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Anna Maria Island Fishing Report

December 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Fishing On Anna Maria Island
Fishing On Anna Maria Island

Goliath Grouper

Goliath Grouper

The fishing off of the piers, bridges, and along the shoreline on Anna Maria Island has been very promising catching Redfish, Snapper Black drum, Snook, Trout, Spanish mackerel, and Amberjack. There are 3 piers on Anna Maria Island that allow fishing, and have bait shops.

triggerfish

Triggerfish

The Historic Bridge Street Pier in Bradenton Beach offers free fishing on the pier, a bait shop, floating boat dock, a restaurant, and the pier is well lit at night. The City of Anna Maria has 2 piers that you can fish from the City Pier and The Rod & Reel Pier just down the beach. Both of the Piers have a restaurant, and bait shop, but the City Pier allows cast netting up to the yellow line before the restaurant.

Cobia

Cobia

If you would like to fish off shore you can launch your boat at the Kingfish Boat Ramp in Holmes Beach and get your chance to catch large game fish like: Tarpon, Mackerel, and Grouper in deeper water. If you did not bring a watercraft for an off shore adventure it is always worth going out on a fishing charter or renting a boat for the day to catch these larger game fish.

Go Fishing

Whether fishing from a boat, the beach, piers or bridges, fishing enthusiasts have the opportunity reel in the next big fish or at least have a big fish story to tell. While fishing on Anna Maria Island try some fresh Florida seafood from Anna Maria Island’s best restaurants.

If you are looking for more information check in with one of our Anna Maria Island Vacation Rental Specialist. We have canal front homes where you can store your boat and access the waterways on your own.

We will have an updated fishing report each month from Captain Gary of the Cortez Kat.

Cortez Kat Off Shore & Near Shore Fishing Charter

12507 Cortez Road West,

Cortez, (Bradenton) Florida 34215

Local – (941) 795-6969

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Fishing Report For June 2011 by capt Gary Zink

July 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Fishing has been very good for us, we have caught grey snappers by the bucket full every time we have gone out.  We also have caught groupers ( catch and release for the most part ) because the gag grouper are out of season.  Porgies and trigger fish as well as sea bass have been very plentiful as well.  We are still catching kings on our trips, we landed a 52 ” king just last week.

Sharks are common to catch right now as well.  Out boat , the EDDY LEE, leaves the dock at the Seafood Shack in Cortez, every morning at 8 a.m. for a 6 hour trip.  The Eddy Lee is capable of handling 49 passengers but we like to limit our trips to 24 passengers so it is not crowded.

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June Fishing Update On Anna Maria Island

June 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Tarpon has been on every anglers mind lately, and from what I hear they have been biting like crazy along the beaches of Longboat Key and Anna Maria Island.  Try using crab for bait, and when you hook into a tarpon be ready for a fight.  We have been hearing of battles that have lasted up to an hour and a half.

Inshore fishing around Anna Maria Island has been excellent, producing big numbers of trout.  The reports have been coming in about lots of catch and release snook and gag grouper.  

Cobia have been lurking under the piers and bridges feeding on pinfish.  The outgoing tides in the afternoon are your best bet to catch redfish and mullet that are patrolling the flats.

Offshore red snapper are being caught in about 120 feet of water, and mangrove snapper have been biting in 60-80 feet of water.  Try using live shiners or live shrimp. A chum block is a great way to bring the snapper closer to the boat and get them in the mood to start biting.

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Fishing Report By Capt. Gary Zink May 2011

May 11, 2011 by 1 Comment

Fishing report

Capt.  Gary Zink

Cortez Kat, Historic Cortez Fishing Village, Cortez, FL

Boats are light, so there’s lots of room to fish….

WHAT’S BITING??

Offshore fishing has been great.  Gags are still in close, inside state water in the 4 to 7 mile range- target hard bottom and ledges. Thewater has warmed up, the bait is thick and the Kingfish are here in full force.  Snapper and Amberjack are plentiful on your wrecks and springs.

6 hour trips

These day trips are averaging 150 Grey Snapper, a few Porgies, Sea Bass, little Red Groupers (for catch & release),  King fish, Spotty, and a  couple of Reef Sharks.

On the piers

Lots of Spanish Mackerel.  Bring some Squid Spoons, Crappie Jigs, or cast net White Baits off  the pier and  grab some Shiners.

Free line Sabiki Rigs on the edge of the schools of bait.

If you are looking for more information on fishing check in with one of our Anna Maria Island Vacation Rental Specialist.  We have canal front homes where you can store your boat and access the waterways on your own.  We will have an updated fishing report each moth from Captain Gary of the Cortez Kat.

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Fishing On Anna Maria Island

April 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment

The fishing report is in and excellent along the shores of Anna Maria Island.  I went out in search of some proof last week, and started at the Anna Maria City Pier.  There were about a dozen people standing at the end of both the Rod & Reel Pier and the Anna Maria City Pier with poles in hand waiting to catch the next big fish.  I spoke with a couple of local fisherman and people in the bait shops to get the scoop.

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Anna Maria Island, Florida Fishing information

November 30, 2008 by 6 Comments

Public City pier located in Anna Maria City is great place to FishThere are plenty of spots to fish on Anna Maria Island.  Many come to Anna Maria, Fl for the sun, the beach, and the fun.  Some come to Anna Maria for some serious fishing.  There are three primary areas one can fish while visiting Anna Maria Island.   Of course people fish on the island.  Off piers, off canals, and off bridges provide fair fishing.  Fishing in the Bay provides for more entertainment as well as more consistent results.  Finally, many go deep sea fishing into the Gulf of Mexico.

There are lots of spots to fish while staying on Anna Maria Island.  You can reserve a canal property and fish right off the canal although results are pretty inconsistent.  If you need some help finding a vacation rental be sure to visit Anna Maria Island’s leading vacation rental company for real time accurate on-line availability.  Many reserve canal front properties and bring down their boat and head out into the waters on their own.  Lastly you can pick up a canal vacation rental and RENT a boat for $800 – $1500 per week.  In fact, Island Real Estate of Anna Maria Island, Inc has a special offer that if you rent a canal property and a boat you will receive a 5% discount off the boat rental.

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