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2024-01-06
10:51 AM
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Wintertime fishing -
Wintertime fishing around my area of Anna Maria Island can be great with the right weather windows. Structure is the name of the game. Docks and rocks as well as artificial reefs help concentrate game fish. Water temps in the low sixties to high more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2019-08-13
8:28 AM
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Late Summer - Summertime fishing is at it's peak. Lots of small bait around the flats and bay brings in hungry predators. Redfish are starting to get bunched up more each passing day. I have had some amazing trips lately on reds. Doubles and triples have been the more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2018-05-23
4:03 PM
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Tarpon are Here! - Tarpon are showing in good numbers along the beaches on Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key. They have been already packed into the area's passes. Best times are early morning and evenings on the outgoing tides with a big flow of crabs.
Permit fis more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2018-03-01
12:20 PM
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Warmer Weather Signals an Early Spring - Warm weather for most of February provided Spring time conditions a few weeks earlier. Snook fishing was very good the last week and should remain steady throughout March.
Winter species remained quite good. Permit and pompano roamed the more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2018-01-25
3:08 PM
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Pompano near New Pass and Blind Pass - Fishing remained very good despite the cooler than average temperatures. Trout were concentrated into deeper canals with slightly warmer areas. Nice trout averaging 16-20 inches. There were a few redfish caught around the docks from the Manatee Ri more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2017-09-27
7:47 AM
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Fall Fishing - Fishing has been great since hurricane Irma blew threw. Water temps are down and the flats and bay are on fire with hungry predators. It is going off right now and should get even better on into the fall!!!
October and early November is my favori more...
Capt. Rick Gross - Anna Maria |
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2017-09-16
6:13 AM
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hot fishing - fishing has returned to normal after hurricane Irma. Water temps lowered and reds and snook have been on a good bite more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2017-08-10
7:18 AM
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Anna Maria mangroves - After a summer lull the mangrove snapper fishing has picked up. Small shiners and shrimp are good baits around deep grass in the bay or all structures in the bay and gulf. Lots of trout have moved in over the deeper grass edges. Spanish mackerel are more...
Capt. Tom Chaya - Anna Maria |
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2017-04-11
6:56 PM
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April winds bring May flowers - April winds bring May flowers...
During the first week of April we seen strong winds all week, starting out of the south at 20-25 knots then ending the week with a strong 20-25 knot winds out of the north as a cool front passed over our area. Dur more...
Capt. Kyle Taylor - Anna Maria |
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2017-03-26
12:55 PM
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Cold to HOT! - Anna Maria Island Fishing Charters March 13th-26th 2017 Report
Cold to HOT...
We started the second week of March with the remits of a significant cold front that pushed though the region, leaving us water water temperatures in the high 50's. more...
Capt. Kyle Taylor - Anna Maria |
