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HEMMERS REPORT

Tarpon schools are starting to get small. You can still find them along the beach, but they will be in pods of 2 to 10 fish. Them best numbers can be found in upper Tampa Bay.

The redfish schools in lower Tampa Bay are getting hard to find. Your best action will be the smaller groups that hang around the oyster bars.

The trout have moved of the flats and can be found over grass piles 6 feet deep. Whitebait free-lined will draw the most action. Live chumming will help get the trout feeding.

Grouper are in 90 feet and deeper. Keepers can be found in 90 feet, but the farther you go out, the larger ones can be found. Live pinfish is the bait of choice.