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Tel. 813-831-5659
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Booking now for 1999 Tarpon Season

FLORIDA FISHING CHARTERS
FROM
TAMPA BAY TO BOCA GRANDE
INCLUDING
ST PETERSBURG AND CLEARWATER

OVER THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE
Captain James
A FULL TIME FISHING GUIDE
HOLDS
27 INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION
WORLD RECORDS!

20 CONVENTIONAL ADULT CERTIFIED
 INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION WORLD RECORDS 
ON 2 TO 20 POUND CLASS LINE

7 FLY ROD ADULT CERTIFIED 
INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION WORLD RECORDS
 ON 4 TO 20 POUND TEST TIPPET

EXPERIENCE THE THRILL
OF BATTLING
GIANT TARPON!

Captain James
Releasing a 150 pound tarpon
Length  72 inches
 Girth 40 inches

LIVE BAIT AND LIGHT TACKLE
Fish live bait for Tarpon, Snook, Permit, Redfish, 
King Mackerel, Cobia, Snapper,
 Trout, Pompano or Grouper.

FLY FISHING
Fly fish for Tarpon, Snook, Permit, Redfish, Trout, Cobia, 
King Mackerel or Spanish Mackerel.

 
Mike Stebbins proudly displays
a 25 pound grouper


Happy Angler shows off his trophy

Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico beaches are only about an hour and a half drive from Disney World and the Orlando area. Enjoy a pleasant fishing trip as part of your Florida vacation.

Tarpon fishing around the Tampa Bay area is excellent from April through September.


This happy fisherman is     
releasing a 120 lb. tarpon      


Tarpon poses with angler 
just before release

At Boca Grande the best tarpon fishing is
 April, May, June, July and August.


Florida tarpon fishing at its 
finest
This tarpon was released alive and unharmed

THE RIG



DORADO 23' open fishing boat powered by a 1999 Mercury 225 OPTIMAX  allows anglers to comfortably fish offshore, inshore, or on the flats in very shallow water.

Two electric trolling motors or a push pole are used when stealth is needed.

THE CHARTER


INCLUDES

Hour, 6 hour, 8 Hour Trips, or Customized Trips to suit your preference. 

Rates include ALL necessary fishing licenses.

Use of top-of the-line reels, rods and tackle.

Free instruction provided as required.

Photographs of the angler's catch provided at no charge.

Whether you are an expert, just average, or a novice, you will enjoy a pleasant and productive day on the water with Captain James. 

GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

TESTIMONIALS

Frank Sargeant, Tampa Tribune Outdoors Editor, in his Feature Outdoors Article on Wednesday, September 22, 1993 says "(Capt.) Jim Wisner is widely regarded as the top fisherman in Tampa Bay; his catches and techniques prove it."

Frank Sargeant, Tampa Tribune Outdoors Editor, in his Feature Article on Wednesday, September 22, 1993 says "(Capt. James) Wisner turns science of catching fish into an art."

Frank Sargeant, Tampa Tribune Outdoors Editor, in his "KingFish Book" Chapter 6 "Live Bait Magic" says: " A case in point is Captain James Wisner of Tampa, Florida, once a commercial hook-and-liner who now makes his living running a guide boat. "The Whiz", as he is known for his fish-catching abilities, manages limit catches of big (king) mackerel just about at will."

Frank Sargeant, Tampa Tribune Outdoors Editor, in his "Secret Spots" Book Tampa Bay to Cedar Key says about pompano and permit feeding areas: "Among their favorite feeding stations, first discovered by Tampa angler extraordinare (Capt.) James Wisner several decades ago, are the big bridges that span the western arm of the bay, between St. Petersburg and Tampa."

Frank Sargeant, Tampa Tribune Outdoors Editor, in his "Kingfish Book" Chaper 11 "Flyfishing for Kings" says: "Captain James Wisner of Tampa, Florida, has made something of a science of landing fish on tackle ill-suited to catching them. He's held many IGFA line class records over the last decade. And he has figured out a reasonably effective way of getting your fingers busted with the handle of a flyreel, for those that just have to tangle with a king on the long (fly) rod."

FACTS

  • Captain James Wisner guided Tampa Tribune Outdoors Editor Frank Sargeant to Frank's only certified International Game Fish Association World Record.
  • Captain James Wisner has been featured numerous times in Florida Sportsman Magazine, Gulf Coast Angler Magazine, Saltwater Sportsman Magazine, Florida Fish and Game Magazine, the Tampa Tribune, the St. Petersburg Times and the Suncoast Anglers Guide.
  • Member Mercury Pro Saltwater Fishing Team.

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