Thanks for visiting our site a checking out my profile. My name is Matt McLeod and I have made a living on the water my entire life. My first job was deck handing on offshore charter boats during the summers when I was in school. After I was eighteen years old I got my captains license and began running trips on my own not long after that. I am now 28 years old and have been a professional guide, running offshore, near shore, and inshore charters, for a decade. My charter business is Hot Spots Charters; you can check us out at www.hotspotscharters.com. I have developed a very successful charter business with a high customer return rate. I enjoy being on the water and sharing our fishery with my costumers.
I also have extensive tournament experience. I fished Southern Kingfish Association tournaments for 10 years, qualifying for the National Championship every year as well as winning a division one year. More recently I have fished FLW redfish tournaments for 3 years and also IFA redfish tournaments. I also compete in all the local area tournaments in the panhandle.
I also currently hold an IGFA All-Tackle world record for pomfret. A pomfret is a deep water fish that I caught while fishing for swordfish one night.
I am proud to be involved in the “Hook, Line and Sinker Seminar Series”. These seminars, located at Flounder’s Restaurant on Pensacola Beach, are once every month for the entire year. This is a very successful series that highlights one species a month delivering information, tactics and expertise to crowds of often 300+ people.
In February of 2009 my business partner Chris Phillips and I opened a bait and tackle store in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Hot Spots Bait and Tackle has been a dream of ours for years, allowing us to be involved with even more people in our fishing community. You can check out the store at www.hotspotstackle.com. That same year “Woods and Water sales” was also born. Woods and Water is a manufacturer representative company that sells fishing tackle and products to dealers throughout the south east. The business has been a big success so far. Some of the manufacturers we represent are American Rod smith Rods, Ocean Tackle international, Seamaster nets, and Marsh works Tackle, just to name a few.
Thanks again for checking out our site. If you would like to contact me with questions, suggestions or to book a charter you can email me at mcleodfish@yahoo.com or give me a call 850-916-7176.
Captain Matt McLeod
