BRADENTON – The sixth annual Fire Charity Fishing Tournament is this weekend, June 7-9 at the Bradenton Yacht Club. There will also be a free women's fishing clinic on St. Petersburg this Saturday. Temporary Appalachicola oyster closures began June 1 and Gull trigger fish bag limits will take effect June 10. Widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms will accompany a low pressure front along with wind gusts to gale force to accompany this disturbance. Mariners are advised to stay up to date with the most current forecast. The low pressure area will move away from the area on Friday with slowly improving conditions for the weekend.
6th Annual Fire Charity Fishing Tournament
Gulf recreational red snapper season begins June 1
Gulf amberjack closes in state and federal waters
Atlantic snook to close in state and federal waters
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Fishing Forecast
Tropical Storm Andrea over the central Gulf will move slowly north tonight then turn northeast and move across The Big Bend of Florida late Thursday into Friday. Widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms will spread over the waters tonight and Thursday. There will be a high risk of water spouts over the waters tonight and Thursday. Mariners are advised to stay up to date with the most current forecast. Andrea is expected to make land fall over The Big Bend of Florida late Thursday and move away from the area on Friday with conditions improving for the weekend.
Thursday
Tropical storm conditions expected. Southeast winds around 20 knots then becoming south 30 to 40 knots in the afternoon with higher gusts. Bay and inland waters extremely rough. Showers and isolated thunderstorms. Thursday night will bring tropical storm conditions possible. South winds around 30 knots diminishing to around 15 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters very rough. Showers in the evening. Isolated thunderstorms. Showers likely after midnight.
2013/06/06Thu01:25 a.m.1.38H
2013/06/06Thu05:21 a.m.1.13L
2013/06/06Thu11:19 a.m.2.4H
2013/06/06Thu07:37 p.m.-0.13L
Friday
Southwest winds around 15 knots with gusts to around 25 knots. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. Showers likely in the morning. Isolated thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Friday night will bring south winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A chance of thunderstorms.
2013/06/07Fri02:13 a.m.1.38H
2013/06/07Fri05:51 a.m.1.18L
2013/06/07Fri11:49 a.m.2.45H
2013/06/07Fri08:12 p.m.-0.18L
Saturday
Southwest winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A chance of thunderstorms. Saturday night will bring southwest winds around 10 knots then becoming south around 5 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A slight chance of thunderstorms.
2013/06/08Sat02:53 a.m.1.37H
2013/06/08Sat06:20 a.m.1.2L
2013/06/08Sat12:19 a.m.2.48H
2013/06/08Sat08:46 p.m.-0.2L
Sunday
South winds around 5 knots then becoming west around 10 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning...then a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Sunday night will bring northwest winds around 10 knots then becoming east around 5 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters a light chop.
2013/06/09Sun03:26 a.m.1.36H
2013/06/09Sun06:51 a.m.1.2L
2013/06/09Sun12:52 p.m.2.49H
2013/06/09Sun09:19 p.m.-0.19L
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