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2012-02-06
9:35 AM
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Tampa Bay Fishing Report - INSHORE REPORT
Fishing on the flats is heating up nicely due to the uncommonly warm weather we have been having this winter. We have been doing well with the red fish every day. Sheepshead are filling the coolers and some nice flounder have been more...
Capt. Brady Nelson - Anna Maria |
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2012-02-02
10:11 AM
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Stay flexible in February - It is hard to tell we are still in winter here in Anna Maria. Water temps are more like mid spring. As a result the fish are not in typical patterns for this time of year. To stay ahead of the game you have to be flexible.
Sheepshead have been on more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2012-01-19
3:54 PM
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Dock fishing is the name of the game off Anna Maria - Today we tried fishing the edges of some big flats on sarasota bay with little to no luck. I think we caught two small flounder before switching to dock fishing. Structure is still the way to go. The first dock produced as soon as we got set up with more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2012-01-06
4:18 PM
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December/January Fishing Report - Great December/January weather has plenty of fish active over the flats throughout the bay. Redfish have been a good target from Miguel Bay to Sarasota bay. They are still schooling on the stronger tides resulting in good rallies of reds in all sizes more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2011-12-22
10:26 AM
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Dock's and rocks in December - The wintertime bite is still very good in our area around Anna Maria. It is just a matter of finding the right dock or patch of rocks
that is holding the fish. Fresh shrimp is the ticket they do not even have to be live to work.
The last couple more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2011-12-13
6:51 AM
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Variety is the name of the game! - Got a little lazy the last couple of trips instead of using shiners I bought ten dozen shrimp. Anytime the water temp drops into the mid sixties it seems the fish respond better to shrimp.
This trip held true to form and shrimp worked great! Redf more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2011-11-22
2:07 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving - Went grouper fishing last tuesday just before the closing. We limited out on gags to fifteen pounds by ten in the morning. Almost every drop was a fish. Never made it to the number I was heading for After we had our limit of gags we started to fish f more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2011-11-03
5:37 PM
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Anna Maria Island Fishing is Hot - We had good catches of gag grouper in the shallow gulf and bay. There were also a few keeper red grouper in the hard bottom areas. In the chum line we also got some school sized kingfish and big spanish mackerel. Some large flounder over 20 inches we more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2011-11-03
12:55 PM
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Timing is everything! - Last week started slow after a front blew in then got better and better as the week went on. Monday's half day trip was tough fishing. We managed to catch a few nice fish by days end but had to really work for a bite. Tuesday I fished the beaches and more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2011-10-20
9:49 AM
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Fall Fishing - Fishing before the weather this past week was very good. Reds where scattered but with a little moving around we found plenty. Most fish are slot fish in the twenty to twenty four inch class. Flounder fishing was also good while fishing the outside p more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
