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2012-10-29
9:18 AM
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October 29, 2012 - Fishing Update - Anna Maria Fishing Charters - Fishing Report Oct. 29, 2012 - There are a lot of kingfish that migrated into our area. They were following large bait schools a few miles outside all the areas passes. Chumming or slow trolling big sardines were product more...
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2012-10-08
8:23 AM
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Fishing Update - Oct. 8, 2012 - The nearshore waters are loaded with big spanish mackerel. The macks are following large bait schools over most hard bottom from 30 feet on out. The King mackerel run has not developed yet. I think we need a drop in water temperature to push the big more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2012-09-17
1:31 PM
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Redfish - Sharks - Mackerel !! - Spanish mackerel and kingfish made a good showing . Plenty of schools in 30 -40 feet were crashing on bait schools. The macks were big mostly in the 4 - 5 pound range and the kings were schoolers. I expect this action to continue right through Decemb more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2012-09-06
8:10 AM
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Anna Maria Fishing Charters - Sept. 2, 2012 Fishing - The shallow grass is holding numerous schools of redfish. We had the best action around Joe's Island and Port Manatee. Live shiners were the best bait and gold spoons were the artificial choice. A good scattering of nice snook in the 30 inch range we more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2012-08-16
8:21 AM
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Anna Maria Heat is On!! - Summer fishing has been steadily improving as the days begin to shorten. Redfish will be congregating to form big roaming schools. Look for them on the shallow bars on the outgoing tide or the oyster bars on high water. Excellent time to use artifici more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2012-06-03
10:42 AM
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Anna Maria mangrove snapper - The hatch bait is starting to show. This is great bait for mangrove snapper. Work and chum structure from 20 to 50 feet with super light leader and small hooks. more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2012-06-01
7:58 AM
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Anna Maria flounder is hot. - Lots of nice flounder are around every piece of structure. The average is 16-18 inches. Last wednesday I fileted 14. Cobia and school kings were in the same areas. more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2012-03-25
8:38 AM
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March Madness - Warm weather and good tides provided excellent rallies offshore and inshore. King Mackerel were feeding in big numbers from 30 feet on out. I prefer running chumlines and having the fish congregate. We were averaging about 30 kings per day with an av more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - 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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2011-11-03
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 |
