Mahi- Mahi are in town

Some people aren't huge fans of catching or eating mahi-mahi, because they see it as a type of dolphin, when in reality it's a dolphinfish (also widely known as "dorado"), and not even related to a Flipper-style dolphin.  Red Bailey, of the Lakewood Ranch Fishing Club, is shown to the left holding some of the school of mahi-mahi he caught using chunks of sardines, in about 150 ft offshore of Anna Maria Island.  

 Steve Miller, also with the Lakewood Ranch Fishing Club, holds his trophy red grouper below.  The Lakewood Ranch Fishing club has had adventures with Capt. Larry before, which you can read about here & here.  The club also caught large red grouper & some mangrove snapper.

Below is Jackie Nords, posing with a bull shark she caught offshore of Anna Maria Island, in about 100ft waters. Jackie is from Cincinnati, Ohio & is a student from Notre Dame.  She was here on summer vacation with friends catching amberjacks, grouper, snapper and more sharks while fishing with Capt Larry.  

This post just goes to show, there's quite a variety of fish out there to be caught, so whether you are down with the Mahi-Mahi being in town, maybe want to make a shark week of your own, or just want some tasty fish to throw on the grill, Capt. Larry can lead you to the promised land of better living through good fishing!  

Capt. Larry McGuire

SHOW ME THE FISH CHARTERS
OPERATING OUT OF THE BRADENTON BEACH MARINA
Cell: (941) 720 - 6475
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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

Kingfish & Cobia Cometh Again!

On Show Me The Fish Charters, Capt. Larry & company have caught their first cobia of the year! This momentous event happened on 3-24-11, in about 125 ft offshore of Anna Maria Island. While the party was catching snapper and amberjacks, a huge school of cobia came near the boat, and Capt. Larry cast a Zara Spook magnum surface lure to cobias... almost immediately the largest one grabbed the lure! The captain then handed off the pole to Bud Northway, from Clarence New Hampshire, for a serious fight AND what became the catch of a lifetime, all while using 25 lb monofilment line during a 45 minute battle royale. Below are the proud anglers, taking all three of the men to hold up this monster cobia caught by Bud Northway; he's on the left, with Stu Ambrose in the middle, assisting with the brute, and John Northway on the right. On that same trip we hooked up a 8 ft lemon shark, after an hour long battle with almost everyone taking turns on the beast of burden. Once one angler got tired, the rod would be passed to a buddy & they would take over for a while; now that's real extreme sports entertainment! Below is an approximately 75 lb amberjack that Chris Braun (left) caught, with an assist by Eric Smithman & Alex Braun (left to right), all from Bradenton, FL. These hard core anglers asked for big fish for their first offshore trip and their wish was more than granted! During that trip, the satisfied fishers were dropping line in about 200 ft using pinfish and also caught a plethora of snapper and large sharks.
Just a few days ago we encountered our first king Mack Attack(TM), with a school of kingfish swimming around the boat. Capt. Larry's party caught 8 kingfish, while fighting many more that got away to be caught another day. Some of our other special species caught on recent trips: Spanish mackerel, snappers and catch-and-release gag and red groupers. The kings are hitting around 50 to 60 ft and we are still fighting big amberjack, and a wide variety of sharks- blacktip, bull and lemon sharks up to 8 ft out past 100 ft offshore of Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key... Needless to say, this is a beautiful thing & exactly what we're looking for! Now is the time to come on out and enjoy paradise.

Thanks,
Capt. Larry McGuire
SHOW ME THE FISH CHARTERS
operating out of the Bradenton Beach Marina
Cell: (941) 720 - 6475
Email: Captlarrymcguire@gmail.com