hi to all the tarpon and trout bite has been good in tampa bay! scaled sardines are the best choice large threadfins are great bait for the tarpon the action like the weather is heating up so book your charter now.

tight lines captain tony frankland

 my fishing report for june 23,2010 the trout bite was good in tampa bay with large trout caught. and large blue fish the action was steady all day with mangrove snapper and snook  hooked the bite is ho!t so book your charter now.

captain tony frankland

 hi to all the tarpon have a arrived in the tampa bay area and  the bridges in big numbers. big sardines or threadfins are the best bait to catch them but by far the best place to catch tarpon is boca grande pass. with live crabs or jigs they are in there by the 1000,s with some boats hooking 10 fish or more in a 5 hour trip. so if you want to catch a tarpon the time is now also the trout bite is good in the deep grass flats 0f 5 feet deep or more. scaled sardine are the best bet! there is also a lot of spanish macks all all the bridges as well. sardines are also the bait of choice! there are also some snook biting as well but please be careful to release the snook unharmed. as they try to make a comeback after this years big fish kill do to the cold! so now is time to book your charter tight lines capt tony frankland.

Hi to all.  Welcome to the fishing report!

On charters in the last week we have caught some snook ,redfish, and trout, with big catches of spanish macks.

Look for more of the same type of fish to bite as the weather get warmer and the water temp rises.

Thats all for now 

Tight lines,

Captain Tony Frankland

The mackerel fishing has been good as of late with most macks caught at the brides and in the bay.

There have also been some kingfish caught as well.   Live sardine or greenbacks are the best bait.   Use a 30 lbs test florocarbon leader for a beter bite -- you can use steel leader but they see it and don't like it as well.

The mono leader is harder to see so use this instead!

There also some trout around on the deep grass flats.

So good luck and tight lines!

Captain Tony Frankland

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