Absolute Florida Flats Fishing and Guide Service, reports one of the best spring fishing seasons in years, all species are on hand right now, Tarpon, Snook, Red-fish, Spotted Sea Trout, Jack Crevalle, Spanish Mackerel, Cobia and more! The school’s of migratory bait-fish are here in force, live bait fishing for Snook, Red-fish, Spotted Sea Trout [...]
Absolute Florida Flats Fishing with local saltwater guide, Capt. Rich Knox, who has been a fishing guide service on the West Central FL Gulf Coast for over 20 years, fishes the beautiful expansive Florida Gulf Coast from Tampa Bay to New Port Richey, including Clearwater and Tarpon Springs. These ecosystem friendly saltwater flats stretch for miles and are full of rivers, channels, beaches, barrier islands, spoil islands, backcountry creeks, bayous, mangrove keys and shorelines dotted with oyster bars and shell points with numerous bird life that indicates there is plenty of predator gamefish bait right there. This is the central FL Gulf Coast inshore fishing excitement. Whether you’re tarpon fishing, snook fishing redfishing, trout fishing and more or going for the inshore fishing slam (snook, redfish, trout in the same day) all on light tackle spinning, plug or fly fishing you will be aboard a shallow draft tournament rigged state of the art charter boat -either the 18’8” Silverking Grande Master poling skiff to the 24’ Privateer, shallow water to nearshore, reefs and wrecks Tower Boat. You will love the fishing excitement of flats, inshore, nearshore and wreck fishing. Our private charter fishing trips of 1 to 4 persons per boat include all top of the line equipment, full electronics and cellular service, all USCG inspected, licensed and insured. We have great year round fishing on the West Central Florida Gulf Coast with an amazing number of saltwater sportfish species as mentioned above as well as Spanish Mackeral, kingfish, Florida flounder, cobia and more on our fishing guide service charters. To begin your ADVENTURE call 727-376-8809.
Absolute Florida Flats Fishing will guide first time novice to expert fishermen and women as well as families all with a gentle nature, great attitude, 110% effort for trophy tarpon, snook, red fish, trout and more with heart pounding excitement, acrobatic leaps and long runs. If you are staying in or near our area of New Port Richey, Tarpon Springs, Clearwater and Tampa, I’m your guide and only up to a 30 minute drive to our marina or launch ramp from the farthest locale! Capt. Rich Knox is a successful Florida Flats Fishing guide for clients. He and his clients have won in multiple inshore flats fishing tournaments with over $290,000 in winnings! Rates are very comparable to all fishing guides in the area and vary depending on the length of trip (half to full day), inshore charter or nearshore charter, and number of persons in your group. Call us and let’s book a fishing memory! 1-800-890-9373
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Outstanding Fishing and Weather

Absolute Florida Flats Fishing and Guide Service reports, we had inshore fishing charters as well as nearshore fishing charters through out the week, both the flats fishing and deep sea fishing were outstanding with great conditions, winds from 5 to 15 mph out of the east southeast to southeast right on around to southwest, morning temperatures [...]
Great Fishing Both Inshore and Nearshore

Absolute Florida Flats Fishing reports excellent inshore fishing along with nearshore fishing, our fishing guide service ran backcountry fishing trips to nearshore reefs and wreck fishing this week with outstanding success ! The bite is on every where Snook, Red-fish, Spotted Sea Trout and the occasional Cobia on our inshore flats fishing adventures and smoker King-fish, [...]
