Captain Eric Chaignet has run into a good problem as the weather calmed down over the past few weeks.
“The last couple of days we’ve been getting a limit so quickly,” said Chaignet, who is a charter captain out of Anna Maria Island. “I’ve tried to go play with some barracuda and goliath grouper after, but they haven’t been as aggressive quite yet.”
Each morning for Chaignet has started with a trip to the Skyway fishing piers where he’s loaded up with bait. Once water temperatures started to rise, he noticed bait has become easier to get. From there he’s picked up his clients and on calm days he’s headed west into the Gulf, stopping around 40 feet first thing in the morning where mangrove snapper have been as aggressive as he can ever remember…