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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Winter Sheepshead are Back...and Big!
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The first week of December was kind of slow around here, which is typical for the few weeks between Thanksgiving and the beginning of the holiday rush. But I did get out fishing in Estero Bay, on a catch-and-release trip with Dave and Diane Carey on Friday, 12/7/12. The couple used live shrimp to catch t...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Red Grouper Gulfside; Big Sheepshead Inshore
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Tuesday, 11/20, I fished inshore in Estero Bay with Al Tooley and his thirteen-year-old son, Aiden. The guys caught a 20-inch, keeper redfish, along with five keeper sheepshead to 15 inches, all on shrimp. They released seven smaller sheepshead and two stingrays. Wednesday morning, I again fish...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach:Good Action and Variety Inshore& Offshore
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Monday, 11/5, I fished about 22 miles west of New Pass with Mark Cavanaugh and friends. The four guys used live shrimp to land five gag grouper, three of which would have been keeper-size, to 23 inches, except for the fact that season closed for those five days ago. So we released all of those, along wit...
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Tampa Bay Thanksgiving Fishing Report
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Tampa Bay Thanksgiving Fishing Report Well I know I just sent out a report a few days ago but I mentioned I would update the offshore fishing as soon as I made it out. So on Friday my charter decided they wanted to fish offshore instead of inside like I had been all week. It was a good call despite fairly r...
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Tampa Bay November Fishing Report
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Tampa Bay November Fishing Report I love this time of year; nice mid 70 degree weather, nice cool mornings followed by perfect mild afternoons and plenty of fish to catch. I always say the fall is the best time of year to be on the water. People always ask me what my favorite thing to catch is and I alway...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Snapper, Grouper, Shark, Sheeps, Reds, Snook
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Saturday, 10/20, I fished with long-time customer Marshall Swain, along with his family and friends. We used live shrimp, about 22 miles west of New Pass, and the group caught twenty-five keeper lane snapper to 12 inches, along with one keeper mangrove snapper at 13 inches. They released a half doze...
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Tampa Bay Fall Fishing Report
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Tampa Bay Fall Fishing Report Fishing has been unbelievable. October, in general, is one of our all around best months to fish but this year has really been spectacular. It doesn’t matter if we are inshore, on the beach or offshore, the fishing has been tremendous where ever we drop anchor. Hone...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Red Grouper & Snapper
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After some rainy days, one no-show customer (that makes twice within a month, and is oh-so annoying), and a few seasonally slow days, I finally got out fishing again on Tuesday, 10/9, when I fished 22 miles west of New Pass with Scott Severaid, Gregg Hass, Todd Vershaw, Jason White and Mike Wernsman. W...
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Tampa Bay To Sarasota October Fishing Report
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Tampa Bay October Fishing Report Wow, is the fishing good right now here out of Anna Maria. Pretty much everything we catch around here is biting and biting well. We always go through this period in October when is seems you just can’t make a mistake because fish are biting everywhere. On the flat...
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Tampa Bay To Sarasota September Fishing Report
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Tampa Bay September Fishing Report Fishing has been spectacular these past few weeks. It really has been strong all summer, but with water temps cooling a little bit it seems things have really been heating up. This is always a great time to be on the water as fall approaches. The Snook fishing ha...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Nice variety--even caught a scamp!
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Labor Day Monday, 9/3, I fished at the near-shore reefs with Brian Lucas and his two young sons, Grady and Grant, along with Cadrin Cojanu and his two young children, Ben and Emily. The group used live shrimp to catch four Spanish mackerel to 23 inches, five pompano, all around 14 inches, a keeper mang...
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SWFL-Bonita Beach:Nice Gag Grouper, Goliaths, Shark, Snapper
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Monday, 8/20, I fished with Steve Spitzer and Jalissa Reever again. They had fished with me the previous Wednesday and caught a couple of keeper gag grouper. But, Monday, conditions were different. Despite forecasts for one-to-two foot seas and 5-10 knot winds, we encountered steady 15-18 knot...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Goliaths, Gags & Snapper
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Monday, 8/6, I headed out to 35 feet to fish with Brian Woeste, Adam Bodkin and Tim Powers. The guys wanted to experience the thrill of big game, but also wanted some food fish. We started out catching blue runners and Spanish mackerel for goliath grouper bait. The guys caught and released a 70-pound go...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Abundant Hogfish, Mangs, Lanes, Grouper and more
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After several weeks off the water because of a family reunion trip, followed by lots of rainy days unsuitable for fishing, I finally got offshore on Friday, 7/20/12 with John Hamilton and friends. We fished 36 miles west of New Pass, where we got into some red grouper. We didn't get a keeper, though, o...
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Tampa Bay July Fishing Report
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Tampa Bay July Fishing Report Tampa bay Tarpon fishing ended as a good season this year. We did battle some rough weather and lost a few days to the tropical storm but all in all I can’t complain. It was a good Tarpon season and we caught a lot of fish, even on the roughest days, on my best trip we hooked 34 T...
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SW FL-Bonita beach: Recent trips, before the rains came
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We have had a lot of rain recently and, prior to that, I was off the water for a couple of weeks, due to a family reunion. So there isn’t a whole lot to report, but I did do a couple of trips inshore and near-shore. Last Monday morning, I headed to the near-shore reefs with Steve and Lori Greiner and their two y...
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Anna Maria June Fishing Report
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Tampa Bay June Fishing Report Gees, glad to see that tropical storm get on its way. It milled around way to long. Anyhow Tarpon fishing had been great up until the storm rolled into town. After 4 days off due to winds I will be back out there tomorrow fishing again. I had some really great days on Tarpo...
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SW FL-Bonita beach: Great Fishing Offshore & a 500-lb Goliath Battle!
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Tuesday, 5/29, I spent the day fishing in 47 feet, using live shrimp, with Robert Pierce, Brian Clark, and Julie Meng. The trio hoped to catch some good table-fare, along with doing some sport-fishing for bigger fish. I had hoped to put them on some goliath grouper for the latter, but the goliaths wer...
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SWFL-Bonita Beach: Cobia, Shark, Snapper, Goliaths & Grouper
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Monday, 5/7, I fished at the near-shore reefs with Joe and Donna Corso. The couple used live shrimp to catch a 14-inch keeper-pompano, two keeper flounders at 14 and 18 inches, a keeper mangrove snapper, a keeper sea trout at 20 inches, a half dozen Spanish mackerels in the 22-23-inch range, and three...
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Tampa Bay Tarpon report
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It Tampa Charter Fishing Report at www.captainmatt.com is finally here, my favorite time of year, Tarpon season. The first few days of the month we had to work at hooking the Tarpon a little harder, although we still made it happen. We had large numbers of fish schooling in the area by the 1st of May, a...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Grouper, Snapper, Shark, and lots of rough seas
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After about six days off the water, due to high winds and seas offshore and shallow, muddy conditions in the bay, I finally got offshore with Ron Musick, Eddie Alfonse, Dick Arnett, Bob Mayer, and Matt Watson on Thursday, 4/26. We headed out of New Pass to 36 miles, where we fished with live shrimp and pi...
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Tampa Tarpon Fishing Is ON!!
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Tampa Bay May Fishing Report Hi all, everything is going great down here on Anna Maria Island. Fishing has been good and the weather has been great as well, except for the little blow we had this past weekend. It looks like the 10 day forecast is right back up to 85 degree highs. The fishing on the flat...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Lane Snapper Plentiful. Red Grouper, Shark & Goliath Battles
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Monday, 4/9, seas had calmed at last, and I headed out to fish in spots between 22 and 28 miles west of New Pass with Bill Conklin, his son, Eric Conklin, and friend, Rick Weigand. Bill caught a keeper red grouper at 21 inches, and we released lots of red grouper just short of keeper size. The group also ca...
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Spring Fishing Is Red Hot Now!
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Anna Maria April Fishing Report Well, I finally took a well deserved day-off the water; so I will take the opportunity to give everyone a quick report on how the fishing has been in these parts. It’s tough to say what I have enjoyed more lately, the near perfect weather or the easy fishing. Actuall...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Red Grouper are Back!
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Monday morning, 3/26, I fished over hard bottom in 35 feet, with Chris Ernberger, his dad, Jerry, and Chris's son, Carter. There was about a 3-foot roller left over from the windy Sunday that preceded our trip, so we didn't venture too far offshore. The guys used live-shrimp to catch six keeper mangro...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: 20lb. Kingfish, sheepies, mangs, hogs, shark, Spanish
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Monday, 3/12, after a windy weekend, winds were predicted to calm somewhat, and seas were forecast at two-to-three feet near-shore, and three-to-five feet beyond twenty miles. But, as I approached the near-shore reefs with Mark McCarthy, Mark and David Hatch, and Rich Jenkins (who was celebrati...
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Tampa Bay March 17 Report
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Tampa Bay Fishing For March 17 Tampa bay fishing report at www.captainmatt.com Redfish and Snook galore is the best way to describe fishing this past week. It has been very good inshore. I know it has to be just as hot offshore as well. It’s just so good inshore I still haven’t taken the time to point...
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Tampa Bay March Fishing Report
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Tampa Bay Mid-March Fishing Report Up to-date Tampa Bay fishing report at www.captaimatt.com Wow! It has been nice out, just amazing how different this year is to last. I mean 80 degrees in February and early March. It has really been nice out. It makes the fishing so pleasant. Not to mention it...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Nice Grouper & Snapper, Hogfish & Trout
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Although, after a windy, rough weekend, seas were calming to two-to-four feet on Monday, my planned gulf-trip canceled, as they thought seas would still be too rough. So I missed that day on the water. But, I got back offshore on Tuesday, 2/28, with Kari Vilamaa, George Dyer, Paul Kikendall, and Don H...
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Early March Report For Tampa Bay
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Tampa Bay March Fishing Report Well it has no doubt been an early spring. The water is warm, doesn’t look like any front could knock it down now, and the fishing is on. February has really closed out strong. Pretty much all the Snook, Redfish and Trout you can catch. I’ve had many days where it was...
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