Guests aboard our fishing charters the last few weeks have been enjoying great fishing and the most phenomenal weather and water clarity our area has to offer. April and May are two of the best months of the year for fishing and the great weather and this year has lived up to its reputation.

On our inshore fishing charters, we have been doing well with catches including snook, redfish, spotted seatrout, tarpon, sharks, jack crevelle, and Spanish mackerel. The deeper grass flats in Tampa Bay that range from six to ten feet deep have been holding the spotted seatrout and Spanish mackerel. We have been using live free lined pilchards to get the bites. Both the Spanish mackerel and spotted seatrout are some of the best eating fish inshore in Tampa Bay and the waters surrounding Anna Maria Island. The tarpon have shown up around the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and both the north and south skyway fishing piers. We have been getting the most bites on live and dead threadfin herring.

When the seas allow us to get out into the Gulf of America on our near shore fishing charters we are seeing gag groupers, sharks, the occasional king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, and cobia. Fishing the artificial reefs with live and dead pilchards and threadfin herring has been productive for us our fishing charters lately. As the water temperatures continue to warm and we get more summer like conditions we will start to see more mangrove snapper showing up around the artificial reefs and natural high relief structures throughout the near shore gulf waters. The mangrove snapper will become a good target for guests aboard our fishing charters in the coming months.

If you are looking to book a fishing charter in the Bradenton or Anna Maria Island area, give me a call or text 813-220-8725. I am owner operator and we fish with light tackle and fresh caught live bait. My fishing charters are very family friendly and fun for all ages.