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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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Tampa Bay and Gulf of Mexico in November
November 2019. —Tampa Bay and Anna Maria Island boast some incredible inshore and nearshore fishing opportunities in November. My clients and I found many of the usual suspects in the backwater shorelines. Snook, redfish and seatrout fishing was incredible, especially when the tide is strong.
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October 2019 Fishing “Turns On”
—October 2019 fishing around Bradenton and Anna Maria Island has been as exciting as it gets. The weather was on a welcome “cooling trend,” and the fish started to get excited as well. There were redfish dumping out of the rivers with each rainstorm, providing some great opportunities to catch and release mature redfish in shallow water.
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Hot Fishing in August and September 2019
—The inshore fishing around Anna Maria Island has been almost as hot as the thermometer! Morning charters have been the ticket during August and September. Getting on the water early has allowed us to beat the heat, and the afternoon storms. I’m catching bait early, and back at the dock by 7:30/7:45, ready to go
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Anna 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 action with snook, seatrout, redfish. We have also been able to zero-in on spanish mackerel, mangrove snapper and gag grouper in and around Tampa Bay. We are locating the spanish mackeral, snapper and gag grouper over inshore structure, such as wrecks, rock, even bridge pilings.
Big snook…Big smile!!
Summer 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.
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Exciting Summer Fishing- May & June 2019
—It has been an action-packed May and start to the month of June for fishing around Anna Maria Island and Tampa Bay. Fishing has been red hot, with lots of action on many different species.
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