Angler: Kim Brown from Standish, Maine. Fish: Amberjack. Bait: Live pinfish Where: Offshore of Anna Maria Island in waters of about 150 feet. More: Kim and her party also caught more Amberjack, grouper and snapper. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters, operating out of Bradenton Beach Marina, can be reached at 941-720-6475. Let Patch save you time. Get great local stories like this delivered right to your inbox or smartphone everyday with our free newsletter. Simple, fast sign-up here.  

Angler: Katharine Kerin from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Fish: Red Grouper. Bait: Sardine. Where: Offshore of Anna Maria Island in waters of about 50 feet. More: Katharine caught the most and the largest grouper on the trip.The moral of the story is that ladies catch a lot of fish. The family also caught snapper and released lots of monster gag grouper. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters, operating out of Bradenton Beach Marina, can be reached at 941-720-6475. The family was on vacation at the Tortuga Inn on Beautiful Anna Maria Island. Let Patch save you time. Get great local…

Angler: Chuck Walker of Bradenton. Fish: Firetruck Red Grouper. Bait: Sardine. Where: Offshore of Anna Maria Island in waters of about 125 feet. More: Chuck also caught more grouper and mangrove snapper. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters, operating out of Bradenton Beach Marina, can be reached at 941-720-6475. The family was on vacation at the Tortuga Inn on Beautiful Anna Maria Island.

Anglers: Chuck Bismark from Bradenton and Capt Anthony Leverett assisting. Fishing with the Lakewood Ranch fishing club. Fish: Goliath Grouper. Bait: Sardines on 80 lb test line. Where: Offshore of Anna Maria Island in waters of about 125 feet. MORE: The Lakewood Ranch fishing club also caught red grouper up to 20 lbs and released some big gags and mangrove snapper. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters, operating out of Bradenton Beach Marina, can be reached at 941-720-6475. The family was on vacation at the Tortuga Inn on Beautiful Anna Maria Island.  

Anglers: 10-year-old Caleb Smith from La Grange Park Illinois Fish: Blacktip Shark. The family also caught grouper, snapper and spanish mackerel fishing with Capt Larry McGuire Show Me The Fish Charters while on vacation at the Tortuga Inn on Beautiful Anna Maria Island. Bait: Live Grunt Where: Offshore of Anna Maria Island in waters of about 45 feet. MORE:  All Caleb wanted was to catch a blacktip shark after watching his dad catch one a few days before. Caleb really believed he would catch one much larger than his dad's and he did. Posing with the catch, left to right, are Susan Smith, …

Anglers: Aaron Rapl and Ryon Doll from Olathe, Kansas. Fish: Catch and release Gag Grouper Bait: Live pinfish Where: Offshore of Anna Maria Island in waters of about 120 feet. MORE:  The big gags slammed these guys at the same time. We also caught and released many more grouper and kept some big firetruck red grouper for the table. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters, operating out of Bradenton Beach Marina, can be reached at 941-720-6475

Anglers: Larry Riddle of Tampa with his family. Fish: Firetruck Red Grouper Bait: Live pinfish Where: Offshore of Anna Maria Island in waters of about 130 feet. MORE:  Larry was out with his family and caught many more grouper and some monster mangrove snappers, but Larry caught the largest. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters, operating out of Bradenton Beach Marina, can be reached at 941-720-6475.

Anglers: Nathan Danes from Elkhart Wis. Fish: Kingfish Bait: Freelined Sardine Where: Offshore of Anna Maria Island in waters of about 60 feet. MORE: Nathan caught his first Kingfish while others on the boat were busy catching grouper and snapper. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters, operating out of Bradenton Beach Marina, can be reached at 941-720-6475.

Anglers: Capt. Larry McGuire and Anthony Leverett from Bradenton Beach Fish: Cobia Bait: Live pinfish Where: Offshore of Anna Maria Island in waters of about 120 feet. MORE: We also caught lots of large gag and red grouper, scamp and some huge mangrove snapper. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters, operating out of Bradenton Beach Marina, can be reached at 941-720-6475.

Angler: Fred Comley from Dayton Ohio. Fish: Firetruck Red Grouper Bait: Sardine Where: Offshore of Anna Maria Island in waters of about 120 feet. MORE: Fred and family also caught many more red and gag grouper, in addition to mangrove snapper. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters, operating out of Bradenton Beach Marina, can be reached at 941-720-6475.

Angler: Gary Simode, 11,  from London England. Gary and his family were on vacation and also landed snapper and more grouper. Fish: Gag Grouper Bait: Sardine Where: Offshore of Anna Maria Island in waters of about 55 feet. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters, operating out of Bradenton Beach Marina, can be reached at 941-720-6475.

Angler: Renee Robins Fish: Monster Mangrove Snapper Bait: Live Pinfish Where: Offshore of Anna Maria Island in waters of about 125 feet. Quote: Renee and her family also caught gag and red grouper, sharks and barracudas while on vacation. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters, operating out of Bradenton Beach Marina, can be reached at 941-720-6475.

Angler: Rodney Burton of Brandon Fish: Gag Grouper. Bait: Sardine. Where: Offshore of Anna Maria Island in waters of about 120 feet. Quote: Rodney is the lead personal trainer for Mr. Florida, but had a hard workout with this big gag and catching his limit of grouper. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters, operating out of Bradenton Beach Marina, can be reached at 941-720-6475.

Angler: Zachary Ashby, 11, with assistance from dad Bob Ashby from Brandon. Fish: Gag Grouper, Zach's first catch ever. Bait: Live pinfish. Where: Offshore of Anna Maria Island in waters of about 140 feet. Quote: I put a rod in the the rod holder for Zach, I new the grouper here on this honey hole were too large for most big men to handle, so I had his bait about 6 feet above the bottom to give him a better chance. When the gangster gag hit he was so strong I had to pull line through the guides so Zach could reel him in fighting all the way up in the rod holder. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of …

Angler: Tom Pechous, on a company fishing trip with Kern Construction Fish: Grouper Where: The Kerns Construction company fishing trip was in the waters off of nna Maria Island. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters, operating out of Bradenton Beach Marina, can be reached at 941-720-6475.

Angler: Larry Tinstra, Bradenton snowbird Fish: Cobia Bait: Live pinfish Where: In about 125 feet offshore of Ann Maria Island. Quotable: Tinstra said he has "never caught or seen one of these monsters" until now. This was his largest catch ever and the trip of his lifetime. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters, operating out of the Bradenton Beach Marina, can be reached at 941-720-6475.

Angler: Doug Crist of Bradenton Fish: Blackfin Tuna Bait: Butterfly jig Where: In about 120 feet offshore of Ann Maria Island. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters, operating out of the Bradenton Beach Marina, can be reached at 941-720-6475.

Angler: Spencer Simon Fish: Great Gulf Flounder Bait: Sand perch Where: In about 45 feet offshore of Anna Maria Island. The party also caught a limit of large Amberjacks further out operating out of the Bradenton Beach Marina. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters can be reached at 941-720-6475.

Angler: Kelly Quin of Ann Maria Island Fish: Hog Snapper. In addition she caught mangrove snapper, triggerfish, porgys and red grouper. Where: In about 65 feet of water offshore of Anna Maria Island Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters can be reached at 941-720-6475.

Anglers: Roger Phillips of Tampa Fish: Amberjack. Where: In 120-feet deep waters offshore of Anna Maria Island Bait: Large Pinfish. Guide: Capt Larry McGuire of Show Me The Fish Charters can be reached at 941-720-6475.