Free dockside pickup in South Tampa · Stories, songs, salt
Inshore · Tampa Bay
All trips leave from Ballast Point in South Tampa. These are inshore Tampa Bay fishing charters — flats, snook, and the evening bite. Tackle, ice, and licenses are included. You bring sunscreen, a hat, and whatever story you tell when the first fish comes in. Weather windows can shift — Johny will call the night before if the water is wrong.
Most booked
$550.00
Meet at the Ballast Point dock before the water moves. Johny runs a 24-foot bay boat through the mangrove edges, oyster bars, and skinny sand of Tampa Bay. Tackle, ice, and a cooler of water are on the boat. You bring sunscreen and a willingness to listen.
$850.00
A full day covering inshore grass, docks, and the passes if the wind allows. Lunch on the boat, a real shot at a slam, and enough time to slow down when the bite is right. This is the trip Johny takes when family is in town.
$425.00
Three hours as the light dies and snook slide onto the points. Fewer casts, better ones. The sky does the rest. Not a sightseeing cruise — we are fishing — but nobody complains about the view.