ishing Captain Favorite's Weekend Fishing Forecast Aug 9, 2012

BRADENTON -- Too hot to fish? The countdown begins for this year's Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. Check out the complete lineup here! Tarpon fishing should continue next week. As tarpon thin out along beaches, they will move to inside waters where you may find them rolling early in the day. Spin anglers can catch and release snook before dawn and then moving to the flats for trout and reds in Sarasota Bay should also be good options, according to our contributing captain.

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Weekend Forecast  

Surface high pressure will remain across the central waters through the weekend. This will keep a rather light wind flow across the waters with an onshore sea breeze developing near the coast each afternoon.

Thursday

Northwest winds around 5 knots in the evening then becoming southeast around 5 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth. Isolated thunderstorms in the evening.

Friday

Southeast winds around 5 knots becoming southwest 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Friday night will bring southwest winds around 5 knots in the evening then becoming southeast after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth. A slight chance of thunderstorms.

Saturday

Southeast winds around 5 knots becoming southwest 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. Saturday night will bring south winds around 5 knots becoming southeast after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth. A slight chance of thunderstorms.

Sunday

Southeast winds around 5 knots becoming south 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 out winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast around 5 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of thunderstorms in the evening...then a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight.

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