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Capt. Tony Bozzella knows fish and he knows fishing. He should -- he literally grew up on the water, near Montauk, at the
eastern end of Long Island.
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By age 8 he was had a small seafood route, supplying a few
houses with fish, crabs and eel.
As a teenager, he was a commercial bayman with a 24-foot Garvey
running the great South Bay to the Hamptons,
digging clams, dredging scallops, and tonging mussels.
When a massive red tide slowed commercial
fishing, Tony joined the Navy and spent the next
20 years sailing and fishing the waters of the world. He
retired as Chief Bosun.
Based at Mayport, Tony fished mostly offshore, ranging
the Gulf Stream from Georgia through the Keys for
marlin, wahoo, tuna, and dolphin. Later, while fishing
the Keys, Tony learned to love two things:
bonefishing and the backcountry. He now spends most of his time
fishing or guiding the North Florida tidal
flats and backcountry, fishing for seatrout, redfish, |
flounder, or whatever
the First Coast backcountry has to offer.
In the last decade, Tony started making high-quality
jigs under the name TBS Lures and Jigs – stocked in
stores throughout North Florida.
An interest in tournament fishing led Tony to the next
level – three top-10 finishes in the Professional
Redfish Tour against some of the world’s best
anglers and a 1st-place in the Mitzi Skiff Redfish
Shootout. Tony also won 1st place in the the
prestigious Key Largo
Backcountry Challenge and Top Guide Award.
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Tony has been featured in many national publications
and on national television programs like FOX
Sports, ESPN, OLN,
and Sunshine Network.
If you like catching fish, if you want to learn how to fish
North Florida's backcountry and flats from the best,
give Capt. Tony Bozzella a call today, 904-651-0182.
You won’t regret it!.
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