A Tampa bay fishing charter is a great gift for anyone who enjoys the outdoors! Get a fishing charter and a memory that will last a lifetime.
Quality time with family and friends, fresh dinner and an unique outdoor experience in our beautiful Gulf of Mexico or Tampa Bay!
To book your fishing charter, questions or for fishing gift idea, just call or text Captain Mark Maloney 727-776-7335 (REEL)
Gift certificates are available all year!
Tampa Bay offshore charter fishing tips:
When fishing in the Gulf of Mexico off of St Pete Beach or in any federal waters past 9 miles be sure your fishing charter has the required federal reef and pelagic permits.
These permits allow charter boats to keep fish caught in any water past 9 miles which in our area is about 40ft. of water.
If a charter company does not have these required permits they must fish inside 9 miles, fishing only the shallow near-shore waters.
Tampa Bay offshore charter fishing is heating up with cooler water temps and red tide turning blue again.
Grouper fishing in Tampa Bay has been steadily improving with cooler water and bait showing up in areas that were void of fish only a month ago.
Redfish in Tampa Bay are still not being found in the numbers they should be most of the Bay fishing now is trout and Snook for catch and release. Some flounder are being caught on the edges of wrecks, artificial reefs and deeper potholes with moving water…
Amberjack are in good numbers on the deeper wrecks past 80 ft.
Our deep sea or blue water fishing off St Pete Beach is producing some bigger grouper, amberjack and the occasional tuna kingfish are still in decent numbers.
Ask about our Monday through Thursday offshore discount charter fishing…
Tight lines,
Captain Mark Maloney
Tampa bay Offshore fishing charters from St. Pete Beach have been producing Hog Snapper, Mangos, Sea Bass, Tuna, Amberjack and Grouper.
Surface water temps are still in the upper 50s inside 20 miles and warming slightly.
Our coldest weather in 8 years and high winds has made it difficult to get offshore for all but a few days this January.
Amberjack and Blackfin tuna 20 to 50 lbs have been showing up past 35 miles or our wrecks and springs.
When possible always book your fishing charter early in your visit! It is even more important of you are planning to book a offshore fishing charter! Cold fronts have put a hold on many of our offshore fishing charters so far this winter. We always want our clients to have the best weather and fishing experience possible!
Make sure your charter boat has Federal reef and pelagic permits if you are targeting any of the above species or others!
There are many great Tampa Bay fishing charters and Captains in our area! The vast majority of charter boat captains are “inshore” charters with the very popular “bay boats”. This is the case for several reasons:
1) Cost of fuel to go Offshore is much more. 2) Size Tampa bay offshore charter boats are more expensive than bay boats. 3) Permits! Most of the consistent offshore fishing is found in Federal waters past 9 miles! To fish these Federal waters very expensive permits are required for all Reef and Pelagic species. These permit are not issued any longer due to the large number of new captains getting into the charter business every week. These Federal and Reef permits must be purchased by a current permit holder.
When choosing your charter company here are a few questions I would recommend asking:
Tight lines,
Barracudaville Charters
727-776-REEL
Capt. Mark Maloney
Late season Kingfish in December…
Offshore fishing in December
Offshore St Pete Beach charter fishing is about to turn on with large schools of bait moving in and a water temps dropping. All signs are pointing to great Fall fishing in our Tampa bay area. Big Kings and 5# macks have shown up off our beaches this week in good numbers
! Get ready for some hot fall fishing action!
Tampa Bay Fishing Charters
January 2015 fishing can be hot in the Tampa bay area.
Fishing prior to a cold front can bring some of the hottest action of the year!
Fish seem to know when a big front is approaching and will eat almost anything
put in front of them. On the contrary, fish after a major front and our Tampa Bay fish
may seem to have lockjaw.
Best advice is to book your trip early in your stay, and you may havea chance to reschedule in the event of weather from the “north”.
Tight lines,
Capt. Mark Maloney
Tampa Bay Charters Inshore and Offshore…
1 At Big Pier 60 in Clearwater, black sea bass up to 15 inches, reports Larry Holder. Catch-and-release snook in the mid-30-inch class were good late at night last week, but slower this week. Also trout at night. Spanish mackerel and flounder off and on in mornings. Water temperature 85 at noon Thursday, up slightly from a week ago.
2 At Madeira Beach, red snapper season went out with a bang, “fantastic” in 130 feet but the season closed on Tuesday. Gag grouper going strong in 65 feet, with red grouper and scamp mixed in out to 130 feet along with amberjack, yellowtail snapper and huge mangrove snapper.
3 At John’s Pass, fishermen getting out at first light for catch-and-release snook on the beach. Trout and redfish just fair early on flats in Boca Ciega Bay.
4 At Fort DeSoto Park, catch-and-release snook better this week in troughs along the beach close to Pass-a-Grille and Blinds Pass. Redfish and trout decent on flats early mornings on greenbacks or artificials. Spanish mackerel good off Blinds Pass.
5 Around the Sunshine Skyway and lower Tampa Bay, redfish, trout and catch-and-release snook are looking for clean water.