Fishing Report Anna Maria Island – 7/31/24 With the water temps in the Gulf of Mexico and the bays reaching upwards of 90 degrees, Anna Maria Island anglers are fishing early to beat the heat and find fish that will bite. Targeting and hooking spotted seatrout, redfish and catch-and-release snook is requiring a little patience […]
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Fishing Report Anna Maria 7/24/24 With water temperatures hovering in the upper 80s and lower 90s on some days, Anna Maria Island anglers are finding themselves migrating to deeper water to find a bite. Fishing nearshore wrecks, reefs and hardbottom areas in the Gulf of Mexico is leading to action on a variety of species. […]
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Fishing Report – Anna Maria Island 7/17/24 With water temps in the upper 80s, Anna Maria Island anglers are finding themselves trying to get in on the early bite to achieve the most action while fishing the inshore waters of Tampa Bay southward to Sarasota Bay. Targeting snook and redfish along mangrove shorelines and oyster […]
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Just Reel Fishing Charters – Anna Maria Fishing Report 7/10/24 4th of July Festivities are over, now it’s time to fish After recovering from mass amounts of alcohol, BBQ and small explosives, Anna Maria Island anglers are starting to creep out into our local waters to do some fishing. With multitudes of people from all […]
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Just Reel Fishing Charters – Anna Maria Fishing Report 7-3-24 Mangrove snapper making late arrival, plenty of other species to be caught As we settle into the first week of July, Anna Maria Island anglers are still anticipating the arrival of mangrove snapper. Typically, we should already be seeing mangoes around the passes and bridges, […]
Just Reel Fishing Charters – Anna Maria Fishing Report 6/26/24 Full moon prompts return of the silver king and mangrove snapper Gusty winds prevailed for most of last week. Anna Maria Island anglers found themselves staked out in the inshore waters in search of a bite. As we have passed the full moon on June […]
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Fish early morning, evenings for best hookup chances With scattered thunderstorms from the Gulf — bringing lightning and heavy rains upon Anna Maria Island — anglers are finding themselves having to dodge storms and at times even returning to the dock during morning fishing excursions. And, several occasion this past week some anglers didn’t go […]
Just Reel Fishing Charters Anna Maria Island – Fishing Report 7/16/24 Rainy day fishing and memories from the past It was a cloudy morning in November 1985 — I was 10 — and I sat in the living room getting ready to watch my morning cartoons. I stood in front of the TV and […]
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Lyngbya invades local waters effecting water, air quality Anna Maria Island anglers fishing the inland waters Tampa Bay southward to Sarasota Bay are being plagued by expansive floating mats of Lyngbya which is limiting their options on where to fish. Lyngbya is a filamentous cyanobacteria, a blue-green algae. It grows in tropical and subtropical waters […]
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Fishing Anna Maria May 15, 2024 Plenty of species to target while waiting for full swing tarpon season near Anna Maria As Anna Maria Island anglers anticipate tarpon season, they’re finding themselves with some idle time on their hands while they wait for the mass numbers of fish which have yet to make an appearance. […]