Concealed weapons classes

There will be more concealed weapons classes on Aug. 22 and 23 at the Manatee Community College Lakewood Ranch campus.

Joe Naples of House Calls Firearms Training will be conducting the classes. Over the past three months, Naples had put over 80 students through college and private classes.

For more information, call 941-932-3298 or visit www.housecallsfirearmstraining.com.

Capt. T.J. Stewart wins inshore of Fire Charity Fishing Tournament

Capt. T.J. Stewart of Cast Away Charters captained the winning inshore team at the second annual Fire Charity Fishing Tournament on Sunday.

The boat teammyself.com/Cast Away Charters pocketed $2,500 with a catch of redfish (31 and 32 inches), a 23 inch trout, a small tarpon, and snook of 39 and 33 inches.

Oodles of schools of redfish

Redfish lovers should be in heaven the next couple months.

The big spawners from the Gulf are coming in, and anglers will see more and more of them through October. Already, there have been reports of some big schools of redfish in south Sarasota Bay, and up around Tarpon Springs.

The thing is, redfish can move several miles overnight. So what redfish could be in the south end of a bay at night could have moved to the northern part of the bay by the next morning.

As always, find the food source, and you've found the fish.

Snook season to open in two weeks

The recreational harvest for snook will open on Sept. 1.

On the west coast of Florida, regulations are one snook per angler, per day, and the snook must be bewteen 28 and 33 inches.