The Hardbottom is captained by Skip Shipley and has been fishing the gulf coast for several years. The charter's speciality is targeting large schools of grouper, but it's not unusual to bring home some wahoo or dolphin. Many customers have gone out with Captain Skip, and not a one comes back without a smile on their face!
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The combination of cold air temperatures and high winds didn't do a lot for fishing the last week or so.
Capt. Zach reports sheepshead, redfish, spotted seatrout, pompano and catch-and-release snook are all cooperative and scattered in and about Anna Maria Sound, Palma Sola Bay and upper Sarasota Bay. Live shrimp have proved to be the best bait this time of the year.
Whoa. . . This is all most people can say when they feast their eyes on this mammoth warsaw grouper caught by Skip Shipley while spearfishing off the gulf coast. "The thing damn near pulled me into the wreck when I shot it," he exclaimed has he recalled the story. Fish this size are not uncommon around wrecks where
