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I've got some of my yankee friends driving down to Kissimmee here in a few weeks and they are wanting to hire a guide to do some inshore/near shore fishing in the Tampa area. Anyone have any recommendations?

How many anglers? Makes a difference in boat size/style to give accurate recommendations.

Inshore/flats for 2:
Capt. Ray Markham
www.captainraymarkham.com

Nearshore/hogfish (Disregard the kayak email. He has a center console).

To book your own hogfish round-up with Capt. Stock, call 727-459-5899 or visit his web site: jmsnookykayakcharters.com

2 anglers. I have no experience with guided fishing trips, so I'm shooting in the dark here. Is it common for a charter to go out and not catch any fish? I'm assuming that's pretty rare, but I don't know.

Captain Mike Goodwine would be the one I would go with. He posts monster fish on his Instagram all the time. Here is his link http://www.blackneckadventurescharters. ... -mike.html

MIAcanes44 wrote:Captain Mike Goodwine would be the one I would go with. He posts monster fish on his Instagram all the time. Here is his link http://www.blackneckadventurescharters. ... -mike.html

Captain Mike's name is coming up in some other discussion forums where I've posted this question. He must be pretty good.

Not sure if Sarasota is close enough but, if so, former neighbors Tom Stephens Sr. and Jr. are excellent.

http://www.topnotchfishing.com/