Tampa Bay Fishing Reports and Gulf of Mexico Fishing Trip Reports from Capt. John and Island Lure Fishing Charters. Looking to see what the fishing action is like here in sunny Tampa? Below are photos and reports of the local hot bite and what we have been catching.
Super fun trips Today! Actually not bad when it rains, it keeps the crowd at home and the fish chew! Calvin and his bachelor party had a blast Dusting snook in the rain! Then had Dave, Pete and Greg out for the afternoon tarpon tide! Went 3-3 and the guys had fun catching them!
Tim and Aiden from Kentucky had a blast wrenching on some tarpon this evening! Nice snook mixed in as well!
John and Nate got to sneak out and tarpon fish with me this morning and had a blast! 1-2 for this morning. Quick little trip from Orlando paid off the guys!
Super EPIC day today on both trips! Morning was full of awesome snook action! One after another! Patrick and his buddies got some knives ones. 35” was biggest today. Then had an awesome tarpon bite in the afternoon. Mike and the boys all got to battle the silver King! Biggest estimated at 140lb. Went 3-3 and left them chewing. Nat Geo conditions for sure!
I would say “LB” Larry Brown, had the hot hand today! He wanted to get the bucket list tarpon off his list. We had to make it happen! He said he was a 1 and done guy! Well after catching this 170+ pound fish I would be done as well! He was whooped. But all worth it! Then we had a great little afternoon trip with Alex and family with nonstop snook action! Left them chewing!
Another fun day with my good client Pat. He got the boys out Mike and Mike for there first tarpon! They had a blast catching there first bucket list tarpon! If you want to get in on the action let me know! The bite is incredible right now!
Super fun little morning trip with my good clients Brent and Laretto. These guys are a trip. They keep me laughing the whole trip. Never a dull moment. Went 1-2 on tarpon with the biggest being 150+
Had a great time today with Shaun and his nephew Dillan! This kid killed it! 30+ snook caught on our morning trip today! Took a break from tarpon fishing to see how the bite was and it was awesome!
Nice to have the Meyer family back again for there yearly trip! They had a blast catching a bunch of nice trout and snook! They wanted to eat there own catch so we had to get them a couple trout for the grill! Bite is 
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Super fun morning trip with Don SR and JR. Went 0-2 this morning. Had Don Sr on a stud and fought it for 45 min to watched the Hook pull. But they were happy and excited to have such a great experience. Then had Ally and Corey on the afternoon! Had to dodge the rain and storms but made it happen at Our last little spot! 1-1 on tarpon and left them chewing!