Captain
Josh Harris

Member since March 2017 Sarasota, United States
Background
Captain Josh Harris is one of Florida's most knowledgeable guides. After many years of working as a local PGA golf instructor, he's now committed full-time to guiding. Capt. Josh has been fishing the Florida waters for over 20 years. He is an official CCA Florida Guide and has successfully taken part in many saltwater inshore fishing tournaments.
Techniques
My favorite style of fishing is Catching!!!

Hey, I'm Captain Josh Harris

Sarasota, United States
Background
Captain Josh Harris is one of Florida's most knowledgeable guides. After many years of working as a local PGA golf instructor, he's now committed full-time to guiding. Capt. Josh has been fishing the Florida waters for over 20 years. He is an official CCA Florida Guide and has successfully taken part in many saltwater inshore fishing tournaments.
Techniques
My favorite style of fishing is Catching!!!
Anglers Choice
245
Reviews
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My Charter Listing

Reel Knowledge Fishing(FishGuarant)

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Excellent
4.9 / 5
(245 reviews)
Angler's choice
Sarasota
 2 bookings in the past week.
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Trips from US $300

Fishing Reports

Its Heating Up!
Its Heating Up!
May 19, 2025 Sarasota
With the water temperatures warming up so is the bite! Redfish are starting to school up with multiple nice snook with them. Hit me up.
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Bite is heating up!
Bite is heating up!
May 2, 2025 Sarasota
As the water temperature continues to rise so does the appetite of our three most sought after species, the Inshore Grand Slam ( Snook, Redfish, Trout) The fish are schooled up and chewing,,book now !!
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Has Spring Really Sprung??!?!?!??
Has Spring Really Sprung??!?!?!??
Mar 19, 2025 Sarasota
With the late season cold fronts still rolling in the fish dont know what to think. This week the water temperature is finally starting to warm up and so is the bite!!! Book now.
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Fishings Gettin HOT ? ?
Fishings Gettin HOT ? ?
Feb 1, 2025 Sarasota
As the winter temperatures have bottomed out, the shift to warmer water temperatures has begun. This means everything is starting to eat, the winter species (Pompano, sheepshead) are starting to school up and chew,at the same time the year round species (redfish, snook, trout ) are coming out of winter water temp shock. This means everything is in the bay and hungry!!!
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Low Means Slow
Low Means Slow
Jan 14, 2025 Sarasota
With negative tides and cool water temps in the mornings this time of year the fish don't want to work hard for a meal. This means slowing all presentations of baits down to a crawl,,painfully slow ,,when my clients think they're going as slow as they can I'll tell them to cut that speed in half. Low tides =slow Low temperatures =slow Low pressure (cold front)=slow.
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Hunt for Red November????
Hunt for Red November????
Nov 14, 2024 Sarasota
With direct hits from 2 major hurricanes in our rear view mirror, the fishing has finally gotten back to where it should be this time of year. Usually, "Red October " is when the redfish school up and start chewing heavily, but with the bay stirred up by Helen and Milton, the schooling was delayed. Finally, my favorite time of year is here!!! All of us local charter captains are hurting financially, so please hit your favorite guide up and enjoy a great day of fantastic fishing!!
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 245 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Appropriate for children
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Robert J.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Go with Reel Knowledge and Captain Josh!

VERIFIED   Single Angler Fishing Lesson on January 14, 2025
I recently moved to Sarasota from up North where I had a lot of fishing experience on the Chesapeake Bay but no experience...
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Boston T.
Excellent
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Targeted species caught!

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Day Trip (AM) on May 22, 2025
Capt. Josh was fantastic! He took care of all of our wants as far as our half day fishing trip was concerned. The tide was...
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Eric C.
Excellent
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So much fun!

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Day Trip (AM) on June 10, 2025
Captain Josh was wonderful!  He worked hard to make sure we all caught fish and was great with our kids. The communication...
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Gary V.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Awesome Trip

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Day Trip (PM) on June 11, 2025
Captain Josh Harris is the man. Great to get along with, put us on some fish and manatees. Knows his stuff and helps individuals...
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Brad B.
Excellent
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Great trip for kids and grandparents

VERIFIED   NEW  2-Hour Inshore A.M. on May 28, 2025
Josh was a great captain for our trip.  We caught many fish and both kids and grandparents had a great time.  I highly recommend...
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