Most popularHalf Day on the Flats
from $6004 hours· up to 4 anglers
Snook, redfish, and trout on the grass flats and mangrove shorelines closest to the dock. The right trip for first-timers and tight schedules.
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Snook · Redfish · Tarpon · Trout
Fish the skinny water. With the captain who has fished it since 1998.
Capt. David Beede runs Tampa Bay’s flats, mangroves, and bridge shadows on a 26’ Gause Built — departing his private South Tampa dock.
★★★★★4.9 · 226 Google reviews
Trips & Rates
Pick your day on the bay
4 to 8 hour trips. Licenses, rods, tackle, and live bait included — just bring sunscreen and a cooler. Text (813) 758-3406 to lock in a date.
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Three-Quarter Day
from $7506 hours· up to 4 anglers
Time to work the mangrove creeks, oyster bars, and dock lights — and follow the bite when it moves. The captain's pick for serious anglers.
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Tarpon seasonFull Day Inshore
from $9508 hours· up to 4 anglers
The whole bay is on the table — tarpon in season, big snook at dawn, redfish schools on the afternoon tide. Bring a cooler for the ride home.
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Family favoriteKids & Family Trips
text for rates4–5 hours· up to 4 anglers
Steady action on trout, snapper, and ladyfish — built around short attention spans and first fish. Capt. David has run his Kids Fishing Camp for years.
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28 years of reading this bay
Capt. David Beede has been running charters on Tampa Bay since 1998 — long enough to know which mangrove point holds snook on a falling tide and which flat the redfish push onto when the water warms. He has been writing it all down, too: his trip reports go back to 2012.
His 26’ Gause Built is purpose-built for skinny water: a 9-foot beam, a custom 14-foot tower for spotting fish, 16 rod holders, and twin 10-foot Power-Poles to lock down on the flats without a sound.
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Fresh from the water
Recent trip reports
Capt. David has logged every season on this bay since 2012. Here’s what’s biting right now.
July 12, 2026SnookRedfish
Dawn snook bite under the mangroves
Water temps in the low 80s and the snook stacked up on the mangrove points on the outgoing tide. Best fish of the morning ate a live pilchard against the roots.
July 3, 2026Tarpon
Silver kings still rolling off the bridge shadows
Late-season tarpon are still around for anglers who want the fight of a lifetime. Jumped three, brought one boatside — a fish pushing 100 pounds.
June 21, 2026TroutMackerel
Limits of trout in the shadow of the skyline
You do not have to run far — big spotted sea trout on the flats fifteen minutes from downtown Tampa, with Spanish mackerel crashing bait all around us.
Loved on the water
★★★★★ 4.9 on Google
Based on 226 reviews
★★★★★
“Capt. David put my dad and me on snook all morning — he read the tide like a book and moved us three times right as the bite started. 28 years of doing this shows.”
★★★★★
“Texted him on a Tuesday, fished Thursday at sunrise from his dock in South Tampa. My 9-year-old caught her first redfish and he was more excited than she was.”
★★★★★
“The Gause Built is a serious machine — he spotted fish from the tower before we could see anything. Hooked into a tarpon that spooled half my reel. Booking again next season.”
Departure
Step off the dock, onto the flats
Private dock — South Tampa
4832 W Bay Villa Ave
Tampa, FL 33611
No boat ramp lines, no marina crowds — you board at the captain’s private dock and you’re fishing in minutes.
Trips depart daily
| Morning trips | Sunrise departure |
| Afternoon trips | By arrangement |
| Tarpon season | Ask about dawn & dusk tides |
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