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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 Guide – January 26, 2016
Anna Maria Island Fishing Guide
Captain Aaron Lowman – January 26, 2016
Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Anna Maria Island Waters
Sheepshead, Mangrove Snapper, Redfish
This latest cold snap has finally started to push the big sheepshead into the bay. I’ve found them this week between 5 to 20 feet on docks, rock piles, reefs, wrecks, and edges. Live shrimp on a light knocker rig or jig head has been the ticket for hooking the tricky sheepshead. While looking for sheepshead, we are also catching mangrove snapper, flounder, and grouper. Plenty of action and good eats out in the bay this month, book a trip while it’s happening!
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- Good Eats
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- Double Trouble!
Anna Maria Island Fishing Guide – January 9, 2016
Anna Maria Island Fishing Guide
Captain Aaron Lowman – January 9, 2015
Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Anna Maria Island Waters
Hog Snapper, Grouper, Pompano
—Hope that everybody had a great New Year! Despite the poor weather lately, fishing has been good. Redfish and sheepshead have begun to show around docks and structure. Shrimp or fiddler crabs are a killer sheepshead bait, and when paired with shiners or small pinfish, you should be able to catch quite a few of both species. Pompano are also trickling in, and can be caught near sandy areas using jigs or shrimp.
—Offshore fishing has been productive, and we have been catching red and gag grouper, hog and mangrove snapper, sheepshead, and an occasional cobia or kingfish. Sharks are also still around, and are usually eager to eat a dead bait.
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- Hogfish
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- Nice Red Grouper
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- Big Gag
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- Good Gag
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- Pompano
Anna Maria Island Fishing Guide – December 31, 2015
Anna Maria Island Fishing Guide
Captain Aaron Lowman – December 31, 2015
Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Anna Maria Island Waters
Hog Snapper
—New year’s eve day gave a break in the wind, and allowed for some more reef fishing off of the beaches. We decided to target hog snapper, as well as mangrove snapper and grouper. The hog snapper are very picky, and require long and light leaders. Small weights and hooks must be used also. They fight hard and taste great!
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- Big Hog
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- hogfish
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- Hogzilla
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- Hook and Line Hog Snapper
Anna Maria Island Fishing Guide – December 27, 2015
Anna Maria Island Fishing Guide
Captain Aaron Lowman – December 27, 2015
Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Anna Maria Island Waters
Cobia, Mangrove Snapper, Grouper
— Despite the persistent South wind last week, we got offshore to do some reef fishing. Bait has been harder to find, but live pilchards and shrimp on offshore structure have been productive when paired with a moving tide.
— Grouper, mangrove snapper, and cobia have all ben hanging around on the reefs, and we managed to have some great days out there!
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- Mango
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- Nice Mangrove Snapper
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- Cobia
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- Doubleheader Mangrove Snapper
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- Gag Grouper
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- Big Snapper
Anna Maria Island Fishing Report – December 23, 2015
Anna Maria Island Fishing Report
Captain Aaron Lowman – December 23, 2015
Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Anna Maria Island Waters
Kingfish, Mangrove Snapper, Sharks
—This week, Tampa Bay and Anna Maria Island fishing has been defined by strong South winds, and tough, but surprisingly productive fishing. Nearshore fishing has produced Spanish mackerel, mangrove snapper, sheepshead, and some flounder. Offshore reef fishing has been providing larger mangrove snapper bites, as well as sharks in high numbers, and the occasional kingfish.
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Anna Maria Island Fishing Report – December 07, 2015
Anna Maria Island Fishing Report
Captain Aaron Lowman – December 7, 2015
Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Anna Maria Island Waters
Triple Tail Fishing
—Winter is slowly creeping in, and some great triple tail fishing has come with it. Triple tail are strange-looking and hard-fighting fish that come close to shore during the winter months. They can usually be found far offshore under floating debris, but from November to February they come close to land and huddle under the numerous crab trap buoys.
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