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2013-03-17
11:54 AM
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March Fishing - I think it is safe to say that spring is here. It has been a crazy couple of weeks. Lets hope that the old saying of March rolling in like a lion and leaving like a lamb holds true. The start of the week we fished the flats and bays for snook, reds a more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2013-03-01
11:10 AM
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Anna Maria Fishing Charters - Mild water temperatures pushed a lot of fish on to grass areas around the areas bars. Snook and reds were hitting on shiners on the higher tides. Nice trout in the 18-22 inch range were on the deeper grass and feeding on shiners and soft plastics. Th more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2013-02-07
10:38 AM
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Anna Maria Fishing Charters - Feb. 7, 2013 - We had great days of snook fishing in the last couple weeks with warmer bay temperatures. Larry and Carol Vifquan of Boston caught and released over two dozen with the largest at 32 inches. They were caught on large shiners. They also had a good run more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2013-02-05
10:05 AM
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Early February Fishing - February is a transition month for us here in southwest florida. Early in the month we are still in a winter pattern but by the end of the month we can be in a full blown spring pattern. We have not had much of a winter this year so it looks like we more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2013-01-22
7:08 AM
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Inshore and offshore - The weather has been very pleasant this year so far as has been the the fishing.
Offshore:
Catching lots of gag grouper up to 32 hogfish to 20' lots of good eatn key west grunts and a few keeper red grouper as well.
Inshore:
The redfish more...
Capt. Brady Nelson - Anna Maria |
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2013-01-14
8:20 AM
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Pompano Make Good Showing, Also Blues and Mackerel - Pompano Make a Good Showing, Along with Blues and Mackerel
Pompano made a nice showing throughout are area. Dick McNabb and crew from Longboat Key jigged up a couple dozen using potgut jigs. Best numbers are around structure in all the passes and more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2013-01-03
10:16 AM
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Dropping Water Temps Pushing Trout Deeper - Water temperatues have dropped into the low sixties. This has pushed the trout into the deeper channels. Rod Elwanger and family had an excellent day on monster trout up to 28 inches and a dozen snook up to 32 inches. They were hitting on floated shi more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2012-11-28
9:36 AM
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November 2012 - AMI Fishing Update - Fishing Report - Nov. 27, 2012 - Plenty of strong cool north winds kept most of our fishing in the bay and shallow gulf. Large trout have moved into shallow pockets in Sarasota Bay. Good numbers of trout over 22 inches were caught on live shiners and more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2012-11-28
7:45 AM
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Anna Maria Fall Report - Water temp is the key with finding the fish this time of year. I keep a close look to my fish finder temp gauge. Sometimes just a few degrees up or down will make all the difference between a good catch and nothing at all.
With water temps in the more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2012-11-08
4:19 PM
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Cooler Temperatures Keep Fish Closer to Shore - Cooler water temperatures will keep kingfish, spanish mackerel, and grouper closer to shore. The kingfish bite was off last week due to rough north winds but are expected to get better as the water conditions improve. Target large bait schools or wor more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
