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Best Catch Fishing Charters invites you on a true deep sea fishing adventure you will talk about for years to come. You can travel even more than 100 miles offshore into the real deep blue waters that hide the huge reef fish everyone wants to catch but only a few have the chance of targeting!

The charter is located in Venice, Florida and provides a first class fishing service along with an outstanding customer service. With a federally permitted boat for both pelagic and reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico, Best Catch Fishing Charters are legally allowed to take up to 6 passengers outside of 9 nautical miles and into the federal waters. 

The federal offshore waters are where the majority of bigger fish species can be found in abundance. You can target Red Snapper, Black Grouper, Cobia, Amberjack, Jack (African Pompano), Gag Grouper, Red Grouper, and Blackfin Tuna in huge depths and more than 100 miles offshore. 

If you want to stay within the 9 miles for some nearshore fishing, you can target Mangrove Snapper, Lane Snapper, King Mackerel, Barracuda, and smaller Groupers, too.

Best Catch is a 35’ Parker Pilothouse offshore sport fishing boat, originally built in 2007. It is powered by twin 250 HP Yamaha Four stroke engines that give it great speed and stability on the water. It features a toilet which is a huge plus on offshore trips, a bed, a kitchen, a flybridge, and all the safety and electronic equipment needed for a successful trip. 

You will be offered charters of four, six, eight, ten, and twelve hours, as well as custom overnight trips. You even have the option to fish both nearshore and deep-sea offshore waters all on the same trip, so it’s really just up to you and how much time you can dedicate to the best sport for fishermen.

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This trip will last 8 hours minimum and you can target Grouper, Snapper, Cobia, Amberjack, Kingfish, Blackfin Tuna, etc.  This trip is generally around 35 miles offshore or less depending on where the fish are feeding, which means getting to the depths for bigger Grouper, Snapper, and Amberjack, as well as pelagic fish like Cobia. Also, this trip will take you to a good depth to run into Blackfin Tuna.

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Daniel Smith

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Venice, Florida, United States

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This trip will last 4 hours minimum and will see you targeting Grouper, Snapper, Porgies, Grunts, possibly Cobia, Kingfish. This trip can take you up to 20 miles offshore or less.

4 Hour Trip (AM)

This trip will last 4 hours minimum and will see you targeting Grouper, Snapper, Porgies, Cobia, Kingfish, and Amberjack. This trip can take you up to 20 miles offshore or less.

4 Hour Trip (PM)

This trip is for 6 hours minimum and will see you targeting Amberjack, Grouper, Snapper, Cobia, Kingfish, Blackfin Tuna, and more. This trip is around 25 nautical miles offshore or less.

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This trip will last 10 hours minimum. You will go out 50-70 miles offshore reaching depths of up to 180 feet. This is generally a great trip in the Red Snapper season. You can also hit limits on Grouper and other Snapper, Amberjack and lots of other fish at different times of the year. This is for the fishermen who want the full day experience catching limits!

10 Hour Trip

We target Big Red Snapper and Red Grouper and when Gag Grouper are in season too. As well as Scamp and Black Grouper, Mangrove, Lane, Vermillion and Yellowtail Snapper, Porgies, Triggerfish and more also are regularly caught on these trips off the bottom.  We also target Cobia, Kingfish, Blackfin Tuna, Wahoo, African Pompano and Permit and Mahi Mahi! You don’t want to miss this trip! Lots of filets to take home!

10 Hour Red Snapper+ June-September

This is the mother of all offshore trips with 12 hours minimum spent on the water. The trip will see you going out to the deep sea up to 70 miles offshore. This is for the serious fishermen who want to get to the springs as deep as 300+ feet. You don't want to miss the fish on this trip. African Pompano, big true Black Grouper, Gag, Scamp and Red Grouper, Red Snapper,  Blackfin Tuna, Wahoo, Cobia, Mahi Mahi African Pompano Porgies & lots more! This is the trip to take For limits and lots of filets!

12 Hour Trip

This is a 12 hour trip aimed at targeting Big Red Snapper and also target big Red Grouper, Scamp Grouper, Black Grouper and if open we target Gag Grouper also.  Mangrove, Lane, Vermillion and Yellowtail Snapper also are regularly caught on these trips off the bottom.  We also target Cobia, Kingfish, Blackfin Tuna, Wahoo, African Pompano and Permit and Mahi Mahi! Lots of great eating fish to filet up and send you home with!  This is a trip uou wont likely forget!

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