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Read MoreAnna Maria Island Fishing Report – Summer 2019
—So far, July 2019 has paid off big for fishing charters aboard my 24′ Carolina Skiff. We are having fun charter fishing the waters around Anna Maria Island, Sarasota Bay and the Manatee River in Bradenton. The weather has been hot and muggy, as expected this time of year, but the inshore bite has been equally hot! My fishing excursion clients have been finding continual, exciting backwater...
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Read MoreSummer Permit Fishing – July 2019
—The dog days of summer are upon us here on sunny Anna Maria Island. It’s smoking hot by mid-day, which somewhat limits fishing options later in the day. One great option is permit fishing on many of our near shore wrecks and reefs off of the Anna Maria Island coast. Many of these structures are located less than 9 miles off of our gorgeous beaches. —I love fishing out here in the Gulf...
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Read MoreAnna Maria Island Fishing Report-July 2018
—The bite was hot the entire month of July in the waters around Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key. Fishing action was the typical “heat of the summer” fishing frenzy, both inshore and near shore. —Inshore fishing, July was the month for catching a ton of trout. The majority of seatrout are right at, or under, the “keeper” 15″ min. There have been some big female...
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Read MoreAnna Maria Island Fishing Report – July, 2017
Anna Maria Island Fishing Guide Captain Aaron Lowman – July, 2017 Tarpon, Flounder, Grouper —July fishing around Anna Maria Island has been almost as hot as the thermometer! The huge influx of small “hatch bait” into Tampa and Sarasota Bay has the gamefish all fired up. —My clients are consistently catching snook and redfish inshore, around the mangroves and residential docks on...
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Read MoreAnna Maria Fishing Charters in July
Anna Maria Island Fishing Guides Captain Aaron Lowman – July 31, 2016 Grouper, Seatrout, Snapper, Flounder —Snapper fishing in Tampa Bay, and near shore structure around Anna Maria Island, has been hot this week. As we move away from last week’s full moon, snapper fishing has improved during daylight hours. Early and late in the day have been most productive. Live and cut shiners on small...
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Read MoreJuly Fishing Around Anna Maria Island
Anna Maria Island Fishing Guide Captain Aaron Lowman – July 21, 2016 Spotted Seatrout and Mangrove Snapper —Trout fishing around the backwaters of Anna Maria Island and Tampa Bay this week has been very productive. I usually look for grassflats with signs of bait around, like a flickering surface or diving birds. Grassy areas like this have been producing tons of fish with plenty of keepers over 15...
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Read MoreAnna Maria Island Snapper & Cobia in July
Anna Maria Island Fishing Guide Captain Aaron Lowman – July 14, 2016 Snapper, Cobia and Sharks —Reef fishing for mangrove snapper, cobia and sharks has been the hot ticket around Anna Maria Island and Tampa Bay during this first week of July. —Mangrove snapper have been steadily slamming baits presented near the bottom, and at times have been rising up like a dark cloud in the water column to...
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Read MoreSnook & Flounder-July-Anna Maria Island
Anna Maria Island Fishing Guide Captain Aaron Lowman – July 6, 2016 Snook and Flounder — Snook and big flounder have recently been exciting anglers all around Anna Maria Island and Tampa Bay. —The snook are all over the Gulf beaches and passes as the summer exodus from the backwaters to Gulf waters continues. We have had great luck early in the morning along the beach throwing live pinfish...
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Anna Maria Island Fishing Reports
–Anna Maria Island Charter Fishing
–June 2020
–Snook, Trout, Mackerel, Tarpon
—My clients have been experiencing some stellar inshore fishing around Anna Maria Island and Tampa Bay this month. June fishing has been the month of the snook and seatrout! When conditions are right, groups are catching snook and/or seatrout, until their arms get tired! Most of these spots are in less than 5′ of water, and fish are being caught on live bait, but lures do work in these situations as well.
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Anna Maria Island Fishing Report-May 2020
–Anna Maria Island Fishing Charters
–Captain Aaron Lowman
–Snook, Mackerel, Snapper, Trout, Redfish
—As May rolls around here on Anna Maria Island, the temperatures and the fishing opportunities are on the rise.
—This is one of the last of the springtime “transition months.” We still have the near-perfect combination of water temps and weather, plenty of baitfish, all coinciding with migrations of gamefish like; tarpon, gag grouper, snook, redfish, seatrout, spanish mackerel, black drum and more inside Tampa Bay, and surrounding areas.
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Incredible Fishing During April 2020
—April has some of the most incredible fishing opportunities around Anna Maria Island and Tampa bay.
—Nearshore, gag grouper provide a big pull, and a great fight, but they are still out of season until June 1 and must be released alive. Mangrove snapper and Spanish mackerel fill the void for dinner out there in the same areas.
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March 2020 Anna Maria Island Fishing
—As March 2020 rolls around, fishing inside Tampa Bay and Anna Maria Island starts to heat up. Chilly mornings begin to give way to picture perfect weather by late morning. My clients have been thrilled to have some incredible snook action so early in the year. We are targeting the linesiders during strong tides, using live shiners, around mangrove points, cuts, sandbars and docks. We are seeing a few bonus redfish mixed in with the snook.
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Winter 2020 Fishing Around Anna Maria Island
—What a weather roller coaster ride, here on Anna Maria Island, in January! We started out January 2020 with record setting heat, only to plunge into the 50°’s on most days, during the latter half of the month!
—I started out the month fishing many of the same areas that I was frequenting in December.
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Anna Maria Island December 2019 Fishing
—Christmas and New Year’s Every aren’t the only things to celebrate in December here on Anna Maria Island. Inshore and nearshore fishing opportunities abound late in the year.
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