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.
Had my good buddy Chip on board today for an epic little tarpon session! 2-7 for today. Biggest estimating 150+ Chip is a pretty tough dude but this big tarpon put a whooping on him like no tmrw! He was a little upset after catching his first one for the day then pulling right back up and holding another! I told him we had to capitalize on bites!
Collin had a great afternoon catching his first tarpon! Ended up getting on a sick little bite and went 2-4. Fun day! Back at it tmrw.
Mayor got him some nice ones today! His first ever tarpon! Couldn’t get the picture but got the release! And he had a blast catching a bunch of snook including this nice 32”. Book your trips!
John and Brian got on some nice snook this morning! Lost the big girl but managed to get 2 other nice slot Fish and a 33 1/2” for the start of our slam today!
The Coop family had a blast catching 50 redfish and a bunch of snook mixed in! It was Johns Bday s we had to have an epic little trip for him! Big jacks stole the show! Bite is on 
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Another great tarpon Bite for Darlene and her Niece this morning! It was awesome to watch these girls fight these fish! Makes it nice when people appreciate these awesome fish like they do. We ended up 2-4 on the day. Big team effort today.
Awesome day for Lisa and family. 3-5 on tarpon today for these first timers! They had a blast reeling them in! I was very impressed with Lisa’s performance today! She’s an awesome angler and can’t wait to see them again!
Fun day today with Joel and his son from Michigan. They caught some nice cobia and got to tug on a tarpon. We worked for it today but everything paid off! Bite is on 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Book your trips
Got it done today with Gary and his buddies from Michigan! They had a blast dusting snook today! Caught an additional cobia as well while we were going from spot to spot! Super great day! Weather was beautiful also! Bite is on 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Great fishing the John Hancock tournament with some great people today! Got 2nd place slam today. 79” for Jenn and her awesome team! Got our snook early then went redfishing and ended up getting on a good little bite for the last hour. We will get them next year!