So far this winter has been exceptionally good this year for our hogfishing. Not only are we catching limits of these delicious hogs but we also are getting tons of gag grouper, grunts, porgies and snappers as well. With spring around the corner lets talk about whats to come. The flats fishing for our snook, trout, and redfish had been getting better as the water temps rise. We havent quite seen the full on spring bite yet but its coming in hot! We predict a wide open inshore bite coming in the next few weeks. Also the offshore has been very good for red grouper the last few weeks. If your looking for some fish that really pull back and are great table fair that is always a great option. We should have plenty of tuna and kingfish showing up any day out there as well. So give us a call to get out there and do some fishing this year.

It’s mid summer here at Bradenton Fishing Charters and the fishing has been very good. Capt. Jon has been putting his customers on redfish, snook and a few grouper on our four and six hour trips. Despite a Red Tide bloom in Tampa Bay, he is still finding pockets of good water and healthy fish. The off-shore bite has been excellent. Permit, cobia, red grouper and even a few mahi mahi have been filling the cooler on our six and eight hour trips. Having Federal Reef Permits enables us to take customers beyond nine miles. The Gulf of Mexico is beautiful, less crowded, and this is where the magic happens!

This is by far the strangest spring we have ever experienced here at Bradenton Fishing Charters. We truly hope everyone is doing OK and this COVID-19 pandemic will pass in the near future. As far as the fishing is concerned, the trips we are running are full of action. The flats have been loaded with hungry snook, trout and redfish. The near reefs are producing cobia, kingfish and permit, and big grouper are being caught further out. The weather has been ideal, and we hope it continues through this summer. Many of our trips have been cancelled with not as many people coming in from out of town, but we are still open for business. Give us a call, and let us take you out for a few hours to get some fresh air and bend a rod.

The bite has been good around our mid range reefs.

It is mid-summer here in the Tampa Bay area, and the fishing remains excellent. Last year’s Red Tide bloom affected this year’s seasons for snook, trout and redfish, so we are still practicing catch and release. There are still plenty on the flats, and we have released some of the biggest snook we have ever seen! Tarpon season is winding down, but the permit and cobia are pretty eager to take a bait on our near-shore reefs. Shark fishing has been productive on our evening trips and should remain good for the next few months. Whether we are hand-lining goliath grouper, pulling big red grouper off the bottom or testing our light gear on big snook, we promise to show you a good time.

The summer season turned out to be a great one with multiple trips involving personal bests. Everything from monster snook to giant african pompano and even a few sailfish came over the gunwales these past few months. Red Tide showed up in August but has stayed near the beaches for the most part. The flats fishing around Tampa Bay has been epic. Redfish are starting to school and have been found in great numbers along the mangroves. With the cooler weather ahead, we look forward to fishing for grouper and tripletail. Give us a call and we will schedule a trip.