Every Place
We Fish.

Bradenton is built on the Manatee River, which empties into Tampa Bay through a wide protected mouth full of structure: bridge pilings, mangrove points, oyster bars, and the dredge holes off Snead Island. Year-round redfish, snook on every dock light, and a winter sheepshead bite that's as reliable as it gets in Florida.

Signature trip: Backcountry redfish on the Manatee · year-round

Sarasota is the center of every trip we run — every charter starts here and most end here. The bay itself is 9 miles of protected water with grass flats, dock-light fisheries, deep mid-bay holes, and direct access through Big Pass to the Gulf. Mote Marine, the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, and a 50+ year resident dolphin community all live in this water.

Signature trip: Dock-light snook + sunrise topwater on the flats

Casey Key is the unhurried barrier south of Siesta — most of it is private and undeveloped, which means cleaner water and less pressure than the Sarasota-side flats. Dryman Bay holds fat trout and slot reds year-round, and Nokomis Beach gets a sneaky-good snook run on the early-summer outgoing tide.

Signature trip: Quiet-water trout on Dryman Bay · year-round

Charlotte Harbor is 270 square miles of brackish estuary fed by the Peace and Myakka rivers — the second-largest in Florida. The flats off Cape Haze and Pirate Harbor produce schooling redfish in winter, the deep channel bordering Boca Grande holds resident tarpon, and the freshwater-saltwater mix at the river mouths is some of the best snook water on the coast.

Signature trip: Schooling bull reds · November through February