- How far out
- Bays, flats & passes (protected)
- Water & comfort
- Calm — best for avoiding seasickness
- Trip length
- 4–8 hrs (half or full day)
- You'll catch
- Snook, redfish, spotted seatrout
- Best for
- Families, kids, first-timers
- Boat
- Shallow-draft bay boat
- Season
- Open all year
- Price
- $700–$1,400
Fish the Lights After Dark on Anna Maria Island & Tampa Bay
Night Fishing Charters on Anna Maria Island
Four hours from sunset to midnight, working the dock and bridge lights for snook, redfish, and tarpon.
Choose Your Night Trip
After dark, the water around Anna Maria Island turns into a different fishery. Dock lights, bridge lights, and lit channel edges pull glass minnows and shrimp into tight green pools, and the predators that ignored you all afternoon line up in the shadows to ambush them. Our night charters run four hours from sunset to midnight, fishing those lit edges for snook, redfish, and — in the warmer months — tarpon.
Night trips are quieter and cooler than anything we run in daylight. The boat traffic is gone, the summer heat is off the water, and the fish feed with far less caution. We run these trips on a shallow-draft bay boat so we can slip up on lit docks and mangrove edges without pushing a wake, and we keep the group small — up to four anglers, with two or three the sweet spot for casting room under the lights.
Our Trips Include
- Bait & Tackle
- Fishing License
- Bottled Water
- Bag & Filet any Legal Catch
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4 Hour Night Trip
Sunset to midnight working the dock, bridge, and channel lights for snook, redfish, and seasonal tarpon. A short, focused trip that lands right in the best feeding window of the day.
$ 700 up to 4 (2-3 recommended)
Species Targeted
Inshore · Nearshore · Deep Sea · Tarpon · Fly · Night
How This Trip Compares
Still weighing your options? Here's how this charter stacks up against our other fishing trips.
| Inshore Calm, protected water — the easygoing favorite for families and first-timers. | Nearshore The deep-sea thrill without the long haul — big-fish action a few miles off the beach. | Deep Sea The full-day, far-out trophy hunt — our most in-demand trip, and it books up fast. | Tarpon A bucket-list battle with the “Silver King” — our signature seasonal trip. | Fly The purest test of skill — sight-casting the flats with a fly rod. | You're viewing Night The after-dark bite — cooler air, empty water, and predators stacked under the lights. | |
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| How far out | Bays, flats & passes (protected) | 1–9 miles off the beach | 30–100 miles offshore | Nearshore — Egmont Key & Skyway | Inshore flats & mangrove creeks | Dock, bridge & channel lights (protected) |
| Water & comfort | Calm — best for avoiding seasickness | Light chop, still close to shore | Open Gulf — for experienced crews | Light chop, close to shore | Calm, protected water | Calm and protected — coolest trip we run |
| Trip length | 4–8 hrs (half or full day) | 4–6 hrs (half day) | 6–8 hrs (full day) | 6–8 hrs (half or full day) | 4–8 hrs (half or full day) | 4 hrs (sunset to midnight) |
| You'll catch | Snook, redfish, spotted seatrout | King & Spanish mackerel, grouper, snapper, cobia | Red snapper, grouper, amberjack, tuna | Tarpon — the “Silver King” | Snook & redfish on the fly | Snook, redfish, seasonal tarpon |
| Best for | Families, kids, first-timers | The deep-sea feel, easier to book | Hardcore anglers & trophy hunters | Anglers chasing a trophy fight | Fly anglers & technique lovers | Beating the heat and the crowds |
| Boat | Shallow-draft bay boat | 24′ center console with tower | 31′ Contender with restroom | 24′ center console with tower | Shallow-draft bay boat | Shallow-draft bay boat |
| Season | Open all year | Open all year | Open all year | Seasonal — spring & summer | Open all year | Open all year (tarpon spring & summer) |
| Price | $700–$1,400 | $1,000–$1,200 | $1,800–$2,200 | $1,200–$1,600 | $700–$1,400 | $700 |
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- How far out
- 1–9 miles off the beach
- Water & comfort
- Light chop, still close to shore
- Trip length
- 4–6 hrs (half day)
- You'll catch
- King & Spanish mackerel, grouper, snapper, cobia
- Best for
- The deep-sea feel, easier to book
- Boat
- 24′ center console with tower
- Season
- Open all year
- Price
- $1,000–$1,200
- How far out
- 30–100 miles offshore
- Water & comfort
- Open Gulf — for experienced crews
- Trip length
- 6–8 hrs (full day)
- You'll catch
- Red snapper, grouper, amberjack, tuna
- Best for
- Hardcore anglers & trophy hunters
- Boat
- 31′ Contender with restroom
- Season
- Open all year
- Price
- $1,800–$2,200
- How far out
- Nearshore — Egmont Key & Skyway
- Water & comfort
- Light chop, close to shore
- Trip length
- 6–8 hrs (half or full day)
- You'll catch
- Tarpon — the “Silver King”
- Best for
- Anglers chasing a trophy fight
- Boat
- 24′ center console with tower
- Season
- Seasonal — spring & summer
- Price
- $1,200–$1,600
- How far out
- Inshore flats & mangrove creeks
- Water & comfort
- Calm, protected water
- Trip length
- 4–8 hrs (half or full day)
- You'll catch
- Snook & redfish on the fly
- Best for
- Fly anglers & technique lovers
- Boat
- Shallow-draft bay boat
- Season
- Open all year
- Price
- $700–$1,400
- How far out
- Dock, bridge & channel lights (protected)
- Water & comfort
- Calm and protected — coolest trip we run
- Trip length
- 4 hrs (sunset to midnight)
- You'll catch
- Snook, redfish, seasonal tarpon
- Best for
- Beating the heat and the crowds
- Boat
- Shallow-draft bay boat
- Season
- Open all year (tarpon spring & summer)
- Price
- $700
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