We always enjoy the Anna Maria Sun newspaper column of Captain Zach Zacharias. If you haven't caught it yet (excuse the pun) just pick up a copy of the paper from outside most of the bigger retail outlets on the island. It's free and it comes out once a week, so you'll always be able to enjoy his words of wisdom if you're vacationing on Anna Maria.
To give you an idea of what you'll be getting, here is this week's offering from the captain himself. To see more from the AmiSun fishing section without picking up a paper copy, check out their website here
Earlier in the week, before the wind started to howl, my clients enjoyed some more good action with spawning sheepshead, mangrove snapper, grouper, mackerel and hogfish on the reefs offshore of Anna Maria and Longboat Key. When the winds shifted more to the south at week’s end, trips out there were out of the question. As I write this, the winds continue high and hopefully things will settle for the upcoming week.
Inshore was a challenge due to the wind and cool night time air temperatures that knocked the water temperatures back substantially. Bait was much harder to procure and the bloom was off the bite for a few days. The southern fetch of wind over the weekend coupled with warm, sunny days should serve to get things back up to speed pretty quickly this week. When the fish did cooperate, redfish up to 25 inches, trout to 23 inches, pompano and a few slot sized snook came aboard the Dee Jay II from North Sarasota Bay. Surprisingly, shrimp accounted for more fish than either white bait or pinfish. There were a couple of days mid-week that were the toughest I have encountered in some time.
Remaining optimistic, April should shape up to be the hot ticket month with everything coming up fishes.
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