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2025, Fishing for Redfish in Hot Weather
Captain William Toney targets redfish along Florida's Gulf coast mangroves when August temperatures push water into the 90s. Learn pinfish cutting techniques, current-based presentations, and how to read baitfish activity that signals feeding redfish. This video breaks down positioning strategies and lure selection for extreme summer conditions.
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2025, How to Catch Seatrout on an Outgoing Tide
Captain William Toney reveals how to turn challenging outgoing tide conditions into productive seatrout fishing opportunities. Learn boat positioning strategies, tackle selection, and how to locate feeding zones along Gulf coast river mouth bars where baitfish concentrate and predators stage.
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2024, Must Have Florida Inshore Fishing Lures with William Toney
Learn about the world of Florida inshore fishing with Captain William Toney's expert lure recommendations. From versatile soft plastics to exciting topwater baits, learn which lures are must-haves for targeting redfish, snook, and seatrout. Discover how to fish smarter, not harder, with insights from this 5th generation Florida fishing guide.
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2024, Mutton Snapper Bottom Fishing with Ryan Van Fleet
Learn about power drifting, bait selection, rigging, and recognizing bites to improve your success in targeting mutton snapper in the Florida Keys with Ryan Van Fleet.
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2023, Simple Pinfish Tricks for Florida Redfish
Embark on a thrilling journey into Florida's redfish fishing with Captain William Toney's expert guidance. Uncover the secrets of using pinfish as the ultimate bait, master precision casting, and adapt to changing waters. Elevate your angling skills with insights from In The Spread.
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2023, Gag Grouper – Florida Inshore Fishing
Embark on a journey with Captain William Toney as he unveils the finesse of inshore gag grouper fishing in Florida's vibrant waters—where skill, science, and sea converge.
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2023, Lures for Gag Grouper in Shallow Water
Join Capt. William Toney on a deep dive into Florida's grouper fishing. From the biology of the elusive gag grouper to tactical lures and prime fishing spots, become the master of the aquatic battlefield with unmatched expertise and strategy.
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2023, Sheepshead Fish – Late Winter Fishing with William Toney
Unravel the mystique of the sheepshead fish along Florida's west coast. Guided by Captain William Toney's expertise, this guide dives deep into the species' biology, fishing techniques, and the culinary treasures that await post-catch. Elevate your angling experience in the late winter waters of the Big Bend.
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2020, Mangrove Snapper - Filleting Fish with William Toney
Fisherman should know how to fillet mangrove snapper, a top inshore fish. Different filleting techniques are necessary for different fish. Grovers are the tastiest fish to eat, and a good knife and steady hand are essential. Captain William Toney of Homosassa Inshore Fishing can guide you through the process, ensuring you eat the best and leave feeling great.
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2020, Mangrove Snapper - Fishing Inshore with William Toney
Capt. William Toney, a fourth-generation fishing guide, teaches how to catch inshore mangrove snapper. He teaches how to locate productive structure, set up on it, and use various baits and jig heads. Toney emphasizes the importance of structure, live shrimp, and jig heads for optimal fishing. This instructional video is a valuable resource for anglers looking to catch mangrove snapper in the Gulf Coast.
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2020, Redfish - Best Live Bait with William Toney
Captain William Toney shares tips and techniques for catching redfish, including pinfish, shrimp, and mud minnows. He teaches trapping, bait selection, and using a subsurface buoy to prevent theft. Toney demonstrates making rigs, hook placement, and modifying pinfish for scent or vibration.
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2019, Trolling South Florida Nearshore Reefs
South Florida's 350-mile reef system creates nearshore structure where multiple species feed at different depths along the same contours. Trolling efficiency depends on reading reef edges, positioning spreads to match species behavior, and adjusting depth based on whether kingfish, blackfin tuna, or pelagics are holding tight to structure or patrolling current seams above drop-offs.
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2018, Tarpon Fishing Florida's Gulf Coast
Florida's Gulf Coast tarpon migration through Sarasota creates trophy opportunities, but boat positioning determines success before bait presentation matters. Learn vessel placement that avoids spooking rolling schools, sight casting techniques for moving fish, bait presentation timing, and tackle handling giant tarpon in this world-record producing region.
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2018, Black Puppy Drum Fishing with William Toney
Winter inshore fishing offers delicious table fare for black drum, a bottom feeder that eats shrimp, fiddler crabs, and other crustaceans. Capt. William Toney will teach you where to fish, how to target puppy drum, and how to locate deeper holes and channels. These tips are invaluable for winter days when exploring further out.
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2018, Tampa Bay Seatrout Fishing Tactics
Tampa Bay seatrout concentrate along specific depth contours and current breaks rather than spreading randomly across grass flats. Captains Ray Markham and William Toney explain how bottom topography and tidal water movement position fish predictably, what artificial lures match Tampa Bay conditions, and when light tackle techniques improve presentation accuracy in shallow water environments.
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2018, Sight Casting Summer Redfish
Summer redfish in Homosassa's shallow waters demand precise sight casting execution because fish visibility increases wariness while water temperatures affect feeding aggression. Captain William Toney explains bait and lure selection for varying conditions, tackle specifications for fighting powerful fish in skinny water, and what environmental factors determine whether reds feed actively or become difficult to approach in Florida's premier inshore fishery.
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2018, Top 5 Lures for Seatrout with William Toney
Captain William Toney shares his top 5 lures successful speckled seatrout fishing.
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2018, Daytime Swordfishing in Florida with RJ Boyle
Daytime swordfishing operates at 1,200 to 2,000 feet where broadbill feed actively, creating technical challenges absent in nighttime surface fishing. RJ Boyle explains why depth fundamentally changes tackle requirements, how bait presentation at extreme depth affects strike detection, and what boat positioning precision maintains contact with baits along steep drop-offs where swordfish concentrate during daylight hours.
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2018, High Speed Trolling for Wahoo with RJ Boyle
Wahoo demand trolling speeds exceeding 12 knots because their predatory behavior targets fast-moving prey, but standard offshore rigging fails at these speeds. RJ Boyle explains why high speed triggers strikes, how lure configuration and wire leaders handle forces at 18 knots, and what immediate post-strike response prevents the short strikes and cut-offs wahoo create when anglers react too slowly.
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2018, Tarpon Fishing Bahia Honda in the Florida Keys
Tarpon at Bahia Honda bridge concentrate on incoming tide, but most boats position identically and fish conventionally without considering whether standard approaches remain effective. Learn why tarpon stage specifically during incoming flow, how independent boat positioning improves natural bait drift into strike zones, and what immediate pressure prevents hooked fish from reaching structure that breaks off even heavy tackle.
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