a cork. Snook are biting shrimp at night under the lights.
Big grouper are lurking around the Skyway piers. Fishing on an outgoing tide with pinfish, Scooter has been hauling them in. The mackerel bite is good early in the morning, and a few kings have been caught. Pompano have been slow to bite.
Before this last cold front, some large kingfish were caught along the Gulf beaches. Slow-trolling ladyfish and blue runners within a mile of shore around diving birds and mackerel schools produced tournament-winning kingfish to 48 pounds last weekend.
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

Reports Archive
3/2/06
3/9/06
6/29/06
7/05/06
7/13/06
7/20/06
8/02/06
8/09/06
8/16/06
8/31/06
9/0606
9/14/06
9/21/06
9/28/06
10/04/06
10/19/06
10/25/06