Blog and Fishing Reports

Well the media has absolutely shut down Anna Maria Island's Tourism, but I am here to tell you that our precious bays are alive and well. This past month we have been steady catching Snook, Redfish, Trout, Snapper, and Spanish Mackerel inside Lower tampa bay, which is...

Our August was pretty interesting to say the least here on Anna Maria Island. Despite the Redtide epidemic I would say the fishing has stayed pretty dang good, Cortez south was hit pretty hard and there was definitely effects off the beach. Staying north of Anna Maria...

Well a warming trend has come over Anna Maria Island, but the strong winds have not gone completely. We seen water temps as high as 72 degrees today which was a huge change from last week. The bait situation is on the mend but still pretty tough to get in the mornings...

Another late cold front is approaching anna maria island bringing cooler temps and windy days again this week. We did get to sneak in a full day of fishing with the water temperatures above 70 degrees. That Being said bait (pilchards) have been playing hard to get...

Another coldddd and Windy day led us to start our trip in the afternoon on Anna Maria Island. The bite started off super slow considering the strong falling tide, we started our adventure around Long Boat Key Pass fishing some docks that have been producing quality...

Steady week of cold temps and windy days has Wildman Adventures changing gears a little bit. Anna Maria's water temps went from 76 down to 64 degrees in just a few days has us going back to our winter pattern, which means fishing docks and rocks with live shrimp....

The winds today were pretty harsh, blowing out of the south around 15kts and fishing to 20kts. Even with some foul weather we had a very productive day in the Sarasota bay. We left from Anna Maria Island and headed south into Sarasota bay. Our first stop we picked up...

Ladies and gentlemen if you are wanting to go fishing now is the time! Sarasota bay is absolutely on fire right now. The trout are so thick you can walk on them and the snook are schooling up too. My guest this week enjoyed a great trout bite, with slot of gators...

With a strong 10kt ese wind all week we have been staying in the Sarasota bay, but it has been incredible. I would say spring got here a little early, water temps in through out Anna Maria are a consistent 74+ degrees. Bait is starting to show up on the flats and that...

February has been very good fishing through out Sarasota and Tampa Bay. Water temperatures are on the rise, you know what that means! Bring on the Pilchards! Trout, Snook, Redfish, pretty much everything thing that swims around Anna Maria Island love the white bait....