Captain
Michael S. Murray

Member since December 2014 Tampa, United States
Background
Hello, everyone! I grew up in Gulfport, Florida, in a small fishing town just minutes away from Boca Ciega Bay and the Gulf. I've been fishing ever since I can remember, whether it's 15 minutes before school or all day every day in the summer.
Techniques
Live Bait Artificial Lures

Hey, I'm Captain Michael S. Murray

Tampa, United States
Background
Hello, everyone! I grew up in Gulfport, Florida, in a small fishing town just minutes away from Boca Ciega Bay and the Gulf. I've been fishing ever since I can remember, whether it's 15 minutes before school or all day every day in the summer.
Techniques
Live Bait Artificial Lures
15
Reviews
13
Fishing Reports
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My Charter Listing

Reel Therapy Fishing Charters

State licensed
Excellent
4.9 / 5
(15 reviews)
Tampa
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Trips from US $650

Fishing Reports

2nd Place Slam Tournament
2nd Place Slam Tournament
Jun 17, 2016 Tampa
Had this great group aboard today in the A.B.C. fishing tournament. We fished some extremely windy conditions but managed to take 3rd place. 28" redfish, 21" trout and a bunch of snook up to 22". Another successful trip with patient anglers!
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Great family fun!
Great family fun!
Apr 4, 2016 Tampa
Had a great family on board who wanted to spend some great bonding time together. We had great weather and the fish definitely cooperated. Everyone landed nice redfish and trout, with some nice over slot redfish to boot. I have some good days left this spring, call now to book you day!
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Prefrontal extravaganza
Prefrontal extravaganza
Mar 13, 2016 Tampa
Had a great trip today, the fish absolutely chewed the bottom out of the boat! We started the day of on deep water rocks targeting mangrove snapper and grouper. We went 2 for 6 with the biggest being fish being a 22" grouper. We made a quick short move to some deep water grass flat and caught over 20 trout, the biggest brig over 25". After we got our fill on big trout we decided to target redfish, unfortunately the winds had really picked up and made for tough sight fishing conditions. We did manage one over slot redfish measuring 29". We also landed about 10 more trout the biggest being the 23" fish pictured. We made one more move to try and compete our "slam" we landed right on the snook and immediately began catching. We lost at least 6 snook over 30". We landed another 10 in the 25" range. We eventually called it a day and left the fish chewing for the fourth time in one day!
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Fall bite in full effect!
Fall bite in full effect!
Oct 7, 2015 Tampa
Had a great group out yesterday who wanted to target big redfish. Well the big bull redfish didn't disappoint, we managed to boat four over 32"! We added over 30 slot redfish as well. Great time, great weather and great fishing during Tampa Bay fall weather!
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College reunion fishing trip!
College reunion fishing trip!
Jun 24, 2015 Tampa
Got a call from a customer who was meeting a few old college friends in Tampa for a bit of a reunion. They wanted to start they trip off with a fishing trip. They wanted to catch species they could eat and were fun to catch. We decided to start our trip targeting mackerel, they are a blast to catch and great to eat when fresh. We arrived at the spot and the first bait in the water was immediately eaten by a nice mackerel! I knew right then that it was going to be a great day. Over the next few hours we caught lots of mackerel, shark's, jack's and even a nice Cobia. With about an hour left in our trip we decided to make one move and target trout and snook. We arrive at the next stop and again immediately start catching, this time nice slot sized trout. We end up landing around 10 slot trout and even a couple mid 20's snook. We took a quick ride back to the dock and got the guy's on their way with some nice mackerel and trout fillets!
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Redfish for all!
Redfish for all!
May 24, 2015 Tampa
I had some great repeat customers out who wanted to catch a bunch of redfish again this. We were met with higher than expected winds and had to search for them on some leeward shorelines. Once we found them they were very cooperative, with each anglers landing multiple fish.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 15 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Good experience
100%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
87%
Appropriate for children
100%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
92%
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Ryan F.
East Brookfield, MA
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great day on the fish.

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on February 24, 2021
Tight lines all morning!!
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Ethan P.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Full day trip with Captain Murray

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on November 2, 2017
Captain Murray is awesome!ย  He has a great personality and knows all the hot spots.ย  There were four of us in our group and...
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William P.
Jacksonville, FL
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Fishing with Michael

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on March 30, 2019
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Todd W.

The captain canceled

VERIFIED   June 27, 2021
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The captain canceled

VERIFIED   March 13, 2021
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