On our fishing charters lately guests have had great success on a variety of species around Anna Maria Island and the Manatee River. Snook, redfish, spotted seatrout, mangrove snapper, Spanish mackerel, jack crevelle, and a handful of shark species including blacktip and lemon sharks have been caught aboard our charter boat the last few weeks. The fishing will continue to be great as we get more into fall, and the water temps start to drop back into the 70s in October. The bait is plentiful providing forage for the fish we target in turn making for very happy anglers on our fishing charters.

The inshore fishing has been providing consistently great action for our guests. The snook and redfish have been the main targets when we can get up onto the shallow grass flats and around the mangrove shorelines around the mouth of the Manatee River and Terra Cia Bay. There are tons of schools of pilchards and threadfin herring in Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, and off the beaches of Anna Maria Island that is what the fish have been keying in on eating. Free lining a live pilchard is what we mainly use this time of year to target everything. There are still quite a few mangrove snapper around providing for some light tackle fun and tasty meals for our guests.

The Spanish mackerel, blue runners, ladyfish, and jack crevelle have invaded the beaches and the bays and are very easy to spot ravaging bait schools. The birds will be working above them and that is also something that we look for to indicate an area where some of these hungry fish are located. This will continue through the fall and the king mackerel, sharks, and cobia will also join in off the beaches and couple miles into the gulf as more bait schools arrive.

If you are looking for a fishing charter in the Anna Maria Island or Bradenton area, give me a call or text 813-220-8725 to inquire and book a fishing charter. You can also book directly on my website at onamissionfishing.com. We fish with live bait that is fresh caught every morning before I pick guests up to go fishing for the day. Very family friendly and can cater to the pros.