Fishing guides on the Tampa Bay.

The Tampa Bay is fished by 13 guides in the Driftline directory in Florida. Book straight with the guide. Driftline takes no commission and charges nothing to be listed.

13 guides · Florida

The Tampa Bay is fished by 13 guides in the Driftline directory. They are based in Hudson, FL, Clearwater, FL, and Palm Harbor, FL, plus 4 other towns. Trips run as nearshore, flats skiff, and backcountry for tarpon, grouper, redfish, snook, and spotted seatrout. The guided season on the Tampa Bay runs year round. You book straight with the guide: Driftline takes no commission and charges nothing to be listed.

On the Tampa Bay, photographed by Captain Austin McWhorter Fly Fishing GuideAustin McWhorter, FL
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13 guides on the Tampa Bay
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Which guides fish the Tampa Bay?

Capt Travis Paxton Inshore Charters, Captain Austin McWhorter Fly Fishing Guide, Clearwater Inshore Fishing Charters, Fishing Guide Tampa Bay, Flatsmonster Inshore Fishing, and Fly Tide Charters, and 7 more listed below. Every listing links straight to that operation, with their own water, phone number, and booking page.

What fish can you catch on the Tampa Bay?

Guides here run trips for tarpon, grouper, redfish, snook, spotted seatrout, cobia, tripletail, and spanish mackerel. What is biting shifts through the year, so the guide sets the day around what is fishing best.

What kind of trips run on the Tampa Bay?

nearshore, flats skiff, and backcountry trips. Trip lengths, group sizes, and what is included are set by each guide directly.

When can you fish the Tampa Bay with a guide?

The guided season on the Tampa Bay runs year round.

Where is the Tampa Bay fished from?

The guides listed here work out of Hudson, FL, Clearwater, FL, Palm Harbor, FL, Tampa, FL, St. Petersburg, FL, and Tarpon Springs, FL, plus 1 other towns.

Do you need a fishing licence?

Yes: everyone fishing Florida waters needs a valid Florida fishing licence, bought in your own name from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Guides do not sell it for you.

How do you book a guide on the Tampa Bay?

You book directly with the guide, from their own listing. Driftline takes no commission and no booking fee, so the price you get is the guide's own.

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Suggest a fishing guide or outfitter and we'll add them. Listings are free, and guides can update their own details anytime. If you ARE the guide, same form.

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We'll review and add them, usually within a week.