This is the most awesome time of year for us in the Tampa Bay area! The water temps are touching 75 degrees and the tarpon are here, hungry, and ready to play! There’s no more putting this off, it’s game time! Every spring, tarpon flood the waters of Tampa Bay….
I know it may be hard to believe, especially considering the harsh winter that most of the United States has had this year, but tarpon season is just around the corner! In as few as 45 days, we could be hooking into our first tarpon of the season. Every year, Tampa Bay…
We’re very lucky here in the Tama Bay area. Maybe “lucky” isn’t the right word, “fortunate” is probably a better word for how I feel about our sub-tropical climate here. While most of the country is struggling with record low temperatures, often reaching in the single digits, “cold” to us…
Tampa Bay is the real “winter wonderland”! Seriously… we don’t need snow to have a great time down here. We have saltwater full of fish and December is an amazing time to fish for them. Our primary targets this month will be redfish, trout, and sheephead. All three are great fighters…
There is so much to love about the Tampa Bay area. The beaches, the food, the entertainment… AND… the Winter weather and the fishing in the Bay. It very rarely gets too cold to fish here in the Tampa Bay area. In fact, for certain species of fishing, Wintertime is…
Snook is by far the most exciting shallow water game fish that we have here in the Tampa Bay area. Their hard thumping hits, drag screaming runs, and their ability to leap into the air make them one of the most sought-after game fish in all of Florida. Fall is…
If you’ve fished the Tampa Bay area very often for redfish, you’ve definitely run into reds “that just won’t eat”. It can be the most frustrating thing in the world! I mean, you can see the fish, they look happy, but for whatever reason, it seems like they just won’t…
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