Captain's Corner
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Apr 7Speckled Sea Trout: The Bread-and-Butter Brawler of Tampa Bay
If you want glamour, go chase tarpon. If you want heartbreak, go chase snook in a cold front. But if you want steady action, bent rods and a cooler that ...
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Apr 6Rays of Tampa Bay- “Wings in the Water
As told by Captain John Blenker, Five O’clock Charlie tours Out here on Tampa Bay, you don’t always see what’s watching you. Sometimes it&...
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Apr 1Egmont Key — The Crown Jewel of Tampa Bay
There are places on this coast that you visit… and then there are places that stay with you long after the salt’s dried on your skin and ...
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Mar 30What are Pilcher’s?
Pull up a folding chair and a cold drink and hear me out as a seasoned Tampa Bay charter captain. I’ve traded a few curses, for dad jokes. If ...
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Mar 24Dock Talk from an Old Salt – Captain John Blenker
Now listen here, because if you fish long enough in Tampa Bay, sooner or later you’re gonna hook something that fights like a wet sheet of plywood glued ...
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Recent Posts
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Rays of Tampa Bay- “Wings in the Water
April 6, 2026
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Egmont Key — The Crown Jewel of Tampa Bay
April 1, 2026
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What are Pilcher’s?
March 30, 2026
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Dock Talk from an Old Salt – Captain John Blenker
March 24, 2026
