Coastline Fishing Charters

5.0/5 (47 reviews)

State licensed

6499 Gasparilla Road, Placida, FL 33946, United States–

Coastline Fishing Charters

State licensed

5.0/5 (47 reviews)

6499 Gasparilla Road

Placida, FL, United States

Trips & prices Targeted species Boat info What's biting What's included Contact captain

Trips & prices What's included Targeted species Boat info Reviews Contact captain

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Coastline Fishing Charters are waiting for you to join them for some inshore and nearshore fishing on Florida’s west coast. Captain Bill has fished on these waters for over 30 years so he knows where to take you to find a bite.

You’ll enjoy an inshore or nearshore fishing adventure on an immaculate 22’ Pathfinder bay boat. It’s suitable for various types of fishing and all that you need including a live bait well, fishfinder, and a fighting chair for when it comes to the tough ones.

On his trips, you’re given the chance to catch Snook, Trout, Redfish, Cobia, and a lot more. There are also select seasonal Tarpon trips to battle the mighty Silverking making for one of the best sportfishing bouts in the world. You’ll use Penn tackle on the trip an use a variety of techniques depending on the target species including jigging, drift fishing, and trolling. You’ll use live bait to catch the fish which is picked up for you before your trip commences.

Fishing licenses are provided for you as is catch cleaning. There is a first mate on board on some of the trips who works for tips. A cooler with ice and water is provided on every trip. Please remember to bring sunblock and any snacks or other drinks with you.

So whether you are wanting some laid back inshore fishing, an adventure on the sea, or the ultimate sportfishing battle against Tarpon, Coastline Fishing Charters has you covered!

Customer reviews

Rating summary

5.0/5

out of 5 stars from 47 reviews

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Boat

5.0/5

Crew

5.0/5

Experience

4.9/5

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Anglers claimed

Good experience

100%

Appropriate for children

98%

Friendly captain

100%

Satisfied with the boat

100%

Recommend this charter

100%

Caught fish

95%

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April Knotts

5.0

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Always a great time!

Half Day Trip (PM) on June 22, 2025 • 4 adults

This is our second charter with Captain Bill, and once again it was a great time! We caught some sea trout, snappers, jacks, snook, and cats. This was my son’s girlfriend’s first time to Florida, and her first time fishing from a boat. She’s super shy, and very quiet but Bill had her confident to cast her own line, and she ended up catching the most fish! She had a ton of fun! Bill is just an all around cool dude, that will help the most inexperienced angler or will hang back and let you do your thing. We highly recommend Captain Bill, you won’t regret it! Until next year!!!

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April Knotts

5.0

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Captain Bill is the Best!

Half Day (AM) on July 2, 2024 • 3 adults

My family (my husband, and 17 yr old son and myself) had the pleasure chartering with Captain Bill. We had an outstanding time! Capt. Bill put us on some monster sea trout, snapper, and snook! And while it’s out of season for snook it was such a blast to catch!! As the captain himself quoted “like bass on steroids” couldn’t have been anymore on target with that! So much fun!! We are freshwater fisherman that love the challenge of saltwater fishing on vacation, and Capt. Bill knew all the tips and tricks to land some giants! He was patient, and had tons of knowledge to share. We will booking next year with Capt. Bill, planning for a full day at that! Thank you Bill, we can’t wait for our next trip with ya! Book with this charter you will NOT be disappointed!!!

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Bob Gebo

5.0

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Great Day on the Water

Full Day Trip on April 6, 2024 • 3 adults

Captain Bill was everything we hoped for: professional, personable, knowledgeable and genuine. Went out with 2 buddies and we all caught keepers for dinner: Bill took care of everything right down to the baiting of our hooks. Couldn’t have asked for a better experience. And reasonably priced compared to many others out there. Highly recommend Captain Bill.

Tony Vogt

4.7

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Fishing trip in June

Half Day (AM) on June 11, 2023 • 2 adults

Steve Kraus

Englewood, Florida

5.0

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Bill and AJ Heydet- wonderful fishing trip

Half Day Trip (PM) on March 5, 2022 • 2 adults

This was more like going out on a good friend's boat than on a charter! I mean that in a good way. Bill and AJ could not have been more friendly and accommodating. They were attentive to anything we might need, and will give you as much or as little assistance as you want. The boat was in perfect condition, top notch tackle to use. We caught a variety of fish (snook, bonnet shark, mutton snapper, gag grouper). I learned some good stuff from both Bill and his son AJ. AJ, Bill's son, is a stud fisherman and first mate. It's like we got 2 top notch guides for the price of one. We were on a hot bite as the trip was scheduled to end, and Bill just kept us fishing way past when we should have been heading in. As I said, by the end of the trip it was like we were out on the water with our fishing buddies. Can't say enough about these two!

Response from Captain

March 6, 2022

Steve, thank you so much for the wonderful review. It was our pleasure to meet the both of you. Looking forward to next time. Capt. Bill and Aj

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Half Day (AM)

FREE Cancellation 3 days notice

4 Hour Trip, starts at 9:00 AM

Seasonal trip (Sat, Sun)

US $450