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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

 I wrapped my week up fishing with Frank and Joanne Wytiaz meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. We had a baitwell full of mud minnows and live shrimp and before we left I threw a cast net for a few dozen nice finger mullet. We then

  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

What a blast!  A group of guys were down for business meetings and some have been friends since middle school and they all wanted to fish.  The morning trip was two boats me and a buddy of mine and the race was on to see who would catch mo

 I was with Kevin today and the last time Kevin and I fished it was an epic day.  Today not so much.  fishing was generally slow with no help from the weather.  While November is our best weather month we've had tons of wind

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 fished with Chris Sneed and his fishing partner Chuck this morning meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early on a tide that had been coming in for a few hours. There was almost zero wind so we made our way around the south end of

  I wrapped up my week fishing with Bob Kossman and Dale Bullard meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early this morning with a tide that had been going out for a few hours. We made a quick trip around to the old Sawpit bridge and se

  We had a temperature drop! When I launched this morning it was in the low 40's and the 10mph wind made it seem even colder!  But the skies were clear and the forecast called for sunny all day so when I met Paul Lombardi down at the S

  It appears the thunderstorms were moving in early today but I was able to get out and fish this morning with Melody and Scott Norton and after meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp we made the run up the intercoastal and thru the Ba

  I fished south today meeting Garland Clark and his son Kris down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We made the run up the intercoastal and made our way to Poteat Cut to set up tossing float rigs and live shrimp on a tide that had been goin

With a scheduled oyster roast and fish fry planned for the next day neighbors Chris O'connor Brian Parent and myself ventured out Friday to try to add some fish to the pot. I had saved up a trout or two or three a couple of Reds and a a good han

 Most folks know that my wind cutoff is at 15mph. So when I got in from yesterday's morning trip and sat down for a picnic at Old Town Bait and  Tackle and checked my cell phone for the weather report for an afternoon trip and saw 19mp

 Boy what a storm we had yesterday! My wife and I went out to Main Beach yesterday to watch the waves kicking up and it was crazy. Crazier were the surfers catching the waves!  But the wind was supposed to die down this morning and it did

  We went a little early today before the sun came up hoping to catch a tide lower and coming in. It didn't work. I had met Bob and William Blalock and their friend Brian out at Goffinsville just as the sky was lighting up and we made a sho

 I fished south today meeting Allen Richardson and his grandson Walker early at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. We made the run up the intercoastal and around to Poteat Cut to fish jigs and live shrimp on the last of an outgoing tide. Both anglers

 I met Nick Nist and his fishing buddy out at Goffinsville Park this morning - we had the last few hours of an outgoing tide so we made a run down the Nassau turned into that outgoing current and began pitching jigs and live shrimp to the drain

Offshore fishing in Tampa Bay is constantly firing off. This time of year, we're winding down our Red snapper season and getting more focused on Catching big Kingfish, red grouper, Mangrove snapper, amberjack, and Blackfin tuna.