Author: Capt. Danny Stasny
Longtime Anna Maria Charters client Rich Maser of Pittsburgh shows off the slot-sized snook he caught using a live shiner for bait March 8 on a fishing trip with Capt. Johnny Mattay. Chef Jacques and Carol Haeringer of Great Falls, Virginia, show off the slot snook they caught on a March 6 guided fishing trip with Capt. David White of Anna Maria Charters. The couple owns L’Auberge Chez Francois, started 70 years ago by Jacques’ father and voted the most romantic and best French restaurant in the DC metro area by Washingtonian magazine and Open Table. With spring just around…
Liam Cunningham, 5, of Cincinnati was all smiles on Feb. 24 when he took off the line in salt water for the first time. Liam picked up this little hogfish and released it while on a guided trip with the family and Capt. Mac Gregory, standing behind Liam. I’m sure you’re as tired of reading about the wind as I am of writing about the wind, but for a week Anna Maria Island fishermen are left with just a few days of calm seas. Inshore waters in the backcountry are calm but the bite follows. In late February and early…
Patrick, left, and Julia Dougherty, visiting Anna Maria Island from Royal Oak, Michigan, and Kurt Gallinger of Brighton, Michigan, show off some healthy mangrove snappers, all caught on sardines, while on a charter on February 2 with Capt. David White. Offshore and inshore fishing structure is where it’s at for Anna Maria Island anglers. Targeting species like mangrove snapper, sheepshead, Key West grunts and porgies is consistent as far as you can get in the fishing area. Live shrimp as bait work well, not to mention shrimp are convenient. All the angler has to do is stop at a bait…