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RickyC8443
Posted 11/16/2009 10:17 AM
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I'm an avid fisherman and I recently purchased a 25 cat, center console.

A few land locked friends are visiting this weekend and I'd like to take them out for some fishing fun. Just wanting to know where or what I can fish for that would keep them entertained. We'll be using pinfish, mullet, chumming, etc. I'm not familiar with any fishing spots offshore. Any advice is greatly appreciated!! Thank you,
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RickyC8443
Posted 11/16/2009 7:29 PM
Greenback
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More specifically, does anyone know of popular wreck sites? Thank you,
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TBC
Posted 11/16/2009 8:21 PM

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Location: Pinellas Point

If you go to Google maps and type the following into the search feature you should bring up a pretty detailed map "http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/flash/google_earth/art-reef-depth.kmz" (without the quotes). Just zoom into the area that you're most likely to be fishing. This time of year it isn't a bad idea to troll some hardware around the nearshore wrecks/reefs for kings.

Have the chum and live bait for when you find em and it should be good fun to anchor up and set some lines out. The grouper have started moving in too so be sure to put something on the bottom.

Here's a link to FWC's wrecks and reef numbers.  http://myfwc.com/CONSERVATION/Conserv_Progs_Habitat_Saltwater_reef_...


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TBC
Posted 11/16/2009 9:07 PM

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Location: Pinellas Point

On a related note, here are a couple of recent articles that might be of interest:

If you find the articles helpful here's a link to our RSS feed for local fishing articles http://www.tampabaycharter.com/rss/articles-feed.asp so you don't have to check in to find em'.

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RickyC8443
Posted 11/17/2009 8:35 AM
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Thank you so much. That's exactly the advice I was looking for. Very helpful!
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TBC
Posted 11/17/2009 3:59 PM

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Location: Pinellas Point		Happy it helped and be sure to let us know how you do.

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