Tampa Bay Fishing Reports

Anna Maria Fishing Report Spring fishing has been very good so far this year. Snook fishing has been excellent this spring. I had many days where we landed 50 to 100 a day. Most of the Snook have been in the 22 to 26-inch range. We have also been catching a few from 30 to […]

Anna Maria Island Offshore fishing has been excellent. It seems as though the red tide has quickly diminished and a lot of the fish that had move way offshore to avoid it have moved in closer.  The grouper and snapper fishing has been really good from 40 to 50ft of water so things look like [...]

Anna Maria Island fishing charters are on fire right now. It’s been a quick warm up here on the Island and the fishing is heating up fast. There nothing like spring, it is here and the long term forecast is calling for it to stick around for a while which is good news for us […]

Anna Maria Island fishing report and forecast Hello everyone I hope you all had a nice thanksgiving! It couldn’t be more pleasant around here the weather has been perfect this past week light east wind, calm, dry and a perfect daytime high of around 75 degrees. The fishing has been as equally [...]

Tarpon fishing charters are the most exciting angling experience we have to offer here on Anna Maria Island!  We are preparing now, stock piling crabs, rebuilding drags, and making our finishing touches to our upgraded tarpon gear for this year. I switch over to almost nothing but tarpon [...]

Anna Maria Island fishing has been Solid inshore and offshore; the weather has been amazing. This may have been the nicest winter I can remember since I have been a fishing guide in the last 23 years. Except for a hard blow the last couple of days the winds have been mild and the temperatures [...]

Anna Maria Island fishing charters are heading into our winter phase. Its challenging when the water temp teeters around here in the hi to mid 60. The fish kind of want to go to their winter spots but the water temp is just warm enough they kind of want to be in there fall spots. […]

Anna Maria fishing charters It couldn’t be nicer around here with perfect weather and peek fishing it’s about as good as it gets.  I have trouble deciding in the morning when my customers leave it up to me.  Should I go offshore or should I stay inside either way I know we are going to […]

Anna Maria Island fishing charters inshore remains strong.  We are in that transition phase as the fish are creeping out of their winter spots and into their spring locations.  Fish patterns  are changing quickly as the water warms and the shallow clear flat become the feeding grounds for [...]

Tampa bay fishing report Hello from Anna Maria Island.  It seemed like winter would never come, back around Christmas time when temperatures were 80 and above, but at last it has arrived.  Now cold to us around here is air temps in the low 60s like it has been the last few day.  To me […]