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Tampa Fishing
Charters!
Fish Tampa Bay to Tarpon
Springs and Everywhere in Between! |
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Tampa
Bay Area Fishing Guide, Capt. Clay Eavenson is a
FULL-TIME
inshore fishing guide and specializes in Light
Tackle, Inshore, Fishing Charters for Snook, Redfish,
Trout, Tarpon,
and More! He guides on the inshore waters of Tampa Bay, Clearwater,
Tarpon Springs, St. Petersburg, and everywhere in between.
What if it Looks Like Capt.
Clay is Already Booked?
CALL HIM ANYWAY!
Sometimes you might mistake a "Partially booked day" as
being fully booked on his calendar. When days are partially
booked that means that there is time to book another fishing
charter that day! If the day is actually fully booked,
CALL HIM ANYWAY! He has a close knit network of 4
other fishing guides that he personally vouches for. He has
fished with all of them on several occasions and can vouch
for their personalities, work ethic, and ability to put you
on fish. Three of them run Ranger Boats and 1 of them runs
one of the exact same boats as Capt. Clay.
Tampa Bay Area Fishing
Tampa Bay, Tarpon Springs, Clearwater,
and St. Petersburg are some of the most fertile, inshore fishing
grounds in all of Florida. Beaches, mangrove shorelines, brackish
creeks and rivers, and expansive grass flats are the settings for
our inshore fishing charters. Snook, redfish, trout, and tarpon are
our main targets but seasonally we also target grouper, sheephead,
cobia, and more.
All of this great fishing is done
using only top shelf fishing gear and the finest boats. Capt. Clay
is a great teacher, when approached for tips but he doesn't push
anything on his clients. He runs his charters with his client's
interests in mind. Whether you say you want a hard core fishing
charter or just a fun "catch anything" fishing trip, Capt. Clay
tailors the excursion to your desire. Capt. Clay has chartered other
professional fishermen, families with children as young as three
years old, and corporate groups of 30+ anglers.
Capt. Clay can accommodate anglers of
all skill levels and groups of any size; all the while at a first
class level of service.
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Here and There
7-17-2008
 It's
now mid Summer in the Tampa Bay area and the fish and bait
are settling down into their normal summertime pattern.
Which is, there is no pattern. One day we'll catch 50
redfish at a spot and go back the next and only catch 5.
Then we'll go hit another spot and pick up 10 more fish, but
they won't be at that spot the next day. Don't get me wrong,
we're catching fish. The thing is that everyday is different
right now. One day, we get reds over here and the next day we
get snook over there. One day we catch 10 fish and the
next we catch 65 fish...
Click
here for full report...
Redfish on the
Flats and Snook on the Beach! Hit the right tide at the
right time and you could be rewarded with more redfish than you
care to catch. Now is the time to test your resolve and get a
snook of a lifetime. Monster snook are prowling the beaches
right now.
July
and August '08...
Snook will
continue to be a hot ticket with a smattering of redfish thrown in.
Also, when the tide is right, tarpon will be the game in town
that you want to throw your chips in for.
Book your charter for July and August right now!
Night time fishing
charters in the Tarpon Springs area will be the "cool"
thing to do as we chase monster snook on the beaches in the
"pale moon light". These nocturnal predators can't wait for night to
come to chew the bottom out of the boat. And... the bonus is
that you get to snag these giants in the cool of the night.
September and October '08...
These could possibly be
some of the best months of the year for catching redfish. Especially
October. They will bunch up again in large schools and when the
tides are right you can really have a banner day.
A few tarpon will
still be around and the snook bite will still be very good.
Fishing Charter Tips...
-Don't wear shoes
that you don't want getting wet. If you do, you might
want to take them off when you get on the boat. Capt.
Clay suggests sandals.
-Pack light. Bring only
what is necessary. You'll be much more comfortable in an
uncluttered boat. Hat, food, drinks, sunscreen,
sunglasses... that's about all you need.
-Leave the house or hotel
earlier than you think you need to. You don't want to
miss the best bite of the day because you got stuck in
traffic on the way to your fishing charter.
-Be excited! Your guide
loves fishing and he's excited about every trip. Also,
keep in mind that your guide wants you to catch a ton of
fish at least 10 times more than you do. So, no matter
what he does (weird bait, fishing a spot that doesn't
make sense, or chanting a fish call) he's doing it with
your "fish catching" in mind.
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Corporate and Group Fishing Charters Welcome!
Through Capt. Clay's network of skilled, licensed, and insured
guides he can organize the perfect Tampa, Clearwater, Tarpon
Springs, or Ruskin corporate fishing charter. He and his
affiliated guides can take 1-100+ anglers on a charter and even
organize a corporate fishing tournament; complete with awards
ceremony, lunch or dinner, and photos of your corporate outing! Call
today to inquire about this unique Tampa Bay area fishing charter!
Inshore Fishing Charters
Whether you're new to inshore,
saltwater, fishing or you have many years worth of salt
buildup in your veins, we can tailor a charter just for you.
You can chase snook on the beaches in Clearwater
in the summertime or you could choose Tarpon in
Tampa Bay or World Famous Boca Grande
Pass that time of year. You can stalk redfish
schools in the spring and fall near St. Petersburg or
you could opt for sight fishing snook in Tarpon
Springs. You can catch massive quantities of trout
in New Port Richey in the winter or you could choose
to catch some tasty, cold weather, grouper in
Tampa Bay. Wait! What about Kingfish in the
Spring and Fall? Yep, we do that too!
If those decisions aren't hard enough
to make, you can then decide whether or not you want to choose one
of those trips and fish with live bait or maybe you
could choose to stalk your prey with artificial lures.
Then... which boat would you like to take? The Ranger Ghost
for real skinny water expeditions? Or, the Ranger 2200 Bay
boat for an all-purpose, roomy, comfortable, fishing charter?
We can specialize any trip for any
size group. Whether you have a corporate outing planned in
Tampa or you're visiting a few friends in Tarpon
Springs, we can accommodate any size group.
Snook, redfish, trout, tarpon,
grouper, kingfish... big group, small group, by yourself...
Artificial lures or live bait... big boat, small boat... We can make
any combination of these happen!
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This Could be YOU!
A huge tarpon caught and released in
Tampa Bay Florida. (NOTE: tarpon are no longer taken out
of the water for photographs)
Ryan with a big redfish caught on a
Tarpon Springs fishing charter with Capt. Clay.
A nice tarpon at boat side on a
Tampa Bay fishing charter.
Emily with a keeper redfish caught on
a Tarpon Springs fishing charter with Capt. Clay.
John and Bob with a pair of keeper
redfish caught on a New Port Richey fishing charter
with Capt. Clay.
Bobby from Georgia with a nice redfish
caught on a Tarpon Springs fishing charter
with Capt. Clay.
Jody from Lakeland, Fl with a nice
snook he caught on a Clearwater fishing charter with
Capt. Clay.
Nick from Texas with a nice beach snook that
he caught on a Tampa
fishing charter with Capt. Clay.
Travis from Georgia with a healthy redfish caught
on a Tarpon Springs fishing
charter with Capt. Clay.
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