I fogot to publish my gag picture!!

*******Recon Mission for big gags********

Greetings,
Well things for January went pretty good, we paid the bills and caught a nice bunch of grouper and snapper for the month.
The past few 4 hour trips were very busy with fish catches totaling 70 plus fish for a few hours fishing and 4 persons.
Mel Crostowski and his merry Band of fish catchers put together a fine catch of 50 plus keeper snapper and 20 more throw back red and gag groupers to 21 inches. (22inches is a keeper gag grouper)
On my morning trip with Al and his wife Patricia we had a couple of fine gag groupers to go along with their 47 take home snappers.
All of their fish were filleted by myself. Boneless, bloodless and skinless. They are ready to cook when you take them home.

Yesterday ,my friend Steve Phillips and I went out in search of more grouper spots and what a day it was.
The most perfect day one could even imagine. 70 degrees, sunny ,light winds and a change of tide right smack in the middle of the morning. We proceeded to find 4 new ledges holding all sized groupers.
We limited out with 4 nice keepers to 28inches and threw back 5 others along with 25 more of there short friends. The best part for me is that these are new spots for me to take you to, which is the purpose for the trip. My bonus was that EVEN I caught a big gag for a change.
Thanks everyone for making my January a very enjoyable one!!!
Tommy Tinacci

Split Charter this weekend

Hi Everyone,
This Saturday I am planning an 8 hour day for 6 persons.
I CURRENTLY NEED 4 PERSONS ON THIS TRIP!
We will be catching gag groupers ,red groupers, amber jacks, barracuda, Mackerel,little tunnys and mangrove snapper. It Should be a great day to get out there, especially 2 days after a cold front.
The cost is 200$ per person, tip included. Excellent service, close attention to you and fish cleaned to perfection is all I practice.

Sunday's trip will start @ 11 am - 5 pm. This 6 hour trip needs 3 others to get out there and it will be fishing for grouper and mangrove snappers. If the king mackerel didn't get knocked out from this past weeks cold fronts then maybe we will catch some also. My opinion is that they are in deeper water. But our bottom fishing will be great!
The cost of this trip is 180$ per person, tip included.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend!
Tommy Tinacci

Pictures of another fine offshore trip!

Courtesy of Mike Holbrook from Michigan, a great client and new friend I have had the privilege of knowing.
There are many of you out there I owe this shout out to!!!
I know many people out there have a business that they love to show up for and truly, this is one of life's fine points. To be able to work around people when they are on vacation is a wonderful thing. I thank God everyday for blessing me with my trade of being a fishing guide.

Hot Fishing ,cold weekend ahead!!

Randall and the crew !! What's up!!!
You won't not believe this, the day after your trip this big mako shark cruised right into our chum slick. Thank you!

Mako Shark 6 miles off Siesta Key!!!

Greetings,
Yesterday I was visited by greatness while fishing with Jesse and Austin Dauphinee!
There's a big cloud in town and it's in the form of a great big Mako shark!!
Would anyone out there like to buy some dive gear cheap?!!!
To start , the outing was all about learning how to catch big gag groupers on a new ledge I found off siesta key only 6 miles out.
While reeling in 1 of 10 groupers we hooked in an hour, a Huge Mako shark swam right to the back of the boat and lit my Italian ass up . Check it out at;
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tommy+tinacci&search_type=&aq=f

OK so got to youtube.com ,then in the search bar,write in Tommy tinacci and you will see our 3 videos of the groupers and this shark .

I estimate a conservative 500-800lbs ,12 feet long. To hook and fight this fish properly requires an experienced 3-4 persons and it just wasn't the right time.
I was just beside myself and happy to say that this great fish payed me a visit in such close proximity to our beaches. Jesse and his family and myself had a priceless time and it would be a real shame to kill such a great fish. If I ever hook this shark, a video of it's spectacular jumps would be all I want to take with me. I hope I never see this Hugh Mako shark dead on my charter dock. I honestly could have killed this fish on the trip, but decided it would have been the wrong thing to do, "to so call, prove myself as a fisherman."

More pics from Holiday weekend!!

Thank you Sy and Family!!!

Sy and his family in Amberjack land!!! ****Our 10 hour trip****

Happy New Year!!!

Greetings,
I first would like to wish all of you out there a healthy and prosperous 2009!
I also would like to thank my clients and those responsible for making my career a success.
Their fishing trips were very successful for the holiday week and the weather here has been just perfect. Try 75 degrees,mild and light wind!!! Just awesome weather!!! The fishing is following suit.
We fished our deep water spots for big Amberjacks and grouper and really worked 'em over. Jacks in the 35lb range were consistent and there was even some big cudas out there I didn't expect to catch.
We had a great time and the weather couldn't have been better!
So, enjoy the pictures, this new year and the new spirit of America I believe will turn this nation around.
God bless our country,
Capt Tommy Tinacci