The fishing this spring has been excellent around Anna Maria Island and gets better as we get into the first part of our summer charter fishing season. Guests aboard our charter fishing boat have been successful in catching snook, spotted seatrout, redfish, and Spanish mackerel. We have also been encountering ladyfish, jack crevalle, a number of small shark species, gag grouper, flounder, and tarpon. We have been focusing our efforts fishing the grass flats in the three to ten foot of water depths. Finding bait and birds has been helping us locate the feeding fish we want to catch.

As we get into summer, we are starting to see a lot more tarpon showing up in the bay around the Skyway bridge and in the Manatee River. The tarpon migration has begun in the last few days on the coast along Anna Maria Island and Longboat key. We have also started to see a lot more schools of Spanish mackerel coming into Tampa Bay. There are bait schools all over the bay making for great fishing conditions.

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. I offer family friendly inshore fishing charters on Tampa Bay and Sarasota Bay. I cater to beginners all the way to the professional anglers with fresh caught live bait every day and top of the line fishing tackle.