Offshore Fishing Hotter Than the Temperature!

The heat hasn't kept Capt. Larry's parties out of the water! Lately, they've been catching a massive amount of enormous firetruck red grouper, limit-plus catches of amberjack, mangrove and yellowtail snappers, porgies, large sharks, and even a kingfish this week!

To the right is a monster red grouper, caught by Justin Tsikererdanos from Kissimmee. This beast was caught offshore of Anna Maria Island in 130 ft using a sardine for bait. Capt. Larry's charters are even catching (and carefully releasing) multitudinous amounts of gag grouper and red snappers, without even targeting them- due to their season closure. Live and cut bait are both working great for the charters. Capt. Larry recommends going deep in this summer heat, and starting out in 125 ft to 150 ft for those big red grouper. It seems like they are always on fire in the late summer and it's probably the best time of the year to catch them.

Below is Harold Gaw from Lakeland, with his largest red grouper of his life. Harold caught the trophy using a pinfish in about 140 ft offshore of Anna Maria Island. Harold and friends also caught more grouper and amberjack on their charter with Capt. Larry.

Tip of the week: Targeting those huge red grouper try drifting on some hard bottom I call Swiss cheese with a couple of different large live and dead baits then mark your spot when you hook one up and go back and anchor. You might just hit the mother load of these monsters and have a trip of a life time like Capt. Larry has been having. Always keep a flatline out for the pelagic species like kingfish, wahoo, blackfin tuna, and mahi mahi. This is shark week and we usually celebrate by catching a few big sharks. Safety tip always stay hydrated drinking lots of water and fluids, you will need it fighting all those fish this summer; Fish and be happy.

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

On Show Me The Fish Charters, parties are watching explosions of all American amberjacks, kaleidoscopes of kingfish, roaring red snapper (& vermilion with voracious appetites), robust red grouper, monstrous mangrove snappers, along with powerful porgies, salacious sharks, and barracudas big enough to boast over. Stare into the mouth of the barracuda Rokey Vious Williams holds ... IF YOU DARE! It was his 1st barracuda ever, and caught with a tube lure 15 miles offshore Anna Maria.

Like the rockets red glare, and bombs bursting in air, Capt. Larry's trips gave proof that the fishing is blowing up off of both Longboat Key & Anna Maria Island, around 150 ft. Sardines are what the fish are salivating for, but live and cut bait both are bringing in a plentiful parade of fish.

How many red snapper have you caught this year? Whatever the answer, it's probably not enough; remember, American red snapper go out of season July 19 12:01 am! Soon, it will be too late to get what are some of the tastiest fish in the gulf, so now is the time to get as much red snapper as possible...Capt. Larry's Tip of the week-> Freeze any extra red snapper by adding enough water to fully cover the fish in a ziplock bag & make sure all of air is out of the freezer bag. This ensures you have red snapper to fill your frying pans to make it through until the season opens again.

Capt. Larry hopes your 4th of July was fun F squared; fish & fireworks! Happy Independence Day everyone!

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
facebook.com/ShowMeTheFish

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

Heat Yourself Up, With Some Sheephead Action

The best action these days has been with a multitude of amberjacks and a variety of snappers – all that you can handle! Also mixed in when we fish offshore, are banded rudderfish, porgies, mangrove snapper, triggerfish, big sheephead, different kinds of sharks. They aren't in season, we've been getting a lot of catch and release gag and red grouper, even though we weren't trying to catch them. We were actually even fishing in areas where there usually aren't that many, which means when season does come around again, we will be catching an immense amount! It's almost like these grouper know they have immunity deal, where we can't get them, but come April 1^st, it's game on again!

In my opinion, the hottest action is still out past 100 ft offshore, using live baits, because they seem to bring in the greatest catches. The tip of the week is that there are a bunch of huge sheep head out there, close or even IN artificial reefs, offshore of Anna Maria Island. These bad boys will be out there for another 2 weeks spawning, and that makes them quite hungry! This winter has been a tough one, with only one or two a week days calm enough to even head offshore. What that means, is that you should be ready for that window of opportunity, because you will be rewarded with a great catch. Offshore fish are still biting ,even in this cold weather. Like I always say: now is the time to head out deep, because the action is guaranteed to heat you up!

Thanks,
Capt Larry McGuire
SHOW ME THE FISH CHARTERS
Cell: 941-720-6475
E-mail: captlarrymcguire@gmail.com
Operating out of the Cortez Fshing Center, Bradenton, Fl.