Go Fish for 5/6/12 by Capt. Bill Miller

   Variety can describe the fishing right now.

   Offshore the red grouper continue to be hungry in depths of 80 feet and out. Look for bait stacks over flat rock bottom for hot action. Capt. Kevin Walton found loads of chicken dolphin (mahi mahi), 2-6 pounds, in 60 feet west off St. Pete. Walton said every time he stopped to bottom fish the dolphin showed up to join the fun.

   Black fin tuna are still around wrecks and springs.

   Capt. Billy Miller found a herd of freshly arrived tarpon and had a couple of mega bite tarpon days. Egmont Key and the Skyway are the hot spots.

   Capt. Ray Markham reports snook fishing inside Terra Ceia and Miguel Bays is very good now. Redfish can be found be found on the outside flats as well as speckled trout. Soft plastic jigs is all you need says Markham

   The big blue crab run is on at the Skyway fishing piers. You can fill your bucket on the hard outgoing tides this week. The pros use an extension handle crab net to reach the water from the pier.

   Speckled trout fishing in the Ft. Desoto area is very good. Artificials or bait has been working well this week over the grass flats near Cow and Calf and Jack Ass Key..

   Kingfish and Spanish mackerel have showed back up in the usual spots. Some are in the ship channel, close in reefs and along St. Pete Beach