Capt. Chuck Rogers (813-918-8356): Capt. Chuck says the past week for him has been working on the boat and other chores. The very cold weather and customers who wanted to avoid it was the reason. Conditions are going to be much the same this week, he suspects, predicting that we are looking at least another week before we see enough warming to raise bay water temperatures and active dormant fish. Until then, those who want to try fishing will do best concentrating on the species that remain active in cold water. Sheepshead are one of those and anglers fishing with live or frozen shrimp around docks in canals will find them. The canals of Shore Acres and other communities south of Weedon Island have been good spots to find them, and, according to sources, some of the fish landed have been quite large. The small army of silver trout and whiting anglers who take advantage of the cold-hardy species have been anchored up and fishing off the power plant at Weedon. Both species hang out near the bottom in deeper water, taking live and frozen shrimp well. Offshore buddies have been fishing through the cold conditions over the past week, working ledges in 50 to 60 feet of water in the Gulf and doing well on hogfish, big grunts and some porgies. Capt. Chuck is a meticulous chronicler of fishing conditions in the bay, with a fishing diary dating back many years. He notes that not since 2009 and 2010 have we seen and many consecutive days of cold as we have this winter. He also notes that the low tides we’ve seen of late are among the lowest in recent history.

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