Despite being overtaken by red tide, Anna Maria Island fishing can still be productive. Fishing the outer boundaries of the red tide or traveling north to where there is no contaminated water is key to finding the bite. The highest levels of red tide seem to be remaining from the Manatee Bridge south to Sarasota […]
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08
Aug
Aug
Fishing around Anna Maria Island remains consistent — at least for now. With red tide devastating the waters south of Sarasota down to Charlotte Harbor it’s as if a grey cloud looms over us. Every day I wonder if it’s going to find its way up here. But, as for now, it hasn’t, and the […]
01
Aug
Aug
Anna Maria Island Fishing Report Fishing around Anna Maria Island not only offers a wide a variety of species to catch but also a wide variety of weather. If you’ve been out in the boat or fished from the shores of Anna Maria Island this past week, you know what I’m talking about. I’ve seen […]
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Jul
Jul
Fishing around Anna Maria Island is proving to be quite good as long as you’re willing to dodge the frequent rain showers — and I mean frequent. Actually, the numerous showers are brief which is kind of nice because they cool everything down a little. Just remember to watch for lightning. When you see it, […]
18
Jul
Jul
Summertime fishing pattern finally settles in Fishing around Anna Maria Island has finally settled into a good summertime pattern. Light breezes from the east combined with morning high tides are producing some stellar inshore fishing. The deeper grass flats of Tampa and Sarasota bays are loaded with post-spawn trout. You may have to catch 20-30 […]
Beat the crowds on the water — fish morning or evening for results Despite the exaggerated volume of boats on the water for the holiday week, fishing around Anna Maria Island remains consistently good. The key to fishing these crowded weekends or around the holiday is to fish early morning or late evening. Those fishing […]
04
Jul
Jul
Head out to the Rod & Reel for some R&R — and great catch-and-release snook action With near perfect weather, fishing around Anna Maria Island is proving to be stellar — especially at the Rod & Reel Pier on Tampa Bay. Clear, emerald green waters and light breezes from the west are the perfect recipe […]
20
Jun
Jun
Weather, fish falling into normal summertime pattern Falling into our typical summertime pattern of calm east breezes in the morning followed by thunderstorms in the evening is proving to provide excellent fishing around Anna Maria Island. Inshore fishing is providing good action on spotted seatrout and catch-and-release snook. Deep grass flats are holding many trout […]
13
Jun
Jun
Variety of weather conditions produced variety of catches around Anna Maria Island Fishing around Anna Maria Island is host to many varieties of conditions. During the past couple of weeks, we have experienced every spectrum of weather including tropical storm-like conditions from Tropical Storm Alberto. Prior to Alberto, we had some exquisite weather consisting of […]
06
Jun
Jun
Recent rain not putting a damper on fishing Fishing around Anna Maria Island remains consistent as long as you don’t mind fishing in the rain. Numerous “rain days” have enveloped our little island but that doesn’t seem to bother the fish. At least most of them. Inshore fishing is proving to be good for spotted […]