Articles By Captain Ray Markham

Judging by the temperature you may never know it’s still winter, and I believe even some fish are befuddled... Read More

Just when you were starting to think that this abnormally warm weather was settling in and the new year was... Read More

After some bouts with red tide and fish that just didn’t feel much like eating because of it, the final... Read More

For well over a month, areas from Charlotte Harbor to Tampa Bay have been plagued with bouts of red tide... Read More

Over the past month, the weather has changed from hot to cold, calm to windy, and back and forth all over... Read More

Over the past couple of weeks the water temperature near the mouth of Tampa and Terra Ceia Bays has dropped... Read More

Sometimes very subtle changes in the atmosphere create big changes on the fishing front. Fish feel the cooler,... Read More

With all the rain lately, water temperatures have maintained a mid-80s level. Fish have been more active... Read More

Flounder have been a top target aboard the Flat Back II this past week. These great-eating fish are around... Read More

Fish powered up in feeding zones this past week on the moving water–spawned by last Wednesday’s... Read More

It’s been tough fishing during the mid-day heat, but this past week we’ve seen some heavy showers... Read More

A week after Tropical Storm Debbie blew through the Tampa Bay area, the water in lower Tampa Bay remained... Read More

June begins a period on the Gulf Coast known as hurricane season. Things were cooking early with lots of... Read More

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve fished both coasts of Central Florida. Last week you would have... Read More

Mostly good steady action could describe much of this past week’s fishing with the exception of Friday’s... Read More

Holiday weeks make for tough fishing sometimes, due to the excess boating traffic. Memorial Day weekend is... Read More

Anglers fishing aboard my flats skiff, the Flat Back II found steady action much of the week. In the catch... Read More

Despite slower tides toward the week’s end, this past week anglers fishing aboard my Action Craft flats... Read More

I’m still running inshore trips, but tarpon season is upon us, and my first tarpon trips of the... Read More

Anglers aboard my skiff, the Flat Back II out of Terra Ceia, saw steady action all week with snook, trout,... Read More