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Hello! My name is Captain Dylan, I am a Tampa Bay native, part-time fishing guide, and pilot-in-training! When I am not up in the air, I am out on the water doing what I love most - chasing fish!

I’ve been fishing the bay, flats, and beaches of Tampa and St. Pete my whole life, but started doing licensed charters last year to help pay my way through pilot school.

A fishing trip on my boat is a little different from some of the other charters in the area. My biggest priorities are to have fun, explore new areas, and enjoy time on the water with the people im with. Some days we’ll catch a lot of fish, other days we wont - its as simple as that and I’ve priced my trips accordingly. So keep this in mind when booking. I take fishing seriously, but if catching a ton of fish or going home with a cooler full of fillets is your biggest priority, I would recommend booking with another captain.

I fish with my guests the same way I’d fish if I were going out by myself or with friends - every day is different, and every day is a unique challenge and a chance to learn something new about the awesome fishery we have here in Tampa Bay. Whether we catch 5 fish or 50, my goal is to have an enjoyable day on the water and a good time with the people I’m with.

To me, that’s the fun of fishing.

Most trips will start by heading out and catching live bait. From there, we will explore a variety of spots depending on what species are around in the season. This could be chasing after snook, trout, and redfish on the flats, fishing for tarpon around the bridges and passes (early summer), or going off the beaches to a nearshore reef.

*NOTE* As of January 2024, I do not keep snook or redfish to eat. We have had problems with populations in the past, and I prefer to practice catch and release only on these species. 

If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to shoot me a message and ask! Thanks, and hope to see you out there!

-Capt. Dylan

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(PLEASE NOTE we do not keep/clean fish on the 3hr trip). This trip is a fun and casual excursion designed to get on the bay for a few hours and teach the basics of saltwater fishing. It is all about fun, sun, and relaxing on the water while casting some lines. If you are looking for a more serious fishing excursion, I would recommend booking the morning or afternoon 1/2 day trip or the intermediate 4hr trip.

3hr Beginner Fishing Trip

3hr Beginner Fishing Trip with Capt. DL Spragg Charters

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Dylan Baker

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St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

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3hr Beginner Fishing Trip - 8:00 AM

3hr Beginner Fishing Trip - 12:00 PM

The 4hr inshore charter offers anglers the chance to experience some of the diverse fishing that Tampa Bay has to offer. Depending on weather, tide, and time of year we may target snook, trout, and redfish on the grass flats and mangrove shorelines, grouper in the deeper bay waters, or mangrove snapper around inshore structure. These are just some of the options available right here in our beautiful Tampa Bay waters!

4hr Inshore Fishing Trip

4hr Inshore Fishing Trip - 12:00 PM

Want to test your strength against the ocean’s greatest predator? During the 5hr shark fishing trip, we will run anywhere from 3-10 miles offshore with live and cut bait in an effort to hook and battle blacktip sharks, spinner sharks, bull sharks, and whatever other toothy predators are willing to take our bait.

Shark Fishing Trip

Shark Fishing Trip - 12:00 PM

The 1/2 day inshore fishing trip allows serious anglers the best opportunity to experience everything that Tampa Bay inshore and nearshore fishing has to offer. Live bait fishing is the preferred technique for our fishery; depending on the season and targeted species, we will be using live pilchards, threadfin herring, shrimp, crabs, and/or other types of live bait to target snook, trout, redfish, tarpon, jacks, mangrove snapper, spanish and king mackerel, or perhaps the elusive cobia if we get lucky!

3hr Beginner Fishing Trip

3hr Beginner Fishing Trip

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