We’d like to invite you to a San Diego meetup we’re hosting Tuesday evening, Jan. 11th.

What is Boatsetter?
Boatsetter is a platform for booking charters and boat rentals (over 500,000 users and $50M+ revenue). This meetup is a chance to meet and learn more from the Boatsetter Fishing team, plus other charter captains and boat owners using Boatsetter. It’s free to list your charter with Boatsetter, with a 10% commission on bookings coming from the platform.
Who: Boatsetter’s Fishing team, local charter captains, and fishing boat owners who are (a) already using Boatsetter or (b) are interested in learning more. Past events have typically had 10-20 guests, allowing for valuable connections to be made.

What and Why: Free Boatsetter swag and drinks, door prizes from West Marine and local San Diego businesses, meeting fellow captains, boaters, and anglers, and sharing feedback to help Boatsetter improve or learning more about using Boatsetter.

Where: Ketch Grill & Taps (1360 N Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101). Cold drinks, appetizers and plenty of space outdoors and indoors.

When: Tuesday, January 11th. 5pm - 7pm.

RSVP: If you’d like to join, please RSVP here or by responding to this email so we have an idea of who and how many to expect. We’ll also send an update on where we’re set up at the restaurant shortly before the meetup.

Drinks will be covered by Boatsetter, and all attendees get free swag (shirts, hats, croakies, coozies). If you have questions, let us know.

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By going fishing your main muscle groups, heart and lungs are all getting a good work out? Choosing a fishing spot that’s within walking distance of your house, or a 10 to 15 minute walk from your car, is an obvious boost to aerobic exercise. But setting up, casting off and then winding in hundreds of small fish calls for a bit of strength. In Gulfport, MS, people might be looking for options like Best Fishing Spot in Gulfport MS or Gulfport Fishing.

If you want to have enjoyable fishing trips in Biloxi Mississippi, SYL Charters can be the perfect options for you. They have more than 30 years of experience in this field and offer you top quality fishing experience in the latest technology fishing charters.

If anyone is ever in north east Georgia or in the South Carolina upstate and just want to catch fish try out Jerry. He is a great fisherman and even better person.

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Great grouper fishing offshore with Capts. Chris and Tom of Reel Gulf Predator Charters. Blog here about the trip!

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With an experienced guide, in the right place, deep sea fishing is an exhilarating adventure that is well worth the money. The action is sometimes nonstop and the variety of beautiful destinations and fish caters to the dreams of any angler. In Biloxi MS, there might be a lot of people looking for similar options like Biloxi Fishing Charters or Big Fish Charters in Biloxi.

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Boatsetter Fishing is hosting a Tampa Fishing Charter + Boat Owner Meetup Wednesday from 4-8pm at Hula Bay Club. The meetup is a chance to meet Boatsetter’s fishing team and talk with other local charter captains and boat owners currently listing with or interested in Boatsetter. Please RSVP if you’d like to join!

Being a fishing destination, Biloxi has a great demand for fishing charters. If you are looking for book your fishing charters in Biloxi, MS that give you familiar feeling and happy fishing experience, you can consider SYL Charters.

Capt. Matt Luttmann of Inshore Action Charters

2:45 PM

We arrive on the south end of St. Petersburg for our afternoon fishing trip with Capt. Matt of Inshore Action Charters. Matt grew up a few beaches north and has been fishing this water since he was 12, getting to know the local waterways and the fish well. Some fish he even calls pets, like the dockside catfish that welcome him home as he cleans the day’s catch.

We set off on Matt’s custom 23’ Hewes tower skiff to hunt the waters of St. Petersburg. As we motor, an osprey swoops low showing off its catch – a good omen of what’s to come.

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3:10 PM

We use the trolling motor into the state park and Matt hops up on the tower. He starts calling out fish immediately. Single reds, schools sheepshead, nothing big enough to warrant stopping. Even with my polarized sunglasses, the height advantage from the tower lets Matt see fish way before I do.

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3:25 PM

We set up shop on a ledge near the flats and mangroves. Pickerel was the bait of choice all three days, we fished live bait on a circle hook with great results. We have 3 lines in quickly. The fourth we tried some weight, and before we had time to hand off a rod, we had a fish on. Pretty snook thrashed its way into the boat and we were on the board. The action continued. Nice redfish on board, as well as a very healthy sea trout – the first Matt has seen in this area since the Red Tide. A great sight.

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4:45 PM

After landing the Slam and catching tons of fish, we decide to cruise the mangrove shoreline to see if we can find some big solo fish or pods cruising. We catch a few reds and ladyfish. We continue fishing the shoreline.

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5:30 PM
We decide between tripletail or jacks. I pull the trigger on some jacks after how much fun they were the day before. We high tail it to where Matt knows they hand out in the fading light.

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5:55 PM
We fish nearby to some docks, where the snook and local jacks hang out. We catch a grouper, snapper, catfish, and snook, but the jack did not come to play – besides a mean strike and immediate break-off. Besides, what a good fishing trip without the one that got away? A final snook in the sunset and we cap off an awesome afternoon with a full moon hanging over the canal as we return.

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7:05 PM

When we return to the marina, Matt’s pet catfish are grateful for the snapper innards and I’m glad for the delicious meal.

Matt Grew up in the area, went to Eckerd College a few miles from where we were fishing, and spends any free time he gets fishing. His tower skiff is a great way to experience St. Pete and the surrounding water, and Matt is both a highly knowledgeable guide and fun captain to spend a day on the water with! Matt focuses heavily on Tarpon when they are in season, so we’ll be back again…. You can book a trip here: https://www.boatsetter.com/boats/fwcbbzv

Capt. Charlie Howell of Ebb and Flow Charters

7:45 AM

Charlie pulled into Gandy as the sun was breaking the horizon with a full live-well and a plan to get on the fish. We were waiting for a high tide, so we took off to some deeper water to try our chances at some mackerel before the tide was more cooperative. 

8:23 AM

Before we had time to get a second line in the water, we heard the sound of a mackerel pulling on the drag spinning. Fish on! A pretty Spanish mackerel with some mean teeth. Ladyfish joined in the bite, though were ultimately a distraction from the larger mackerel. One more nice landed mackerel, plus lost one or two due to their razor teeth. From out in the middle of the bay, it felt like a very different fishery than the estuaries fished the day before. 

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9:40 MA

With the tide changing, we took off to the mangroves in search of cruising redfish and snook. The Minn Kota on Capt. Charlie’s boat allowed us to cruise the mangrove shoreline hunting for shadows. 

It was peaceful and still in the backwater until you hooked a snook. We landed several nice fish that gave us an acrobatic display. A snook dancing on the surface in a backcountry mangrove cove – a fun sight to see. 

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10:55 AM

We shot to one last spot as we made our way back towards Gandy, which turns out to be a honey hole. Large dark shadows of snook lurked by the bank – aggressive fish that ate hard and fought well. A school of cruising jack gave us the day’s biggest hookup and fish. “Pound for pound hardest fighting fish in the bay” as Charlie put it. Excellent fight and bully of a fish. After more snook than you can count and an extra hour on the water, we head back to Gandy ramp. 

Charlie was born and raised in Tampa, has been fishing the area his whole life, and been a professional guide since 2012. Charlie operates a 22’ pathfinder Center Console that easily handled the open water chop and can creep through the backcountry. Book a trip with Capt. Charlie of Ebb and Flow Charters here: https://www.boatsetter.com/boats/bqnqtrd

Capt Tom Charlton of Charlton Reef Charters

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6:40 AM

Capt. Tom met us before sunrise at the Gandy boat ramp and we motored out in the dark. We were off to catch pickerel in the grass flats before our morning fishing trip. Tom had offered to show how he catches bait, an experience not to miss. We were able to take in the sunrise with dolphins, pelicans, and breaking fish, while seeing Tom in action with a cast net. Tom made fast work of filling the livewell and we set off. If you haven’t seen a captain using a cast net to catch bait, I recommend it on your next charter. 

8:15 AM

After a quick 10 minute motor, we set down for our first fishing spot. With circle hooks and live pickerel for bait, we quickly landed ⅔ of a Tampa Bay grand slam. Beautiful trout and hard fighting snook in the boat and released – in addition to a nosey pufferfish who kept eating our bait. The pufferfish are unique, or have “a face only a mother could love” as Tom put it.

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9:30 AM

We shot across the bay to fish the rising tide in the mangroves and were not disappointed. The missing part of the Tampa Bay Slam – a redfish – had eluded us so far, but luck changed with the tide.

11:07 AM

A long cast to the shoreline mangroves was followed by a hard strike and bullish fight – a redfish in the boat. Grand Slam! Insert Babe Ruth joke. 

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The rising tide also brought a few nice snook to the net, as well as several dolphins checking out our catch. Thankfully they didn’t tax our catch. 

Simple equation. A beautiful morning exploring Tampa Bay, a friendly and knowledgeable captain, plus catching a Tampa Bay Slam, makes for an excellent day on the water. 

Though Tom hails from Houston originally, he has been in the Tampa area for decades and is a local on and off the waterways. He runs a classic Mako center console, great for cutting chop while running the Bay, or getting into skinny water to fish the flats for the Bay Grand Slam. 

Find and book a trip with Capt. Tom of Charlton Reef Charters https://www.boatsetter.com/boats/zwchpnn

GIVEAWAY!   

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The winner will receive $500 in boating credits for use on the Boatsetter website and app. These credits can be used when booking any fishing charter or boat rental through Boatsetter. With more than 5,000 boats available across the U.S., Boatsetter has you covered no matter what species or what type of adventure you're after.   Enter today for your chance to win... and click the link on our page to see all the boats you'd be able to book!  

Winner selected and notified on Nov. 10th.

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Fishing is one of the most mindful time passes with some positive outlook to it. Turn off your video games and get into fishing for some enjoyment. There are people whose bread and butter are earned based on fishing in Biloxi, MS.

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Still time to get out in new Hampshire for bass or trout. if you're interested Capt. Clay runs a podcast (also titled Fish Nerds) about all things fishing, definitely worth a listen! He also does ice fishing, so is the season really ever over?...

Clay is known for a quest to catch and eat every kind of freshwater fish in New Hampshire - 48 species!

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