Captain
Tony Zain

Member since December 2014 Anna Maria, United States
Background
Captain Tony Zain first started fishing with his grandpa in Northern Michigan at the age of 5. He started his first guide business at the age of 18 fishing for smallmouth bass and walleye on Lake St. Clair in Michigan. After Michigan Captain Tony moved to San Diego, CA to begin learning how to fish the Pacific Ocean for Tuna. He began another successful guide business fishing for all 5 species of Pacific Tuna from San Diego down to Mexico. In 2013, Captain Tony moved to Anna Maria Island in pursuit of all of the wonderful fish that Tampa Bay and the Gulf had to offer. Captain Tony has become one of the most sought after fishing guides in the Anna Maria area specializing in light tackle reef and inshore fishing in his 28 ft custom built center console. He loves to take kids and families fishing and show them the beauty of the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay.
Techniques
We utilize light tackle spinning rods for all of our fishing trips. We specialize in reef fishing for snapper, grouper, grunts, porgy's, spanish mackerel, king mackerel, little tunny tuna, sharks and barracuda. We also specialize in fishing Tamp Bay with live bait for snook, seatrout, spanish mackerel, sharks, and jacks

Hey, I'm Captain Tony Zain

Ana Maria, Estados Unidos
Background
Captain Tony Zain first started fishing with his grandpa in Northern Michigan at the age of 5. He started his first guide business at the age of 18 fishing for smallmouth bass and walleye on Lake St. Clair in Michigan. After Michigan Captain Tony moved to San Diego, CA to begin learning how to fish the Pacific Ocean for Tuna. He began another successful guide business fishing for all 5 species of Pacific Tuna from San Diego down to Mexico. In 2013, Captain Tony moved to Anna Maria Island in pursuit of all of the wonderful fish that Tampa Bay and the Gulf had to offer. Captain Tony has become one of the most sought after fishing guides in the Anna Maria area specializing in light tackle reef and inshore fishing in his 28 ft custom built center console. He loves to take kids and families fishing and show them the beauty of the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay.
Techniques
We utilize light tackle spinning rods for all of our fishing trips. We specialize in reef fishing for snapper, grouper, grunts, porgy's, spanish mackerel, king mackerel, little tunny tuna, sharks and barracuda. We also specialize in fishing Tamp Bay with live bait for snook, seatrout, spanish mackerel, sharks, and jacks
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My Charter Listing

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(167 reviews)
Angler's choice
Ana Maria
viajes desde US $600

Fishing Reports

Great Fall Fishing Is Here!!
Great Fall Fishing Is Here!!
Sept 4, 2017 Ana Maria
Hi everyone! It has been a very long time since my last fishing report. We have bought a house and went through a hurricane in the last month. But we have been fishing in between. Fishing was pretty slow over the month of August and the beginning of September. We still put good number of fish in the boat, but the bottom fishing and inshore fishing was quite slow. Spanish Mackerel, Barracuda's, Sharks, and Goliath Grouper's were the stars of the show this past month. We fished this week after the hurricane, and everything has changed for the better!! There are tons of bait fish all over the reefs. The water temp has cooled 5 to 6 degrees and the migratory pelagic fish are making there way into the Tamp Bay area in full force. Fall is my favorite time to fish here. From here until December the fishing should be very consistent with lots of Kingfish, Spanish Mackerel, False Albacore, the occasional Blackfin Tuna and Sailfish. The Gag Grouper will begin to move closer to shore and the bottom bite will be on fire!! This week on the close reefs we managed to put together a great day in 6 hours. We caught Spanish Mackerel every cast, nice size Mangrove Snapper, Gag and Red Grouper, Sharks and Barracuda. A little further offshore I have reports from other Captain's who have fished this week that there are Kingfish and Blackfin Tuna holding on the offshore wrecks. Can't wait to get out there later this week!! Call me to get out on some of this great fall fishing!!! Tight Lines Captain Tony
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Calificación general
Excellent
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Barco
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Tripulación
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experiencia
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Capitán amigable
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Apto para niños
97%
Satisfecho con el barco
100%
Atrapé lo que quería
95%
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Fantastic Charter

VERIFICADO   NUEVO  1/2 Day Fishing Trip - AM on Abril 17, 2024
Great experience with Capt Tony. We went straight out to fishing hot spots and the bite was within a couple minutes. Tony had...
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Raymond J.
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VERIFICADO   1/2 Day Fishing Trip - AM on Noviembre 8, 2023
I am a sportsman from the Northeast. I travel several times a year to the Gulf side of Florida ,Anna Maria Island. I have been...
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William R.
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Best in Class Experience

VERIFICADO   1/2 Day Fishing Trip - AM on Agosto 1, 2023
Captain Tony is top notch. His 10 years experience in the Tampa Bay region showed in our 4 hour trip on 8.1.23 We were...
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Rachel B.
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Great Experience with Great Friends

VERIFICADO   1/2 Day Fishing Trip - AM on Febrero 13, 2024
Tony was a great captain. His attitude was positive, fun, very helpful with local knowledge, fishing sustainability, and aquatic...
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Keri B.
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Well worth it!

VERIFICADO   1/2 Day Fishing Trip - AM on Diciembre 25, 2023
We took our two boys for a Christmas fishing trip and we caught 77 fish - and had way more bites than that. Captain Tony was...
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