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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Keeper Grouper & Kings Best Recent Catches
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John Landis and Bud King had one day to fish before heading back north, and they had hoped for a day offshore. But, with the remnants of the weather stirred up by Tropical Storm Ida meeting an approaching cold-front, the Gulf was out of the question Thursday, 11/12, so they traded their offshore plans f...
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Last minute charters
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Today’s charter never materialized so I decided to do some basic maintenance. I had just finished applying no slip deck wax when I was approached by 2 guys. Politely they asked if I knew where they could rent a boat. Well after learning what boat rentals cost in the area they asked if I was available to ta...
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Tampa Bay Hot Action
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Greetings anglers. Can you believe next week is Thanksgiving? Today’s trip you would never know winter is just around the corner with temperatures in the mid to upper 70’s.With one exception Saturday mirrored Fridays trip. The day started with a bang a large school of truly bruiser size Jacks came r...
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Fall Weather Fishing
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Hello from Anna Maria, we are loving the cool weather and it feels so good I wish it would stay like this all year long. Inshore fishing has been real solid for me this past couple of weeks. Lots of snook, redfish, trout and some real nice flounder for an added bonus. Snook have made up the majority of m...
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Tampa Bay Snook Blitz
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Friday’s trip started like most charters chasing bait. White baits are still plentiful on the flats in lower Tampa Bay. With a negative low tide of -.03 at 6 am I knew a deep pot hole that would hold bait. Sure enough they were there it just took some chumming and a little patience. First toss a legal size g...
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WINTER IS COMMING TO TAMPA BAY!
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Almost Too Big Snook, Bull Red, Snapper & Sheepshead
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Bill Story and friends, Mike, Dave, Jim, Marvin and Ed picked a nice calm morning to fish offshore with me on Tuesday, 10/28. We headed out of NewPass about eighteen miles and fished in 43 feet with live shrimp. The guys were after pan-fish for a fish-fry they planned for this week, and we did well to fill...
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Windy Tampa Bay Options
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Friday’s strong NNE winds made for challenging conditions. I already cancelled several trips this week. I always tell my clients the options when the winds kick up. Staying out of the wind is easy on Tampa Bay but finding a good bite in that area may be a challenge. Based out of O’Neill’s Marina I have a s...
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Fall Tampa Bay Snook Action
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Tampa Bay showed all her beauty Saturday morning. Slightly cooler and dryer air was a welcome relief leaving the O’Neill’s Marina. We picked up Evan our angler and made way to the flats adjacent to the Skyway Bridge. Pinfish were thick in the chum slick but white baits were our target. Patience paid of...
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October 27th tampa bay fishing report
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- Fishing Report - Capt. Matt Ercoli 10/27/09 Tampa Bay to Sarasota, FLORIDA Hello from Anna Maria, Fall is such awesome time to fish, perfect weather, most all the water to yourself, and lots of fish. I probably spend some of my most enjoyable fishing days on the water this time of year. I mean...
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Season change brings great fishing, Capt. Shawn
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Hey Guy's, Well here we are in Nov. and I am still not sure we are in fall yet. It is hard to say when it is in the 90's but we do have another cold front on it's way and it seems with the two cold snaps we have had it has really improved the fishing, each time a little more so. I would expect this one to be no diff...
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BBI Hooked on Kids Charity Fishing Tournamnet
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Thursday I had the distinct honor of being a Captain for the BBI Hooked on Kids Charity Fishing Tournament. The event benefits Sheridan House Family Ministries. Kim Nobles, Capt. Billy Nobles and Mike Anderson were great hosts and pulled out all the stops creating a super event. The day started lon...
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TAMPA BAY FALL FISHING!
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Tampa Bay Snook Redfish Bonita Mackerel
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It’s amazing how much can change in 48 hours. Today’s afternoon bite was solid unlike the challenges we encountered over the weekend. In reality there was not a promising tide today, guess that why it’s called fishing. Bait is very easy to chum on the flats around Ft. Desoto and while on the smallish s...
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FALL Fishing on Tampa Bay-
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FALL Fishing on Tampa Bay- Fall is such awesome time to fish, perfect weather, most all the water to yourself, and lots of fish. I probably spend some of my most enjoyable fishing days on the water this time of year. I mean don’t get me wrong everyone knows I love to tarpon fish in the summer. W...
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New to the Site
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I am new to this site, and look forward to a lot of helpful posts in the future. I spend most of my time out of Sarasota, where fishing has really been heating up. I look forward to seeing you on the water. Goin Nutz Andros 26
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TAMPA BAY FISHING WITH SOME GOOD DAYS ON THE WATER!
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Planning your day
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On my website www.onthemarkcharters.com I frequently get questions from what’s biting to how to tie a knot. This week I got a great question, Captain Steven on your charters fishing the flats of TampaBay do you have a game plan prior to leaving the marina or do you figure out what you are going to do whe...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Nice Kings, Bonito, Shark, Snapper & Trout
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Seasonal business is just beginning to pick up around here, though most of the recently reserved dates are for later this month and into next. I did get offshore Saturday, 10/10 with long-time customers Jerry and Barb Rudan, from Wisconsin. We headed out of NewPass to about 18 miles, but it was slow go...
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Grand Slam Tampa Bay
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Tuesday was much improved from the last few days. I changed gears and traveled to the Ruskin / Apollo Beach areas. Today’s angler Ricky from Boston had 4 snook on his first four casts. Fly lining small white baits worked best, bigger baits were left unmolested. The water was cooler than lower Tampa Bay...
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Homosassa Fishing Report
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CAPT MIKE LOCKLEAR ADVENTURES The Homosassa River is a beautiful place. Sable palms, Cedar Trees and vast marshes make up the hardwoods and interior waterways. There are miles and miles of creeks to explore and six more rivers that border within Citrus County. The fast life starts to melt away as y...
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The Heat Has Turned Back On, Along With the Fishing
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Hello from Anna Maria, Well it felt like fall was in the air last week, but you sure couldn’t tell that this week. The summer heat has turned back on. With that first little cool spell the kingfish, mackerel and tunny started to hit the beach, there was actually quite a few tarpon mixed in with them a...
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Tuff Saturday Tampa Bay
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Saturday’s trip started in the dark of early morning running the narrow channel from O’Neill’s Marina to the flats adjacent to the Skyway Bridge. The area has been loaded with bait for months. White baits and pinfish are easily attracted by chumming. No exception today as the live well was stuffed fu...
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Off Shore is where it is at.
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Hey Guy's, First let me start by telling you about the king fish and Spanish mackerel that have just gotten here. There are all the Spanish you want just off the beaches and in the bay itself. All you have to do is start looking for the birds working bait on the surface and cast your bait into them and hang on...
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The Kings are here and thats not all.
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Hey Guy's, First let me start by telling you about the king fish and Spanish mackerel that have just gotten here. There are all the Spanish you want just off the beaches and in the bay itself. All you have to do is start looking for the birds working bait on the surface and cast your bait into them and hang on...
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Tampa Bay heat
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TampaBay is hot! Both the weather and the fishing action. Wednesday morning on the was hot and humid; the only thing hotter was the Bonita action. Most Captains have a circle of other Captains whom they share information with. It’s this type of networking that proves very valuable. Good friend Capt...
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TAMPA BAY GREAT TIME OF THE YEAR!
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What's Biting in Tampa Bay
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What’s biting in Tampa Bay! Hello from Ann Maria, it feels like fall is in the air today. Not real cool but definitely a nice from the sweltering heat. That’s why fall is such a nice time of year, dryer with less humidity, good fishing and it’s so peaceful with the light boat traffic. ...
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Tampa Bay Slam
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Saturday we ran another ¾ day charter with Snook, Redfish and Trout our main targets. With Tony from Mercedes Benz back on board I knew it would be a fun filled trip. Gathering bait Saturday morning was about as simple as it gets. Two tosses of the net and the live well were full of scaled sardines. Target...
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Nasty Bull Shark
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Tampa Bay mornings start later and later these days with the sun not arriving till 7 am. Gathering bait starts at 6:45 unless you want to chum and throw your net in the dark. This morning’s snook and redfish trip required 300 or so scaled sardines. The majority of these baits are needed for chumming whic...
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