Tampa Bay Area Inshore Fishing Charters

September 13, 2009

ClayTarponMy name is Capt. Clay Eavenson and I am a FULL-TIME inshore fishing guide in the Tampa Bay Area. I specialize in Light Tackle, Inshore, Fishing Charters for Snook, Redfish, Trout, Tarpon, and More! I guide on the inshore waters of Tampa Bay, Clearwater, Tarpon Springs, St. Petersburg, and everywhere in between.

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.


A warm winter has made for great fishing!

January 11, 2012

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For the most part, we’ve had a tremendously warm winter and the bite has been just as hot. The weather has stayed in the mid 70’s up to the mid 80’s all throughout this winter and it has made for some really pleasant days on the water as well as provided us some great fishing.
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Tarpon Springs and New Port Richey Fishing Report

November 17, 2011

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The fishing in the Tarpon Springs and New Port Richey areas on recent charters has been nothing short of awesome. This is the time of year where we get into all sorts of species of fish. In fact, here’s a list of the different types of fish we’ve caught this week… redfish, trout, snook, mangrove snapper, gag grouper, black sea bass, spanish mackerel, ladyfish, jack crevelle, cobia… The list goes on.

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Fishing Report Tarpon Springs – A Hint of Fall and Great Fishing

September 15, 2011

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I had a day off and decided to take my two oldest children fishing with me to scout around for upcoming charters. They’ve never been fishing with me on a “serious” fishing trip and I wasn’t sure how things would go. I didn’t know if they would get bored, tired, hungry, fussy… etc. But, they did great. In part because the fishing is so good right now. [click to continue…]

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Tampa Bay Tarpon Fishing Charter Report

June 14, 2011
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We are in full swing with this year’s Tampa Bay tarpon season. For the most part the bite has been awesome! We’ve been averaging 5-7 tarpon a day in the 80-150lb range but we’ve had days of up to 16 hookups! Some days have been slower but over all, the tarpon fishing has been nothing [...]

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Tampa Tarpon Fishing Charter Report

May 26, 2011
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In short… the bite is on! The past 10 days or so have been nothing short of spectacular. Tarpon are here in great numbers and they are chewing. Fish up to 140lbs have been brought boat-side and most tarpon we’re hooking are 100lbs or better. The last few days have been a real early morning [...]

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St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay Fishing Charter Report

May 13, 2011
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It’s tarpon season boys and girls and our first full week of tarpon charters has been a great success. To be completely honest, the first tarpon trip 2 weeks ago was a dud but since then, we’ve whacked ‘em. Yesterday was the latest installment of the “Silver King Air Show” as we put 8 fish [...]

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Fishing Charter Report – Tampa Bay, Tarpon Springs and New Port Richey

April 26, 2011
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I’m so thankful that Spring is in full swing with Summer just around the corner. This is one of my favorite times of year. Mild weather and many different species of fish to chase makes for some really fun days around the Tampa Bay area.
Right now the trout fishing is juts about as good as [...]

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New Port Richey Fishing Charter Report

April 19, 2011
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What an awesome week we’ve had here in the New Port Richey area! Beautiful weather, great fishing and really good company on the boat. One of my clients, Eric, was supposed to have a female companion on this trip but plans didn’t work out for her to come so he and I ventured out on [...]

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Fishing Report – New Port Richey – Redemption and New Beginnings

April 10, 2011
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I had two charters today, as I often do in the Springtime, and my first trip was a story of great hopes put off to another day. The first attempt at a great fishing trip was in January and unfortunately, the 32 degree temps and the 20knt winds forced us to push the charter off [...]

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Tarpon Season is Almost Here – Smile! You’re on Camera!

April 5, 2011
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This year I’m going to try to film every tarpon charter. I’ve got all the bases covered to try to get every leap, run and photo op covered on video. This is all at no extra cost to you. So, unless there’s a serious malfunction with my equipment, every trip will be videoed and edited…. [...]

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Fishing report – Tarpon Springs and New Port Richey – What a Wild Week

April 5, 2011
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What a wild last 7 days we’ve had here fishing in the Tarpon Springs and New Port Richey areas. We’ve had absolutely gorgeous days and a few really rainy days. The rain has definitely changed things. The bait has moved, the fish have moved and we’ve had to change our habits to get on both. [...]

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Fishing Report – New Port Richey – Slammin’ It!

March 22, 2011
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Wow, what a last couple of days! Beautiful weather, great company and awesome fishing! We’ve caught redfish, snook, trout, mackerel, sharks, bluefish, ladyfish and more. The key has been getting up WAY early and catching bait before the sun rises. Bait has been a little tough to come by once that big orange ball rises [...]

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Tampa, New Port Richey – Fishing Report

March 19, 2011
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It is unbelievable what great weather we’ve had for the past week or so and it’s forecast to be great as far out as the forecasters can forecast. The fishing has been really good as well as we’ve had several days of 60+ large spanish mackerel, 10-40 trout per day and a few really nice [...]

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Spring Has Sprung… Let the Fun Begin!

February 23, 2011
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What an awesome week! Temps in the high 70’s, water’s warming up and the bite is on! I’m back in my camo shorts and Croc sandals; chasin’ down the fish for you guys. Lovin’ it!
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Tarpon Springs Fishing Report/Forecast

January 15, 2011
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It looked like old man winter wanted to spoil our fun for a while but he’s let go of his grip here recently and the trout bite has really turned on.
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Fishing Report – We’re fishing the Only Tampa Bay Area Open to keep Sea Trout right now

November 22, 2010
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Sea trout season is closed in Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, Clearwater and anywhere in Florida south of these areas from December1st through the end of January. But, we’re fishing in Pasco county right now (Tarpon Springs and New Port Richey) and the trout season is open until February 1st. And… The trout fishing is getting [...]

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Tampa Bay and Tarpon Springs Fishing Report

October 6, 2010
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Summer is over and sure enough, cooler weather has arrived. And none too soon I might add. I woke up to run a charter a few days ago and the thermometer in my truck said it was 60 degrees! Awesome! Highs have been in the low 80’s and humidity has been just about nil. In [...]

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Tampa Bay Fishing Report

August 29, 2010

The heat, and the bite, is on! This is the time of year when virtually everything is possible. So far this month we have caught redfish, trout, mackerel, tarpon, grouper, jack crevelle, ladyfish, bonita, blacktip sharks, bull sharks, spinner sharks, mangrove snapper…. the list goes on.
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More Tampa Bay Tarpon!

July 19, 2010
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This past week was a lot of fun. I had a new baby girl! Well, my wife actually delivered her but was there to hold my wife’s hand Plus, we jumped over 15 tarpon, landed some cobia, hooked some sharks, put several sea trout in the cooler and caught more mackerel than myself [...]

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Fishing Report – Tampa Bay – Too busy fishin’!

June 13, 2010
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I must confess that I have been slacking when it comes to posting fishing reports. I hope you guys will forgive me. It’s just been that I’ve been so busy fishing that I haven’t really had the time or the energy. But, the fishing has been so good that it deserves a report so here [...]

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