Fish Sarasota
False Albacore Busts Fly off Local Beaches
Minnesota resident Dave Mancomber takes on some of the best sport fishing action anglers can attempt: fly-fishing for false albacore
Angler: Dave Macomber of Minn. Fish: False albacore Fly: Grassett Snook Minnow Fly Where: Coastal Gulf waters Conditions: Outgoing tide, morning Quotable: They had a good day on Friday catching and releasing six or sevenalbies to 8 ½ poundsin the coastal gulf off Sarasota on my Grassett Snook Minnow fly. We snook fished in the ICW near Venice before dawn on Saturday morning where they caught and released four or fivesnook on the same fly. We fished the coastal gulf out of Venice after dawn and found Spanish mackerel, but no albies. We came upon an awesome scene as Spanish mackerel crashed a bait ball and 25 or 30 sharks cruised the bait ball with dorsal fins out of the water eating mackerel!" Guide:Capt. Rick Grassett of the Snook Fin-…
