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Planning a fishing trip to Sarasota? Start with our complete Sarasota Fishing Guide for the full breakdown of where to go, when to fish, and what species to target. Below: the latest weekly fishing reports for Sarasota.
Sarasota fishing report for the week of August 6, 2026: target gag grouper on offshore ledges, mangrove snapper in the passes and seatrout on the grass at first light.
Sarasota fishing report for the week of July 30, 2026: run early for gag grouper on the ledges, then work beach and pass snook before the afternoon storms.
Sarasota fishing report for the week of July 23, 2026: target red grouper on offshore hard bottom, snapper in the passes and trout on the grass at first light.
Sarasota fishing report for the week of July 16, 2026: target late-season beach tarpon at first light, dawn trout over deep grass and snapper on the passes and reefs.
Sarasota fishing report for the week of July 9, 2026: target trout on deep Sarasota Bay grass at dawn, sight-cast beach snook and work the reefs for snapper.
Sarasota fishing report for the week of July 2, 2026: intercept beach tarpon from Lido to Siesta Key at dawn and work Big Pass and New Pass for snook on…
Sarasota fishing report for the week of June 25, 2026: sight-fish tarpon strings off Lido and Siesta, work Big Pass and New Pass for snook and reefs for snapper.
Sarasota fishing report for the week of June 18, 2026: sight-cast beach tarpon from Longboat to Venice at sunrise, with snook in Big Pass and New Pass and reef snapper.
Sarasota fishing report for the week of June 11, 2026: sight-cast beach tarpon on calm mornings from Lido to Venice, then free-line whitebait for snook in the passes.
Sarasota fishing report for the week of June 4, 2026: target beach tarpon off Lido and Siesta, spawning snook in the passes and trout on deeper grass.