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The red grouper bite has been going best once we get closer to that 120 foot mark we did catch 1 red grouper recently that was over 20 pounds

Inshore Report Snook fishing is going well as we see the water warm and more fish pushing out of the Back Bay area. Generally this time of year those snook get more active towards the grass flats, and mangrove shorelines as they push out of the Back Bay areas like creeks, river, mouths and bayous. […]

We’re seeing lane snapper on cut squid, live shrimp and cut thread fins. Lane snapper are a great addition to the fish box as we target the hogfish and mangrove snapper.

Hogfish action is going really well in nearshore right now we’re seeing those hogfish really active on our five-hour half day 10 hour all day and nearshore private fishing charters we typically catch a majority of our hogfish using live shrimp on three different rig setups either the knocker rig, the naked ball jigs, or those banana jigs that we carry in our shop.

We’re also seeing hogfish around shell areas anywhere you can find some crustaceans is gonna typically hold hogfish.

Red grouper action is going pretty good near shore too we’re seeing a lot of those juvenile red grouper while targeting the hogfish lane snapper and mangroves and shallower near shore waters.

Snook action is going pretty well around the area especially in the upper and Back Bay areas we’re finding some pretty actively feeding snook.

Red grouper fishing has been absolutely incredible offshore right now. Any trip that’s allowing us to get out there past 110 to 120 foot of water have been absolutely crushing the red grouper.

Inshore Report The sheepshead remain the dominant inshore report species currently. This is typical through this time of year when cold fronts dominate the weather patterns. When the cold fronts roll through the weather gets a little temperamental and we see rougher seas, higher winds, and the water gets stirred up and cools off, which […]

The gag grouper fishing has been going well near shore and even into Tampa Bay around the shipping channel, but gag grouper fishing is about to come to an end end of day December 31st. Once gag grouper fishing closes red grouper fishing reopens.