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Good morning everyone. Offshore has been the best bet of late with plenty of options to choose from. Both Dolphin and Kingfish have been active in the 90′ to 100′ range with live greenies working best. Bottom fishers have been catching p

 Talk about some difficult fishing!  After an outstanding day Tuesday as a huge system passed thru we ended up moving Wednesday's trip to Friday and cancelling Thursday. Friday the rains had finished but we still had wind 12-17 as the

 I wrapped the week up today fishing with Chuck Butler and his sons Trey and Trent meeting them out at Goffinsville early this morning on a tide that had been coming in a few hours. We headed down the Nassau and set up to initially fish jigs an

 I was fishing south today after meeting Brad Lanier down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. And I was feeling pretty good about my choice for the first spot to hit so we ran up the intercoastal and peeled off when we got to Poteat Cut and began to

Oh boy what a beautiful morning we had today! I had met Chuck and Marca Benton and their daughter Kristin out at the Goffinsville Park as the sun came up - it was cool and clear and only a slight breeze. The tide was still coming in so we headed ove

Another two boat trip today and I had the girls mom Julie with Rebecca and Amanda while the boys were in the second boat and once again they wanted to stay close to each other.  This worked against the boys as the girls outfished them 5 to 1 ca

 Crazy how a full moon gets people talking...and seems to affect the fishing. At 7:30 t his morning when Marty and Cathy Siciliano and I made it to our first spot - the bank of the Jolley River Marty pointed out the still visible  full-ish

  Today was one of those windy dreary days when you just hope you catch a fish with the tough conditions considered. I had met Brian Roach and his son Michael and friend Lee down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp and as we were running to our first

  Finally back to fishing after a week off due to the hurricane and then the winds! But when I looked at the weather forecast last night it called for winds beginning at 10mph and rising to 15 before the trip would be over. When I talked to Gar

Tampa Fishing Charter We are up and running ans May has been a great month of fishing. As I suspected the Mangrove Snapper Bite would be heating up along with the Big Spanish Mackerel. Mixed in with these we have also been catching Key West... The p

The last week and a half have been a bit tough on the water due to unusually high winds in the 20-25 MPH range and huge tides.  The bulk of what I was booked for was just catching fish so we did just that but we had to pick our spots due to the

 We fished out of Sawpit Creek today after I met Bob Kossman and Dale Bullard early. I had a live well of shrimp and had caught some mud minnows. After running a little bit up the Nassau River we began to fish a shell bank on the last of an out

June 23 2018 By Michael Wilson / Ledger correspondent Mangrove Snapper — The summer time mangrove snapper bite has turned on for Tampa Bay area anglers. Good reports are coming in from all over the bay area and locations elsewhere. Strike Zone

 We had a pretty good thunderstorm come thru last evening enough so that our dog Jasper was hunting security. It was still raining when I went to bed but when I got up this morning it had quit and we had just a breeze as I made my way to the ba

 Boy what a blow we had yesterday with steady winds up in the 20's and gusts even higher -glad I wasn't fishing! But sure enough the wind died thru out the night and we had a glorious morning greet us when I met Mark and Jen Woodard and

Nice conditions over the holiday weekend led to some good fishing inside and out. Offshore the Kingfish bite has remained steady and the Mangrove Snapper bite has been really good as well both in the 70′ to 80′ range. Nearshore Tarpon co

Yesterday’s charter was a tough one. We fished hard for 4 hours went through 6 dozen phat shrimp we caught many many small snapper ONE keeper well you know what they say?… I won’t say it. It’s gonna be a few weeks before I fee

  Happy Thanksgiving to All - I hope you have a great holiday with friends and family! I wrapped up a short week today fishing with Allen Webb meeting him down at Sawpit Creekboat ramp. It had warmed a bit as the week progressed and there was v

  I was out at Goffinsville today meeting Kenny King and his fishing crew John Raker and John's mother Betty early this morning. We had a bait well full of mud minnow electing to go with no shrimp today and we headed over to Pumpkin Hill to

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