Winter Inshore Flats Fishing

Inshore charter fishing in Clearwater Florida can be the most exciting and relaxing fishing experience you'll ever have. Clearwater flats fishing has been one of the truly enjoyable encounters that vacationers and locals alike, have taken pleasure in for many years.

Clearwater fishing charters includes all of what inshore and flats fishing has to offer. Clearwater Pass is a major water way from the intracoastal waters into the Gulf of Mexico. Clearwater Pass sits next to world famous Clearwater Beach, which was voted one of the best beaches in the US.

January’s weather has been somewhat optimistic and unfortunately, more down in the dumps than normal in the Clearwater fishing waters.  Water temperatures were in the middle 50’s most of the month in the Dunedin fishing area.  On occasion, the water temps reached 60 only to go back down with the passing of another cold front. 

Once the fish became acclimated to the cold water, they started biting on everything thrown their way.  Casting artificials and retrieving very slowly along the bottom was the ticket to catching some big 20+ inch gator trout.  Once the fish were found, my clients switched to live shrimp and started catching doubles on every other cast.  This action should continue through March or until the warm spring temperatures push the big trout out.

As January ended, weather and water temperatures had made a great recovery and were near normal for this time of year.  The big trout have moved in and supplying plenty of action.  Now if the redfish would settle down, this will be a fantastic winter fishing season for Dunedin fishing and Clearwater fishing areas.

Capt. Gary Burch
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