June 25 ,2008

Today's morning trip was slow with only 2 sharks landed in the 20lb range and lost 3 barracuda . We also caught our 32ND Goliath grouper of the year , it was about 300lbs. We still had a good time even though we hoped for more.

June 24 ,2008 fishing results

Hi All,
Just repporting todays catch. A grandslam day of the best shark fishing you can get.
27 released sharks to 50lbs
,no real big ones today like on other days, but rods bent for 3 hours
1 23lb barracuda by Lance of West Virginia
and also a nice sized king of 12lbs.
this was our catch, we did take one shark home to feed the crew
,.,good times ,still need 4 for fridays 4 hour split trip @ 700am-1100am
peace out
tommy t

Just pictures I wanted to share

These pics I pulled of my computer are from some of my summer time fishing trips. My 8 hour trips for grouper sometimes run into Mahi- Mahi or even sailfish .Getting offshore about 25-35 miles is lots of fun ,the flat calm waters and hot fishing really are theraputic.My split 8 hour trips cost $200 per person (tip included) with an advanced reservation. Call 941-376-8669 or email tommy@catchthespiritfishing.com

June 23, 2008 fishing report

Greetings,
Well just returned in and what a beautiful day I had on the water today with the Smith family. Our day was planned for offshore action on tunas, kings and shark.
The fantastic people of the Smith family did a job out there I wish the rest could see ,so .......when Beth Smith heals from her black and blues and sends me her pictures I will post them for you next to this report.
Here's what they caught out there;
6 king fish to 12lbs
5 tunas to 17lbs
5 sharks ,1 that was a 60-80 lb nurse shark
and a few other tunas that were eaten by sharks
an excellent catch for the Smiths and a really nice weather day!

***********we have split trips this week *************
7-11am Friday the 27Th of June
thanks ,
Tommy Tinacci

June 19, 2008 fishing report

Hi,
Fished this morning and here 's what we caught.
3 landed 80-100 lb blacktip sharks
1 landed blacktip shark about 40-60lbs
lost 1 goliath grouper around 200lbs @ the boat
12 landed kingfish and nice size ones at that ,12 lbs or so each
time to make the donuts............
tommy tinacci

June 18 , 2008 fishing report

Greetings,
Reporting the 4 hour trip I had this morning;
Lots of sharks hooked
5 landed 80-100 lb blacktip sharks
3 landed goliath groupers from 150 to 350 lbs

what a season we are having.So far we have landed and successfully released 28 goliath groupers since march 1st 2008.cool huh!
capt. tommy tinacci

June 17, 2008 Fishing report!

Hey guy's and Dolls,
Yes ! I'm an old schooler and I don't care to be politically correct.Today was grand and the weather was hot and sticky. I will not go into how I catch my bait or where I fish cause theres to many people out there that still need to learn ,what I will write you using my fast two index fingers is the fun my charter had today catching sharks , tunas and king fish. Oh,... and also that 350plus pound, 89 inch long , 76inch gerth, 28th Goliath jewfish of the season.:) Yeah buddy:) You know it:) I'm hav'n a good time out here!!!
The sharks are still fired up hard out here!!! Man ,.......you just cant get anything to the boat without a shark charging and destroying your fish. We did manage to get 6 eater king fish and tunas to the boat. The rest of the 4 hour trip was spent fighting 30-80lb black tip sharks. crazy! But fun!
Yeah,....times are expensive ,,, I'm just gett'n bye,,, but what really matters to me are a few things I'm grateful for in my small life .,,,,when I wake up next to my beautiful wife @ 430am,,,, go stare @ our 9 month old beautiful daughter sleeping so peacefully,,,, to enjoying some good coffee with my dog Starla as we load the truck with fishing rods,,,,The rest of the day is all about your success till 1 o'clock. Then it's off to the woods to play with the hogs!!!!!
What else is there here? , whatever you want It's always sunny and life really is good if you accept it.
Peace Ya ll

Sharks !!!!!!!!

Howdy,
Today we hooked and landed and also lost some sharks. To the tune of more then 25 blacktip and spinner sharks for 5 persons IN ONE 4 HOUR TRIP!!!!
I was wore out!! just from wrestling with them next to the boat and reaching to take the hooks out to release them.
It was a beautiful day though, and they said it was a 60 percent chance of rain. They just don't tell you that the rains come after 300pm leaving us more time then we need to go out and catch some fish.
We also hooked and fought other tuna and kingfish that were all eatin by the schools of sharks. We basically ha dfish on for 4 hours.
Till next time , the fishing is hot hot hot!!!

Thursday 6 hour fishing trip

Just wanted to see if I could get good at this blogging thing. Today's trips totals is as follows;
6 tunas landed 4 eatin by sharks
2 kingfish 1 eatin by sharks]
2 barracuda
1 200plus lb goliath grouper lost
9 sharks landed, 1 50plus pound blacktip , 1 80plus pound blacktip
a fine morning that made some folks very happy. We will be doing this kind of trip mostly all though the summer. Got one tomorrow, good night !

Tarpoon Inshore , Offshore tuna, kings and barracuda

Greetings,
Fishing in sarasota could not be better then it is right now.
Weather is flowing it's hot fiery steam during the day but the morning bite has been just fine.
We have been hitting the tarpon to the tune of one landed fish per 4 hour trip. For those that don't know about tarpon fishing....read about them then come back to comment. It's been terrific , all the fish have been in the 100 to 130 lb range and I have been pleased.
We also have been cashing in on some bull redfish that have taken residence on a few nearby beach locations.
John DuVall, son Brian and son-n-law Jason were out with me last week for 2 days of inshore fishing and bagged 4 trophy fish on 2 different 4 hour trips.
Their first trip was for reds and snook and we managed to chum up a small group of big redfish in the 20lb range. These fish were a nice surprise for us since I didn't plan on catching them:) After all I was in a snook spot how dare these redfish infringe on my chum baits, but we were very accommodating to them and welcomed their 15 minute battles in the turquoise clear waters of the gulf beach we fished. What a perfect day it was and the very next day was even better.
We used our leftover giant shiners for tarpon and had a blast. Brian hooked a big nasty of about 110 lbs and learned all about what it takes to land a big tarpon. Hours of steady give and take till beer time.
We also hooked up on some little tunnys that were foaming the nearby waters as we looked for tarpons.
The off shore fishing right now is dooing very well with little tunnys(15lb tunas), barracudas ,kingmackerel, blacktip sharks,permit and goliath groupers.
I also need to make a note about the many goliath groupers we have been catching. We have caught 26 this year so far and the fish have ranged from 150 -500 lbs. This is the biggest fish you will catch here in sarasota with any regularity and it's just a roit watching a person fight them too!
The action offshore is grand with barracudas hitting big live baits to tuna crashing my heavy chum slick of shiners, Sharks in between trying to keep us from bringing home dinner and all this fun we are having with light spinning tackle!!!!
Give me a call this summer all our customers have great success and walk away very pleased. I have chartered trips personaly in other countries and to my amazement was shammed with a bad day.
If there is a remote chance you might have a bad fishing day for either weather reasons or some other reason I will stear you in the right direction and let you know your other options.
Thanks for reading and checking me out here.
take care of each other,
Tommy Tinacci