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 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

 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

  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

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

The difference in the weather from yesterday to today was like night and day! Beautiful - clear skies sunshine pleasant temperatures and just a bit of wind to keep things interesting.  I had met John Raker and his fishing partner Robert out at

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

 After last week's high tides and slow fishing I have to admit I was a bit worried about today's fishing but I had to council myself - we had good weather forecasted and we had a good tide so we surely would catch fish!  I met Will

 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

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

  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

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

 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

  Although it was forecasted to be a beautiful clear cool and sunny day the wind was expected to be already at 13mph when we launched and getting up to 17 as the morning wore on. But I counted 6 fishing guides at the bait store this morning and

Offshore fishing has turned on with several good options. The Mangrove Snapper bite in 80′ of water has been solid and Kingfish have been active in the same depth. For those anglers seeking Dolphin or Sailfish live bait in the 130′ range

 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

August 10 2018 By Michael Wilson / Ledger correspondent Mangrove Snapper — Mangrove snapper remain the most consistent bite for Tampa Bay area anglers. Good numbers and larger size fish are being reported from most spots this week. Strike

It isn't often that a father/son go fishing and dad doesn't fish so his son can catch all the fish and that is Kelly for you.  This is the second or third time we fish and they are always great to be with.  Since Billy was the one

 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

  I met David Vice and Robert Stettner out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp early this morning and boy was it a pretty day...and we had a bit of breeze for the most part. We made a run thru Horsehead and over to Poteat Cut to set up fishing a

 I fished with Ross and Rob Gibbs today meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We made the run  up the intercoastal and dipped into Jackstaff and into a smaller creek then set up outside a drainage on the first of an outgoi