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2021-09-17
10:36 AM
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Early Signs of Fall Fishing around Anna Maria Island - The bait is abundant on the shallow grass flats throughout Tampa bay, off the beaches, and around the larger bridges in the bay like the iconic Sunshine Skyway. The bait schools are pushed to the surface by hungry Spanish mackerel, jack crevelle, an more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton |
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2021-09-02
9:36 AM
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Great late summer fishing around Anna Maria Island - We are in our slow season here in Anna Maria Island. Traffic is not nearly as bad, restaurants not as packed, and just not that many people visiting on vacation. This gives us time to take care of projects and get things tightened back up before seas more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton |
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2021-08-14
2:47 PM
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Redfish starting to show in great numbers in Tampa Bay - The last few weeks on our inshore fishing charters we have started to see an influx in the amount of redfish being caught by our guests. These fish are catch and release again in our region but they put up a great fight on light tackle. We have been more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton |
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2019-06-04
9:02 AM
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Tarpon are here and hungry! - The last two weeks of May through the end of July is known as tarpon season here in the Bradenton/Anna Maria Island area. The fish migrate in large schools along our beaches forarging on carbs and baitfish like threadfin herring in preparation for th more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton |
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2019-05-15
4:35 PM
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Inshore fishing remains strong! - On most of our fishing charters this month we have been fishing the waters of the Manatee river and the lower half of Tampa bay including Terra Cia bay. We have been targeting snook, tarpon, redfish, and mangrove snapper. We were also on a decent sea more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton |
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2019-04-14
9:27 AM
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Snook fishing is Off the Chain! - The snook fishing throughout Tampa bay has been as good as it gets this spring. Lots of slot sized fish and an abundance of underslot 20-26 inch fish have been landed on our fishing charters latley. We have been using live pilchards mainly focusing o more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton |
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2019-03-06
6:00 PM
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Fishing in Tampa Bay is on Fire - With spring like conditions settling in around the central west coast of Florida we have been experiencing some great fishing in the bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Today and tomorrow we are having a cold front pass over us bringing temperatures down int more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton |
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2019-01-15
4:37 PM
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Wintertime Fishing Anna Maria Island - Here in Anna Maria Island there has been no shortage of cold fronts the last month, and the next two weeks are no different. Although it has been chilly we are still reeling the fish in.
Suprisingly there has been a great snook bite in the dead en more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton |
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2018-12-11
1:02 PM
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Shaping up to Be a Cooler Winter - Here on Anna Maria Island we have had a few more stronger cold fronts move through keeping the water temps in the low 60s. The next few nights will be in the 40s making for more of a temperature drop as we are in the middle of another front passing t more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton |
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2018-11-29
12:42 PM
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November Fishing Report - The month started out with warmer than normal temperatures here in Southwest FL. Last week we had a cold front move through our area and the clearer water made the bait a little more skittish. The snook and seatrout were very cooperative all thanksgi more...
Capt. Taylor Cowieson - Bradenton |
