u/Far-Topic-9991

Lived in tampa florida my whole life, fished a lot as a kid then quit, im 24 now and just got back into it and i cannot catch SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fucking went out for hours like 5-6 different places, nothing. I caught a huge bass fishing in one pond on a gulp artificial bait, then i tried to catch another one for like 10 hours and didnt get a single bite, so i moved on to salt water.

I feel like salt water fishing in Florida, especially tampa bay, is getting ruined, not really because of the tourists/migrants who came to florida recently, but moreso because corporations are dumping waste into the ocean and killing hundreds of thousands of fish in the tampa bay in mass-killings oftentimes. HOW DO I CATcH SOMETHING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

My rig is simple ive tried so many things. 1/0 circle hook, 1 foot of 20 lb fluoro leader, sometimes a bead above the hook and a 1/4 oz bullet weight or clip on weight, and then either shrimp/fiddler crabs. I also use a barrel swivel to connect the leader to the main braid. This rig is to catch sheepshead or ANYTHING i just want to catch something like a trout, snook, redfish, flounder, sheepshead, ffs fucking anything like give me a sting ray or some shit.

Please tell me what do i change to catch something. I've tried so many spots. Do i use a bead or not? Are clip-on weights bad compared to those weights where the line goes through them?

Hi, I'm from Tampa, Florida, I want to go out and catch any type of crabs possible, I think stone and blue crabs are the ones in Florida.

I don't really want to deal with the crab traps or snares or any of that stuff, I just know I'd be horrible at it and it looks like you need quite a bit of gear to get a bunch of crabs.

Should I just go out in the grass flats with a net and a bucket and try to grab them? Is there any advice you can give me about this method? How should I determine when the water is shallow enough to go out there?