Capt. Chuck Rogers (813-918-8356): Capt. Chuck says the redfish bite along mangroves in the Gandy Bridge area and above has picked up, with small packs of four to five fish hanging close to the bushes when the tide is high. They can be fished out on the flats well away from the growth when the tide is low, but locating them is harder and in the very clear water they are easy to spook. Many of those landed on recent trips have been oversized. Live sardines with their tails clipped have been working and chumming with some cut sardines is being used to get the bite going. The sardines are on the shallow flats in the Gandy area, though getting them early is a must, as once the sun is up they tend to vanish. Trout fishing has been decent on the grass flats, with catches on recent charters in as little as a foot of water using live sardines. Most have been toward the bottom end of the slot size or undersized. Mackerel schools began to show up following the most recent cold front and this week should see more fish up to near the Gandy Bridge. Some bull sharks to 250 pounds have been in the shallows hunting, and as the bay water warms, they will be more abundant. This also could be the week that snook commit to coming out of backwaters to explore shorelines along the bay.

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