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Feb 24Brown Bombers of the Bay: Chasing Cobia in Tampa Bay
By Captain John Blenker, Five O’Clock Charlie Tours There are fish that nibble. There are fish that tug polite-like. And then there’s cobia — the brown, ...
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Feb 17Chasing Copper in Tampa Bay
A Redfish Tale from the Helm of Five O'Clock Charlie Tours Redfish don’t come easy in Tampa Bay—and thank God for that. If they ...
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Feb 13Poor Man’s Lobster
(A Tampa Bay Truth, Told by Captain John Blenker of WWW.fiveoclockcharlietours.com) I’ve been running boats on Tampa Bay long enough to know that the prettiest things usually ...
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Feb 10Snook Fishing in Tampa Bay: A Captain’s Lie That Happens to Be True
Snook aren’t fish.They’re bad decisions wrapped in silver scales. I’ve been running Tampa Bay long enough to know this: if a snook lets ...
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Feb 2A Mediterranean Fish Supper Worth the Fight
By the time a day on Tampa Bay is done right, you’re sun-cooked, half deaf from the wind, and your hands smell like fish no matter how many ...
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