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Winter trout season is under way

Posted Feb 4, 2012 by The Tampa Tribune

Updated Feb 4, 2012 at 05:31 PM

BY BILL MILLER

The winter trout season is well under way, with good catches coming in up and down the Suncoast.

Captain Billy Miller is catching lots of slot-sized and oversized speckled trout in Boca Ciega Bay and the Fort DeSoto area. Silver trout, the cousin of the speckled trout, are solid along the Gulf beaches, with catches of 100 to 150 during a half-day not uncommon. Tandem soft plastics are the hot lure for specks and silvers.

The spoil islands of St. Joseph Sound are holding lots of monster trout, according to captain Brian Caudill. Caudill likes free-lined select shrimp as his go-to setup. Also included in the catch have been bluefish and pompano.

Redfish are still around Tarpon Key at Fort DeSoto. Walt and Brian Rector caught nice slot-sized reds there using live shrimp and watermelon-colored Lil Johns.

The redfish bag limit is one per person south of Fred Howard Park in Tarpon Springs. The bag limit is two per person north of Tarpon Springs.

Bait has moved around the Skyway fishing piers, and anglers are taking advantage of it. Lots of little tunny are being caught off of the deep ends of the pier by anglers tossing silver spoons. On the outgoing tide, big Spanish mackerel up to 24 inches are being caught.

Kris Stein caught and released a 150-pound dusky shark off the Redington Pier using a big hunk of kingfish for bait.

Captain Bill Miller hosts “Hooked on Fishing” on Bright House Sports Network, Channel 47. To book a charter with captain Bill or his son captain Billy, call (813) 363-9927.