Fishing Reports – Fishing Guide Tampa

August 28, 2025

Published by Matt Santiago on August 28, 2025

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From Summer Bites to Fall Action: What’s Biting Now and Ahead

What a summer it’s been on the water! We’ve had some incredible days chasing tarpon, battling big fish, and making memories with our clients. But the fun isn’t slowing down anytime soon—if anything, it’s about to heat up even more. 👉 Right now:Tarpon are still here and giving anglers plenty of action. Grouper season is OPEN September 1st–15th—don’t miss your shot at these tough fighting table fare .The tripletail bite has been solid, adding some variety and excitement to the catch list.Snook, redfish, trout, snapper, and cobia have also had their moments 👉 Looking ahead:Fall is one of the best […]

April 21, 2025

Published by Capt. Matt Santiago on April 21, 2025

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Big Fish Takeover: The Invasion Has Begun!

The Tampa Bay saltwater scene is exploding with action as our “Big Fish Season” kicks into high gear! The invasion has officially begun—tarpon, cobia, and kingfish are making their move, and the bite is only getting hotter. We’re also seeing solid numbers of spanish mackerel, gag grouper, and mangrove snapper showing up in all the right places. Offshore? It’s about to go off. With calmer winds on the horizon, the Gulf—from 10 to 1000 feet—is primed for action. Whether you’re chasing pelagics or dropping down for grouper and snapper, it’s about to be as good as it gets. Tarpon season […]

February 10, 2023

Published by Capt. Matt Santiago on February 10, 2023

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Spring 2023

What a start we have had to our 2023 fishing season! We have been experiencing some phenomenal inshore fishing for snook, redfish, and trout. Tarpon, Cobia, Kingfish, Tripletail and the rest of our pelagic targets are about to be moving into our bay in full force. If you are looking for table fare our sheepshead fishing is about to be on fire as well. If the last few weeks are any indicator of how our upcoming spring season will unfold, its going to be a great one! Our brand new Sabalo 27 boat will be the perfect platform to fish […]

April 14, 2022

Published by Capt. Matt Santiago on April 14, 2022

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Tampa Bay Fishing Outlook – April 2022

April and May is truly when our fishing shifts into high gear. Snook and redfish will continue to feed and beef up as they prepare to spawn. Tarpon, cobia, tripletail, grouper, and sharks are all beginning to invade Tampa Bay in mass to feed on the thousands of schools of baitfish that flood our bay through the summer. Much of our time over the next few months will be dedicated to tarpon and cobia, but June will also welcome the opening of gag grouper season and if last year was any indication there will be plenty of really big grouper […]

January 7, 2021

Published by Capt. Matt Santiago on January 7, 2021

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2021 is here and the fishing outlook is spectacular!

Thank the Lord 2021 is here and the fishing should be great as we enter the first few months of the new year. The next few months will hold some of the best inshore action of the year for snook, redfish, and trout. Tarpon will begin to move into the bay in preparation for the big migration and spawning. Kingfish will move into our region on their spring run and almost everything that we catch throughout the year could be an option on a spring fishing trip. We had some great success tournament fishing in 2020. We only fished 3 […]

October 22, 2020

Published by Capt. Matt Santiago on October 22, 2020

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Tampa Bay Fishing Guide Fall 2020 Fishing Report

Our fabulous fall fishing is here. The weather and fishing will be about as good as it gets the next few months. Now is the time to book your trip! Kingfish, tarpon, snook, redfish, grouper and cobia are all on the menu! This is also a great time of year for group, corporate and team building fishing events. Let us help you plan the best fishing event or tournament! www.facebook.com/fishwithcaptainmatt

August 21, 2020

Published by Capt. Matt Santiago on August 21, 2020

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The New Sabalo 27

As many of you know I switched boat brands after being with my old boat company for 12 years and tons of people have been asking me for a review of the new Sabalo 27. I resisted the urge right away as I felt it was important to really use the boat and get to know it before forming my opinion. You can’t judge a book by its cover, right? Well I have had the boat for about 5 months now and feel confident I know all I need to know about this boat and the company who builds it. […]

April 17, 2020

Published by Capt. Matt Santiago on April 17, 2020

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Now is the time! Tarpon, big snook, cobia, sharks and so much more!

What a time of year we are entering! Now is the time to book your trip for tarpon, cobia, big snook, sharks and the list goes on. Tarpon are beginning to show in big numbers and the bite should be as good as it gets over the next 8 weeks! . Our Cobia migration has already started and we are seeing some really big fish in the 50 to 90 lb. range. There is not too many species we dont have the opportunity to fish for this time of year so let’s get out there for some epic fishing. You […]

January 29, 2020

Published by Capt. Matt Santiago on January 29, 2020

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Fishing Trip Outlook for Tampa Bay Fishing in Spring 2020

What a start to our 2020 fishing season! We have been experiencing some phenomenal inshore fishing for snook, redfish, and trout. There has also been a large number of cobia wintering in our bay this year which bodes well for our upcoming cobia season. Over the last few weeks we have had an incredible snook bite and have enjoyed catching some big jack crevalle and redfish. If you are looking for table fare our sheepshead fishing is about to be on fire as well. If the last few weeks are any indicator of how our upcoming spring season will unfold, […]