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2011-07-07
3:09 PM
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Mango's and Reds moving in - Mangrove Snapper are making there way into the bay following the summer time hatch of sardines. Almost every piece of structure will have its share of fish. For whatever reason some pieces hold more and better quality of snapper. The seven mile reef more...
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2011-06-24
4:05 PM
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Mixed Bag - Bending rods is the name of the game. We are catching a mixed bag of fish. Depending on the day and the charter I have each day has been different. One day I will have a tarpon trip and the next I will have a family with young kids that just want som more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2011-06-13
5:47 AM
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Redfish showing up - Tarpon are still the buzz around Anna Maria. You do not have to travel far to get on fish. Shinners, crabs and threadfins are all working great. Most fish are running from eighty pounds to one hundred and twenty with a few over one fifty crashing the more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2011-06-02
2:32 PM
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Last week of May name your fish. - Started the week tarpon fishing in the pass off the north end of Anna Maria with Shane from Eustis florida. We landed three fish in the eighty to hundred and twenty pound range. All on a morning incoming tide, while fishing with crabs for bait.
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Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2011-05-20
9:44 AM
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Tarpon have moved in - This past full moon in May has really brought the Tarpon migration in. Lots of fish both in the bay and on the beaches. Threadfins, shiners, pinfish, mullet, and pass crabs are all working.
The trout bite is still good in water from six to eight more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2011-05-02
4:13 PM
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Tarpon time - If you are into tarpon fishing now is the time.The bite at the Sunshine Skyway is going off. Some boats are reporting as many as fourteen bites in a mornings fishing!
I have not got back out to the reefs in the last week because of high winds. Tu more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2011-04-20
8:33 AM
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Great bite off Anna Maria - The kingfish bite is still going strong in thirty to forty foot of water over hard bottom. Mostly school fish in the eight to twelve pound class with the odd twenty pounder showing up. Nice mangrove snapper in the two to four pound class have shown u more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2011-04-10
7:52 PM
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Kings are In! - Fishing on the Fishy Business this week was great. Started the week inshore on some bay reefs with big spanish mackerel and trout. Also caught nice flounder and blue fish in the same area. By mid week the wind was up. So we fished the lee shore at th more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2011-03-31
4:02 PM
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March Fish Report 3/21 to 3/26 - Fishing this past week on the Fishy Business out of Catcher's Marina has been great. With water temps in the low seventies just about everything is on the feed. On monday morning I fished the beaches and nearshore reefs with George Vensel and crew. W more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2011-03-22
8:39 AM
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Spring Fishing - It is that time of year again where anglers have a decision to make. Should we make the run to the Skyway and fish the resident Tarpon then fish the flats for Snook, Reds, and Trout. Or should we run off the beaches and fish for Kings, Cobia, Grouper more...
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