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Inshore Action on Fire in Crystal River!!!
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With the dog days of summer almost behind us, and fall fishing patterns starting to take root along many of the inshore fishing areas scattered through out the Nature Coast all eyes will soon turn to the shallows in preparation for what can only be called “Shallow Water Madness” What do I mean by “Sh...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Red Grouper, Snapper & Trout
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“No oil—No spoilOur Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine” Estero Bay was my fishing grounds on Tuesday morning, 7/27, when I fished with Chris Polumbo and his young daughter, Miranda, along with Miranda's two friends, Bridget and Rachel. We caught two 17-inch trout and two keeper mangrove snap...
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Hot summer action Tampa Bay
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The weekend was very cloudy and rainy but it did not hamper the bite. Thunderstorms in the Tampa Bay region are common during summertime and can explode with little notice. Frequent lightning and strong wind gusts can turn the Bay into a battlefield. Always have a plan to get to shelter frequently oft...
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Redfish to 13lb in Sarasota Florida
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Fishing Report 08/09/2010 – Capt. Terry Frankford Angler's aboard the Reelin & Chillin have caught some nice over-sized red fish along with a few in the slot. Several locations between Little Sarasota Bay and north to Sarasota Bay have produced rod bending action with these red drum weighing...
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August Brings Some Late Season Tarpon Fishing
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Anna Maria Fishing Report - 6 Aug 2010 With August here now we are still catching a few decent Tarpon in certain places. There is not as many fish out there as there were a few weeks ago but still enough to make for a pleasant fishing trip. Looks like Tarpon are running late as we predicted it would be...
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Kids score big Tampa Bay
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Captain Billy Nobles of the Reel Animals fishing show ends each show with “Do yourself a favor and take a kid fishing”. Wednesday Captain Steven had the pleasure of fishing Wed, Ann and their 2 sons Jet and Jake. First white baits for bait and chumming had to be gathered before I picked up my anglers. Tod...
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Fast action Tampa Bay
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It’s hard to believe its August already. Don’t be fooled, while the days are getting shorter we have several months of hot weather ahead. Captain Steven picked up his anglers at 630 am to get started at first light. Our goal was to get on the fast action / mixed bag that Captain Steven has been targeting l...
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Red hot action Tampa Bay
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Saturday Captain Steven was on the water before 6 and off before noon beating the peak heat of summer. Red hot best described the action. First stop was to get bait which was a breeze. The white baits are still small but the quantities are amazing! One toss of the net and the live well was blacked out. The n...
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Trout-bite is hot-Bonita Beach, SW FL
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“No oil—No spoilOur Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine” Tim Reid fished near-shore with me, about ten miles off the beach Saturday morning, 7/17. Winds and seas, which were calm most of the week, had picked up quite a bit and seas were a little sloppy, so we decided to stay near-shore and do some sh...
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Hot weather hot bite Tampa Bay
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Tropical storm Bonnie had little impact on Tampa Bay Saturday. Many stayed in port and missed a super day. East winds 10-15 made for some chop but nothing bad at all. With good pal Chris on board we headed to the south Skyway Bridge to gather white baits. Today 2 tosses of the net had the live well blacked o...
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Tampa Bay summer bite
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Captain Steven has been off the water this week celebrating his 10th Anniversary with the Admiral aka my wife Jackie. Las Vegas was 112 so regardless of how dry the air is it was just brutally hot. Central Florida summer time patterns are in full swing with several surprises. Captain Chris Colvin repo...
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July Tarpon Fishing Still Holding Strong
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Anna Maria To Sarasota Fishing Report - 14 Jul 2010 It’s July and things are hot out there, but for the most part so is the fishing. I have had some incredible days out there since the last report. We are still Tarpon fishing. There is not as many fish out there as there was a couple weeks ago. Althoug...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Yellowtail, Grouper, Hogfish, Kings
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Pat Fitzgerald and his sons have fished with me for years. This year, the boys brought some friends along for a boat-load of six, including Pat, sons Jimmy and Tommy and friends, Matthew, Jacob, and Brandon. We headed out of New Pass Thursday morning, 7/1, to fish in 44 feet. The boys caught a mess of yel...
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Tails and Teeth of Crystal River, FL!!!!
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The warm days of July have already provided many anglers with early surprises this month. Huge schools of feeding Redfish, an abundance of scallops in shallow water and the early arrival of many hard fighting sharks in some of the deeper waters and holes have provided many Nature Coast Anglers with...
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Cobia & mixed bag Tampa Bay
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Captain Steven had high expectations for capturing big numbers of large redfish on Saturdays morning’s charter. For weeks I have been scoring regularly catching many bronze bombers over 30”. Before I pick up my anglers gathering bait was at hand. The new crop of white baits are small with most unusa...
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New Moon options Tampa Bay
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The new moon this weekend will make for some great action. Strong tidal flow and high tides pushing 3’ on Tampa Bay will greet anglers with numerous options. Moving water is key for many inshore species especially snook and redfish. Captains Steven trip will focus trips around big redfish on Mangrov...
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Tampa Bay, For The Best Tarpon Fishing In Florida
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7 July 2010Hello from Anna Maria Island, the Tarpon capital of the world, or quickly becoming so. Where else in the world can you hook 25 Tarpon in a day over 100 pounds, with some over 200. There are probably a few spots in the world that have Tarpon fishing as good, but none better. Anna Maria is the p...
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Rain swept Tampa Bay
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Captain Steven is finally drying out from the wet 4thof July weekend. On Monday we fished 8 hours in the rain and everyone had a blast. Gortex rain suits made for a comfortable trip on the water. With water temperatures down 5 degrees and the air temperature at 75 it didn’t feel like July at all. The day st...
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Redfish Redfish Redfish Tampa Bay
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Sunday with no charter Captain Steven decided to treat himself to a day chasing redfish. The full moon made for some great tides today so I took advantage of the cooler incoming water. My day started like a regular charter by catching bait. Needing white baits and threadfins I started on a grass flat ch...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Mostly Offshore
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“No oil—No spoilOur Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine” Mike Mercer and friend, Bill, were hoping to hook some big fish when they fished offshore with me Tuesday morning, 6/15. They got lucky: Between them, they caught and carefully released eight goliath grouper, ranging in size from 30 inch...
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Tampa Bay June Tarpon Fishing Is The Best Ever
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Tampa To Anna Maria Tarpon Charters, June 27 Wow is all I can say, Tarpon fishing has been great. The weather remains perfect everyday and there is tons of Tarpon. These past couple of weeks has been really good for large fish. I bet we haven’t caught a fish this week under 100 pounds, most of them are...
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Bonita Bonanza Tampa Bay
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With so so tides today and no wind we changed gears and ran an offshore trip. Offshore for this Captain is 5-10 miles in 25-40’ of crystal clear Gulf water. Along with a chum block we need a live well full of baits so we made the short run to my bait stop near the Skyway Bridge. I have received some awesome rep...
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Change is coming Tampa Bay
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Change is in the air as the summer time patterns settle in on Tampa Bay. Spotted sea trout are abundant and chewing like crazy but have transitioned to deeper water. The slightly cooler water in 6-10’ have trout schooled up and happy. White baits fly lined, live shrimp and soft plastic jigs are all scor...
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Redfish, Tripletail, Grouper and Cobia Biting in Crystal River!!
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Wow!! What an unbelievable last couple of weeks in the world of fishing off of CrystalRiver and Homosassa. World Records have been broken, huge schools of Redfish have showed up early on many of the local flats, the Tripletail have finally showed up along the Nature Coast and the shallow water rock...
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Fishbuster-king mackerel picture didn't post with report
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Summer Fishing Heating Up-Kings Here!
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First of all, our hearts go out to our fellow fisherman and all the residents of the Gulf coast who have been impacted by the BP oil spill. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you, and we feel fortunate to have escaped this crisis on our shores here in SW FL. We also want all our potential customers to kn...
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Fishy day Tampa Bay
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The red hot bite on Tampa Bay continues! Big mackerel 5-7 pounds and 15-20” spotted sea trout are thick in 8-10’ adjacent to lush grass flats holding bait. I can’t recall this many big mackerel in these locations the last 10 years. It’s like catching schoolie kingfish only inshore! Bait is key as the sp...
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June Tarpon Update For Tampa Bay
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Anna Maria, Florida Tarpon Fishing - June 13, 2010 Tarpon Fever is what they should call it when you’re hooked up to a 200 pounder, it’s 90 plus degrees out and that fish has no plans of giving up anytime soon. I’m pretty efficient at bringing the fight to a close in less than 30 minutes, but sometimes a...
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Fishy day Tampa Bay
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Saturday’s awesome tides made picking today’s target species difficult. Tarpon, Snook, Redfish, Trout, and Mackerel would all be eager to chew. We decided to chase a variety of fish so we needed to gather white baits, threadfins and crabs. White baits we gathered quickly on a local grass flat, then...
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Trout for dinner - snook for fun
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Fishing Report 06/12/2010 – Capt. Terry Frankford Angler's aboard the Reelin & Chillin have caught mostly trout as far as table fair this past couple of weeks. The fun fish has been catch and release action with snook up to 10lbs. Also, small black nosed and black tip sharks along with plenty of b...
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