Tampa Florida Fishing News, Tips & Updates | Hubbards Marina

So you're looking for something fun to go do in Tampa Florida? Well Hubbard's Marina has you covered. Check out our list of fun things to do in Tampa and be sure to comment with any suggestions you think should be added to this list! 1) Go Visit The Florida Aquarium   If you just so happen to be a lover of water living animals, you might want to check out the Florida Aquarium in Tampa. It's worth a visit with the family, and they have many attractions.  701 Channelside Drive Tampa, FL 33602 2) Catch A Sports Game Tampa has many sports teams, such as the Rays, Buccaneers, Lightning, and many more. Since there are so many teams to choose from, it's easy to catch a game in almost any given week. 3) Go On A Deep Sea Fishing Trip Or Rent A Kayak at Hubbard's Marina Hubbard's Marina offers rentals on more than just kayaks. You can rent surf boards, water bikes, paddle boards, and more. On top of this we provide deep sea fishing trips, dolphin watch...

1) Electric eels can produce enough electricity to kill a horse. That’s kind of scary.   2) Just like how ships have a heavier bottom to keep them from capsizing, so do fish. But they are top-heavy, which is why they roll over. 3) Most fish can’t swim backwards. 4) Many fish have the ability to change gender. For example, when a male emperor angelfish dies, a female changes sex to take over as male. 5) There are more species of fish than there are of all other vertebrates combined. 6) Only 1% of the ocean has been explored by scientists. 7) Most lipstick contains fish scales. 8) A goldfish will lose its color if you put it in a dark room. 9) A single starfish arm can regenerate a whole starfish body. 10) Pollution in many British rivers is causing the male fish to change sex. Scientists believe this has to do with contraceptive pills.     11) There is a warm-blooded fish...

If you haven’t seen ‘The Perfect Storm’ we highly suggest you watch it before reading this (spoiler alert). The movie is based off of a true story about a ship that was part of a fleet of sword fishing ships. After a long and brutal several week’s deep sea fishing in the Grand Bank, the fleet was unlikely to have much profit. One ship, ‘The Andrea Gail’, decided they would venture out to the Flemish Cap to continue fishing in hopes of making much more money. They did this despite many warnings of dangerous weather conditions. The Flemish Cap lies about 350 miles from any land formation and it is a mainly shallow area of water that divides the warm gulf-stream waters from the cold waters of the Labrador Current (current from the arctic ocean). When the crew went out this far, they didn’t realize that they would have to travel back through the warm gulf-stream waters to get back to land. Ships usually prefer to sail in to cold water when there is a storm because the cold water w...