Manatee River

Manatee River Fishing Charter

The river the boat sits on. Redfish, trout and snook along the shorelines and up into the bays, minutes from the dock.

From $425 for three hours · priced per boat, not per person · six anglers maximum

A family at the dock on the Manatee River with the day's catch

What we fish

Redfish, trout and snook.

Where we launch

801 Riverside Dr E, Bradenton, FL 34208. Free parking on site.

The water

Mangrove shorelines, flats and bays.

Where the name comes from

Manatees move up into the river through the winter for the warmer water, and the river takes its name from them. It runs east from lower Tampa Bay, past Palmetto on the north bank and Bradenton on the south.

Structure the whole way through

Docks, bridge pilings, oyster bars, spoil islands and deep channel edges, from the mouth at lower Tampa Bay right up past the Green Bridge.

What it holds

Snook, redfish and trout, with the shorelines and the structure fishing differently as the season turns.

Throwing a cast net for live bait at first light on the Manatee River
Sheepshead caught on an inshore charter, laid out in the boat's cooler
Angler holding a mangrove snapper on the deck of the Nautical Native
Angler with a redfish from the Manatee River shoreline
Redfish caught on the Manatee River aboard the Nautical Native
Redfish taken along the mangroves of the Manatee River

In the price

What is Included on a Manatee River Fishing Charter

Rods, reels and tackle

Bait

Ice

Bottled water

Fish cleaning

Kids’ rods

Your fishing licence

The boat

The Boat - 25ft Parker Centre Console with Twin Yamahas

2021 Parker 25′ centre console

Twin Yamaha outboards

Power Pole Move trolling motor

EPIRB emergency beacon

Deep-V hull

Six anglers maximum

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Book a Manatee River Fishing Charter

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Nautical Native Fishing Adventures

801 Riverside Dr E, Bradenton, FL 34208

Free parking on site

Charters we run here

Nautical Native Fishing Adventures

Private inshore, nearshore, tarpon, snook and family charters out of the Manatee River. One captain, one boat, one party at a time.

801 Riverside Dr E, Bradenton, FL 34208

Free parking on site

Nautical Native Fishing Adventures

© 2026 Nautical Native Fishing Adventures · USCG licensed & insured · Bradenton · Anna Maria Island · Manatee County, Florida

Website built by: GastaIQ

Nautical Native Fishing Adventures

Private inshore, nearshore, tarpon, snook and family charters out of the Manatee River. One captain, one boat, one party at a time.

801 Riverside Dr E, Bradenton, FL 34208

Nautical Native Fishing Adventures

© 2026 Nautical Native Fishing Adventures · USCG licensed & insured · Bradenton · Anna Maria Island · Manatee County, Florida

Website built by: GastaIQ

Nautical Native Fishing Adventures

Private inshore, nearshore, tarpon, snook and family charters out of the Manatee River. One captain, one boat, one party at a time.

801 Riverside Dr E, Bradenton, FL 34208

Free parking on site

Nautical Native Fishing Adventures

© 2026 Nautical Native Fishing Adventures · USCG licensed & insured · Bradenton · Anna Maria Island · Manatee County, Florida

Website built by: GastaIQ

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