Make Fishing Time, Family Time

Capt. Larry's parties are getting patriotic with great catches of American red snapper and red grouper, along with mangrove and yellowtail snappers, amberjack, huge porgy's, kingfish, barracudas and large sharks. The best action is offshore of Anna Maria Island & Longboat Key, in about 140 ft. Both live and cut bait are working awesomely, as well as squid, with smaller pinfish actually bringing in the greatest results... it's like feeding candy to a baby! We have had a perfect week of weather and it looks like more fantastic fishing weather to come. It'll be a holiday weekend, which is a spectacular opportunity for a family trip.... it allows you to bond with your family, while getting some sweet fishing action in, which might even lead to some delicious treats to grill up & share! Karen Decker from Orlando took her sons out with Capt. Larry, so he could teach them how to fish! The proud Momma is pictured above with an amberjack she caught in about 115 ft offshore of Anna Maria Island, using a butterfly jig. As evidenced from 10 yr old Sean Decker to the right, Capt. Larry was a good teacher & they truly learned something! Sean is holding a nice amberjack he caught, and if his happy grin is any indicator, he had the time of his life doing it!

13 yr old Mattew Decker (below), shows us that he too was an apt pupil in Capt. Larry's school of fishing. He scored a decently sized amberjack caught also using a butterfly jig, while 115 ft offshore of Anna Maria Island.
Show Me the Fish's guests are also catching (and releasing) gag grouper and Goliath grouper. Barracudas and many school dolphin are also par for the course. On another trip, Capt. Larry's close friend & fishing buddy caught a 35 lb blackfin tuna that ended up on the grill. Also, if you haven't done so already, Show Me The Fish is now on facebook, be sure to like the page & suggest it to your fishing buddies! Fish, be happy & have a safe fourth of July!

Thanks,
Capt. Larry McGuire
SHOW ME THE FISH CHARTERS
NOW OPERATING OUT OF THE BRADENTON BEACH MARINA
Cell: (941) 720 - 6475
Email: Captlarrymcguire@gmail.com
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Seeing Red, They're Fishing so Hard

Capt. Larry's parties are seeing lots of red with limit catches of beautiful red snapper and firetruck red grouper. They have been going deep, starting out in about 120 ft and ending up in 150 ft for the best bites. To the right is 13 yr old Lucas Bush from Bradenton, holding his first red snapper. Lucas caught it on a family fishing trip, using a sardine in 130 ft waters offshore of Anna Maria Island. The party also caught a bounty of grouper and their limit of red snappers, as well as those monstrous mangrove snappers everyone is after this time of the year.


Always keep lots of rods rigged up with artificials for pure mayhem when the mahi-mahi show up. When they stop hitting one bait or lure, be sure to change to another to keep the party going. Keeping at least one in the water always keeps the school at the boat. Lately, the mahi-mahi have been loving Capt. Larry's parties so much they hang out there until everyone is tired. It's a beautiful thing to watch!


Below is Bob Wilson from Ft. Myers with a very fierce red grouper he caught using a sardine in 145 ft offshore of Anna Maria Island.
Do you want to see red too? Whether you prefer red grouper or snapper, the reds are out there waiting to be caught, be part of the action by joining Capt. Larry's next fishing charter! Can't get out fishing just yet? Join Capt. Larry on facebook & see pictures of the fishing good times ASAP!

Thanks,
Capt. Larry McGuire
SHOW ME THE FISH CHARTERS
NOW OPERATING OUT OF THE BRADENTON BEACH MARINA
Cell: (941) 720 - 6475
Email: Captlarrymcguire@gmail.com
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So THAT'S what he's talking about...

Just like the temperatures, offshore action is on fire! Capt. Larry's parties are burning up their reels with the immense amount of fish that have been biting.... They've been catching almost everything this time of the year, from gag and red grouper, to kingfish, Spanish mackerel, cobias, and that wonderful variety of snappers- amberjack, mangrove, yellowtail and lane snappers. Best of all, the parties have been getting what the tourists love to catch most of all- SHARKS! If you missed the post about the most recent bull shark caught on Capt. Larry's boat, check it out here! The blacktip shark below, though of a different kind & smaller is still a fish you would not want to be caught swimming with! From left to right is Lydia Beachum and Judie Beachum, posing with blacktip sharks they caught about 7 miles offshore of Anna Maria Island, using on pinfish. Lydia shows us that it doesnt matter how big or small you are, you can still catch a massive beast of a fish... or two!
Further proving that size doesn't matter, the kingfish below is proudly being held by 11 yr old Harry Duxbury, visiting all the way from England! It was Harry's first kingfish, and was caught with a sardine in about 40 ft offshore of Anna Maria Island. Certainly much different waters than what he is accustomed to; Capt. Larry was pleased he could help make a lasting impression of what fishing in America is REALLY like!

The action heats up quickly, starting at 40ft to 70 ft for the kings. Capt. Larry's summer plan of action is anchoring up on a honey hole he knows from past experience to be loaded with grouper and snapper, to catch the multitude of tasty bottom fish, and follow that up by deploying a chum block... from there, all Capt. Larry and his party's need to do is stand at the ready on the flat lines & wait for the king mack attack!

TIP OF THE WEEK: Someone asked Capt. Larry recently "How do you find as many kingfish on a regular basis?" He jokes that they don't look for smoker kings, THEY LOOK FOR US! But in all seriousness., with a good chum slick on the waters, the kingfish really do come looking for you. Once the kings are around the boat, Capt. Larry's parties catch them on spoons, gotcha lures and variety of live bait- i.e. blue runners & cigar minnows as dessert to keep the kingfish around for the whole meal, and to keep them jumping in the boat! On a recent trip, a huge kingfish was hiding under the boat trying to eat our Spanish mackerel while it was being reeled in. Capt. Larry truly made lemonade out of lemons by sending the mackerel back out on a stinger rig with larger hooks.... and THEN it was on! End result: a 35 lb smoker screaming the reel, and later in the boat. In Capt. Larry's own words: "That's what I am talking about!"

To find out more what Capt. Larry's talking about, "like" Show Me The Fish on facebook, and to experience the extreme fishing action for yourself, call or email Capt. Larry to arrange a charter for you and your bro's.

Thanks,
Capt. Larry McGuire
SHOW ME THE FISH CHARTERS
NOW OPERATING OUT OF THE BRADENTON BEACH MARINA
Cell: (941) 720 - 6475
Email: Captlarrymcguire@gmail.com

No Bull... It's a Bull Shark!

Capt. Larry started off June with a bang, by gracing the cover of Woods n Water magazine, which can be viewed here or picked up at a gas station like Circle K! Also, Show Me The Fish Charters is now on facebook, so "like" it to keep your finger on the pulse of Capt. Larry's sweet fishing action!

Speaking of some fantastic fishing action, On May 10th, John Fordham from Bradenton caught a humongous bull shark, that conservatively measured about 9 ft, and was around the 300 lb range... The fight for this beast lasted no less than 3 hrs on 60 lb test, while using a live 2 lb blue runner for bait, fishing in about 90 ft waters offshore of Anna Maria Island. John managed to wrangle it to the boat for a photo shoot. Those of you who enjoy swimming on our fine gulf coasts keep an eye out, as this bull shark was released alive, to fight (or bite) another day!

While on the subject of monsters, check out the monster gag grouper below, around 25 lbs, that Mary Johnson (also of Bradenton) caught in 40 ft, approximately 7.5 miles offshore of Anna Maria Island, fishing with a sardine for a tasty treat the grouper apparently enjoyed quite a bit! Mary's party also caught massive amounts of mackerel, snapper, other groupers, & kingfish (click here to see Mary with her king of a kingfish), on a unbelievable 4 hr charter with Capt Larry. Though the trip only lasted four hours, the memories that Mary made, not to mention John with his beast of a bullshark, will last a lifetime! For the firetruck red grouper, the best bite is out about 130 ft, using large pinfish. If you get bored when the grouper bite slows, Capt. Larry finds downsizing his tackle to 25lb test and changing the bait to sardines... that will lead to all-you-can-eat-snappers! During spring and early summer, anything can happen; this is can include, but certainly not limited to catches of speckled trout- up to the limit, which are heartily available in the bay, Spanish mackerel all the way down the beaches, as well as everything that's hitting offshore of Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key. This is the perfect time of the year for a variety of fish, so don't spend this beautiful weather inside, come out, bait up & GET YOU SOME!

Thanks,
Capt. Larry McGuire
SHOW ME THE FISH CHARTERS
NOW OPERATING OUT OF THE BRADENTON BEACH MARINA
Cell: (941) 720 - 6475
Email: Captlarrymcguire@gmail.com