Saint Augustine Fishing Charters Drum Man Charters

Charter 2-19-2012 w/ Pat,Susan,and Justine

2012-02-22T17:30:00.001-08:00

Today I had the pleasure of taking Pat and Susan for there anniversary. They brought one of there daughters Justine with them. Well it was a windy day today. We had gusts upto 35 m.p.h. It limited us from running to many places. We were still able to catch a decent amout of fish with a nice redfish and a good black drum thrown in the mix. Unfortentually the fish were having the better luck with 4 nice fish having the hooks pull. It was still a fun day on the water.

Charter 1-20-2012 w/ John and Rich

2012-01-25T13:22:00.000-08:00

Today I had one of my regular clients John and his buddy Rich. John had never caught a sheephead before so we started out looking for those. We did not have any luck but we did locate some nice redfish. We also had some big ones on that broke us off on the docks. We decided to go look for some redfish and trout and we found them. We caught a bunch of both with some flounder and bluefish thrown in the mix. I had one last spot that I wanted to see if I could get John a sheephead. Second cast and the drag was screaming. He never got his sheephead but he got a huge over slot redfish that gave him a great fight on ten pound test. What a great day of fishing. I will get him that sheephead soon though.

Charter 1-13-2012 w/ Connie and Jon

2012-01-15T13:10:00.000-08:00

Today I took Connie and John out for a little fishing. They are some friends of ours from New York. The tide was a little higher and we only had a little while so we went after some blackdrum, trout and sheephead. Well we found all three. we were able to get some blackdrum but they were all a little small. We then moved on to catch some trout. Connie had the biggest one at 18". They were catching either a trout or a bluefish on every cast. We then moved on to catch some dinner. They kept 4 nice sheephead for the icebox. Connie had on a huge one that finally pulled the hook. After fishing we went over to the Conch House and had them cook up a great dinner so Connie and John could see what some great fresh Florida fish taste like. Thanks again and what a fun day of fishing.

Charter 1-10 2012 w/ Steve and his brother

2012-01-15T12:45:00.000-08:00

Today I had Steve and his brother out. It was a little tougher bite than it had been in a few weeks. We had a big front on the way and higher tides so I guess that the fish were a little less active. We started the day catching a few smaller bluefish and trout. Once the tide got a little lower we were able to get on a good redfish bite. We were catch redfish from 15-17" on every cast. We already had 1 keeper redfish and 1 trout in the box but they were hoping to get another one. We left that location in search of some bigger redfish. We humped up a school of some really nice redfish but they just were not interested. We stopped at one more place and we were able to catch a handful of some really nice redfish. All in all it was a fun day on the water but the fish made us work for it.

Fun Fishing 1-09-2012 w/ Brian

2012-01-15T12:35:00.000-08:00

I had another day off before this little pop so Brian and I went to throw the long rod. I caught my first fish on fly 2 days ago so I was looking to upgrade a little. We started out poling around the flats casting to some large schools of redfish. We did not have any takers so we went and caught some redfish and trout on spinning gear. Once the tide got a little lower we decided to throw the fly rod again. Well I am happy that I did. I got my first redfish on fly. It was a nice middle slot fish that pulled a little better than the small bluefish that I was catching the other day. I am hooked and I have a fly lesson this evening and I just purchased 2 new fly rod and reels. What a blast

Fun fishing w/ the family

2012-01-15T12:28:00.000-08:00

I had the day off today and I have a busy week ahead so Laura, Finn and I went out for a little boat ride. I am trying to make sure that we go out on these nice days because Laura is a fair weather boater. We were able to get Finn on a nice flounder, a bunch of blackdrum and a nice redfish. Not to bad for a little over an hour of fishing. I am also teaching Finn to drive the boat that way he can pull it up on the trailer back at the ramp.

Fun Fishing 1-7-2012 w/ Rich Santos

2012-01-15T12:21:00.000-08:00

Today I took a friend who is a guide in Jacksonville out fishing. We had set it up to do a little fly fishing. I have had a fly rod for a while but never really used it or knew much about how to use it. Rich took some time to show me the basics of casting. It ended up being much windier than they had called for. Rich was able to pick up 2 nice middle slot redfish on fly and I caught my first fish on fly which was a little bluefish. I will have to take some of my new found knowledge and my new flies and see if I can get some more fish on fly. Rich caught his reds on a fly that he ties called an hd clouser that he makes for Black Fly in Jacksonville. I was lucky enough to have him give me a few to use . Thanks Rich I think I am hooked.

Charter 12-31-2011 w/ Bill and his 2 sons

2012-01-06T13:44:00.000-08:00

Today I took Bill and his 2 sons out for a half day trip. What a fun day of fishing.Second cast of the day was a nice keeper redfish. It slowed down a little after that. We could see the redfish but they did not want to play today. So we moved to a different spot and that was what we needed. It was great watching these two guys fight some really nice redfish. They handled them like pros. Bill even got in on the action and got a nice sheephead and some redfish as well. I am sure William will remember this birthday.

Charter 12-28-2011 w/ Bill and his son Eric

2012-01-05T11:11:00.000-08:00

What a fun day of fishing. I took Bill and his son Eric out this morning. What a nice day for the last week of the year. The fish were biting and the weather was pretty nice. Eric had the hot hand for most of the trip. He caught a ton of species with some nice redfish, big black drum, and a few huge sand trout in the mix. Well his dad was not happy and showed it for the last part of the trip. He was putting keeper after keeper redfish on the boat to end the day. I am glad the two of them had a great day.

Merry Christmas 2011

2011-12-27T14:04:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas. I took the day off to have a wonderful Christmas with my wife Laura and my son Finn.

Charter 12-23-2011 w/ Dave and his family

2011-12-27T13:56:00.000-08:00

What a great day of fishing in Saint Augustine, FL. I had a regular client of mine Dave and his wife Nicole and her father. We were able to catch a bunch of fish today. We started out catching a bunch of bluefish and spotted sea trout.Dave was getting hits every cast throwing a soft plastic. Then Dave hooked up to a huge sand trout on a Zman paddle tail bait. This was by far the biggest sand trout that I have ever seen. They fight so much better than the spotted trout as well. After getting a bunch of fish it was time to try and get some black drum. We did not have to much luck with that so we went looking for some redfish. It took a little while for the tide to go down but once it did we were able to stay on some redfish for a few hours. Nicoles dasd had the biggest at 26" but Nicole had the hot hand for the afternoon. I am not sure how many keeper redfish she had for the day. We also caught a bunch of black drum once the tide went out but they were all just an inch to small to keep. Everyone had a good bite at some point throughout the day and that is great when that happens. They will be having a great fish dinner for Christmas.

Charter 12-22-2011w/ Duane and Rachel

2011-12-27T13:27:00.000-08:00

Today I had Duane and Rachael. They were also from south Florida and the weather continued to be just perfect. We started the day out with the water a sheet of glass. The first spot I was poling the boat in some super shallow water and we had a huge school of redfish pushing wakes all around us. It took a good 30 minutes to get on to bite but it was Duane's first redfish and he was stoked. He is a big snook and tarpon fisherman in Jupiter but there are not many redfish to be had. That is where I grew up fishing and I never caught one down there. It was an added bonus that his first redfish was sight fished. We then continued to some different creeks since the wind was starting to blow and these fish just were not in the feeding mood. After a few smaller redfish and some nice redfish under his belt I went to a spot that was less than a foot deep in the back of a creek to get him the big boy. He hooked into a nice fat upper slot redfish that fought great. From there we were able to continue to catch some more redfish and some blackdrum and trout as well. I still love the pursuit of a snook but sine we do not have any up this far north I am really learning to love and appreciate the red drum, especially when you can get on some monsters in a foot of water.

Charter 12-21 2011 w/ Sung and Veronica

2011-12-27T13:08:00.000-08:00

Today I had Sung and his daughter Veronica out for a half day charter. They were up from Fort Lauderdale and the brought some of there beautiful weather with them. What a great day of fishing in Saint Augustine. Veronica had the hot hand of the day but Sung was not to far behind. The both caught some really big black drum and some great redfish. Veronica was on of the best casters that I have ever had on the boat. She was able to cast it right under the dock and also able to horse the fish out without pulling the hook. It was a blast watching her fish throughout the day. I am sure the two of them will have some great memories of today's trip.

Charter 12-19-2011 w/ Morris and Pierson

2011-12-27T12:54:00.000-08:00

Today I had a two boat trip with Morris and his family. Capt. Brian took out Morris's two sons and I took him and his grandson out. It was a fun day of catching. It is always great to get some body there first redfish and then make it a nice slot redfish that is screaming drag and it is that much better. They were able to catch some really nice redfish and some smaller black drum and trout thrown in the mix. We even had on a few flounder but they kept spitting the hook right at the boat. What a fun and beautiful day on the water.

Fun fishing and pictures w/ Rich 12-18-2011

2011-12-27T12:30:00.000-08:00

I took Capt. Rich Santos from Jacksonville out today. We had been trying to plan a day where both of us had the day off. He had been wanting to see how the Dragonfly Boatworks Grand Slam handled since he is in the market for a new boat soon. Well Saturday was sunny, calm and in the low 80's. Today was 42 degrees and blowing at 15-25. Not an ideal day to try out a little fly fishing. I was still able to mess around sight-fishing with some soft plastics, even with the broken had. Rich brought along 2 nice Nikon cameras and took some really killer pictures. His views add a whole different look. I can't wait for part two to see him throw the fly rod. Keep an eye out for the report in the next few weeks.

Charter 12-14-2011 w/ John and Christy

2011-12-21T19:06:00.000-08:00

Today I took out John and Christy Wow did the catch a lot of different species for this time of year. I believe that the caught a keeper of just about everything. One of the bloopers of the day was when John was holding up an over the slot trout for a picture and it wiggled out of his hands and into the water. They were able to have some drag screaming all day though.

Charter 12- 07-2011 w/ Jeff and Angela

2011-12-21T18:19:00.000-08:00

Today I took out Bill and Angela for a half day trip. It was another beautiful Saint Augustine fishing day. The wind was blowing but other than that everything was great. We were able to catch a bunch of really nice slot redfish with a few smaller redfish in the mix. We also put some nice black drum on the boat as well. Angela also caught a beautiful redfish that had no spots on it. I still love looking at those fish.

Took the Finn, Dave, and Sasha fishing today 12-06-2011

2011-12-06T12:18:00.001-08:00

Today I took my son Finn and my friend David and his son Sasha out for a little boat ride and a little fishing. The kids love going fast. I had to make sure that they also loved catching and not just fishing. We caught some blackdrum, sheephead, trout and ended with some really nice upperslot redfish. It is awsome when the kids are excited-even though I think the are more excited to go fast and fly through the creeks than they are at catching fish.

2011-12-06T12:12:00.001-08:00

Today I had Bill out for a half day trip. What a beautiful day. This was his first time ever fishing inshore in salt water. He resides in Ohio but comes down here throughout the year. After today I imagine he will be spending a little more time in Florida. We started out with calm winds and sunny skies. The first fish he had on was a nice redfish but after a few minutes the redfish broke him off. Well now the pressure was on me to make sure that he had some that made it into the boat. We we did not have a problem doing that . He caught and landed a bunch of nice redfish and another huge one that broke his line again. He was also able to catch a flounder and some trout as well which gave him his first Northeast Florida slam on his first fishing trip. It was a fun day out there and I hope to fish with you again.

Charter 11-28-2011 w/ Dave and Dirk

2011-11-29T18:09:00.001-08:00

Today I took out a friend and his friend. My buddy Dave lives here in town and is a bicycle racer. Today he brought his friend Dirk Bockel. Dirk is a professional triathlete . He was in the 2008 Olympics and just finished 4th in this years Ironman. Well the pressure was on. Last month I took the two of them out and Dave was the one with the hot hand. Dave put a few nice upper slot redfish but Dirks redfish were finding a way to spit the hook. So this time we made sure that the fish didn't get loose. It was an extremelly tough bite. There was a major cold front approaching so it was very windy and the pressure was dropping. They started out catching some smaller trout and bluefish. All of the sudden fish on and the drag starts screaming. First up was Dirks big sheephead. This was a monster for the back of the creeks. It was over 6 pounds. A little later his pole was singing again. This time he landed a nice over the slot black drum. It probably weighed in over 8 -10 pounds. After that we moved around and got a few smaller fish before heading in before the storm hit. Here is a link to follow Dirks web page as he starts his training for this season. http://twitter.com/#!/dirkbockel

Charter 11-26-2011 w/ Ray and Connor

2011-11-29T17:27:00.001-08:00

Today I had Ray and his son Connor out for a little fishing. Another great day out on the water. The tides were way higher than they were calling for. We started off looking for some trout on the higher water. We were able to locate a bunch of trout from 13" up to 17" . We also had a flounder in the mix. After we got a bunch of trout we decided to go look for some drag pulling redfish. It took a few different spots but we finally found them. They were getting some double hook-ups of some real nice redfish. It was a blast. These are the days that make you love fishing.

Charter 11-22-2011 w/ John and his son

2011-11-29T16:27:00.001-08:00

Today I had John and his son out for a little fishing. It was a blast out there today. The top water bite was on fire first thing in the morning. I had over 15 redfish in the first hour of daylight before my charter even started. On there first cast we were hooked up to a nice mid slot redfish. About three cast later he had a big old flounder. Then the redfish really got fun. We were in less than a foot of water poling down the flat with well over 100 redfish tails waving at us. After John sight cast to a hand full of redfish it was time to move on. We continued to stay on an amazing bite. They were catching a keeper every cast. What a great day of fishing.

Charter 11-8-2011 w/ Matthew and his wife

2011-11-14T19:09:00.001-08:00

Today I had Matthew and his wife out. It was a beautiful day. The tides were still way up from the winds this weekend so we started out catching some trout. After getting trout on every cast for a while we decided to try and find something a little bigger. We were able to find a few nice redfish and blackdrum. I am sure that Matthew had a nice slower pace on the water than the race cars he is used to back home.

Charter 11-06-2011 w/ Tim and Kyle

2011-11-07T17:39:00.000-08:00

I had a regular client Tim who brought his nephew Kyle today. They were only in town a few days and this was the only day that I had available so we went for it. There was a sustained wind at 31 with gust over 36 mph with some rain thrown in for good measures. It was a little rough out there to say the least. Some parts of the intracoastal were a solid 2 foot. We slowly made or way from spot to spot with some great success. We started out catching some nice trout and a flounder. After moving to a few spots with not much luck we were able to get on a solid bite. They ended up with 5 nice black drum upto 5 pounds, a few nice trout, a whiting and some smaller seabass and other stuff. It was a fun day for the conditions that were givin to us. Hopefully next month he will have a little better weather.

Charter 11-02-2011 w/ Donnie and his son Blake

2011-11-03T11:06:00.000-07:00

Today I took out Donny and his son Blake. It ended up being a little windier than we had hoped for. We had a tuff time locating the redfish today but we did find one nice middle slot redfish that was willing to play . Luckily the trout didn't mind the wind to much. We were able to get 5 nice keeper trout with a few under-sized thrown in as well. These two were really fun to fish with and I hope to see them in the spring next year.

Go Pro video of flood tide redfish in the grass

2011-11-03T10:59:00.000-07:00

I did some flood tide redfishing today with my new GoPro video camera. Still trying to figure out how to edit the videos. Here is a nice redfish that I caught. I had 8 fish on today, all hooked up on this ZMan crab. Keep an eye out for more videos in the future.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?v=264898776881108&set=vb.153830604676595&type=2&theater

Charter October 5 w/ Robert and Jim

2011-10-15T10:11:00.000-07:00

Today I had a two boat charter with John who is a regular client of mine. On my boat I had the pleasure of guiding Robert and Jim. What a day of fishing it continued to be. We were on the fish from the start. We had a few really nice flounder for back in the creeks. After the tide started to fall the redfish decided that the flood gates were open. We had a ton of redfish today. The final tally of keeper size redfish was somewhere around 12 or more. They had some really nice upper slot redfish as well. we were able to do some sight fishing for a lot of the redfish. It was a lower tide so I had them throwing in front of the wakes and they were rewarded nicely. I love when the redfish act like they have for this week. What another great day of fishing in Saint

Augustine, Fl.

Charter October 4th w/ Jason and Brian

2011-10-11T11:48:00.000-07:00

I had Jason and Brian out for another full day of fishing. After yesterday it is going to be hard to follow that. Well we did. In the first few minutes Jason had his first redfish on top water. It is always a blast watching a redfish eat a top water lure. We then continued to absoutly slay the redfish we had somewhere around 20 keepers with a ton of missed fish. He had a bunch of double hook ups through the day. They probably caught over 50 redfish today. They also had some flounder and a ton of nice jacks. These are the days I live for and I was glad that I got to guide Jason and Brian on this day. See you guys next year.

Charter October 3 w/ Jason and Brian

2011-10-11T11:28:00.000-07:00

Today and tomorrow I have repeat client Jason and his friend Brian .

Jason has been fishing a few times with me in the past. He lives in Wyoming so it is a little hike for him. They were rewarded with some amazing fishing. They booked me for a full day today and tomorrow. Well usually on a full day trip you have a lull in the fishing. Well not today. From the start of the first hole the fishing was on fire. We had a ton of nice redfish. We even had a fat little trout thrown in the mix. They easily caught double digit numbers of redfish today. After they were done catching the redfish we decided to try for a few more species. We found some awesome jacks that were feeding on the top of the water column. They both had a bunch of these as well. We also caught a really nice gag grouper. This was the first grouper I have caught in a few years since the cold winters that we have been having. It is great seeing them come back. Now I am ready for the snook population to come back. After today they are putting the pressure on me for tomorrow.

Charter October 2 2011 w/ Kevin and Brad

2011-10-11T10:09:00.000-07:00

I had the pleasure of taking out Kevin again and he brought his brother Brad along this time. The fishing was getting back to normal after these extreme high tides. We had 6 keeper redfish on the boat in the first hour of the trip. We continued to catch a bunch of redfish. After they caught all the redfish they could handle we went looking for some other species. We had a ton of ladyfish and bluefish. They were getting double hook-ups as fast as they could cast out. Today was back to being the great fishery that north Florida has.

Redbone Tournament September 30 and October 1

2011-10-03T18:11:00.000-07:00

I had the pleasure of guiding in the celebrity Redbone tournament again this year. It is a great fund raiser for the cystic fibrosis foundation. It was a really tough bite for the two days. We had some great fish but unfortunately most of them were under sized. I had Chris from Texas both days and on Friday I had and Glen on Saturday, both from the local area. We finished with three keeper trout and 1 keeper redfish. I know everybody had a great time and I look forward to guiding the event next year.

September 16 2011 Charter w/ Dave, Rick and Jose

2011-10-03T17:30:00.000-07:00

I had my regular client Dave out today and he brought his buddy's Jose and Rick. The fishing was a little tough today.We had to try a few different spots to locate the fish. We were able to get some really nice redfish and flounder. Rick had the big fish of the day with an over sized 10 pounder. It put up an excellent fight. Jose made sure to bring home some flounder for dinner as well.

September 7 2011 Charter with Steve and Jerry

2011-09-12T07:36:00.001-07:00

I had Steve and Jerry out for a half day trip today. We had a little slow start to the day but we stuck with it and we were able to locate the fish. We moved around a little bit more than usual today. We started out getting some smaller redfish and jacks. Then they were able to catch some redfish with some slot fish that were 25", 26" , 21" and a few flounder. And on the last cast of the day Jerry caught a beautiful 29" redfish that fought and fought. What a great way to end a great trip.

September 5 2011 Charter with Ray and Becky

2011-09-05T18:22:00.000-07:00

Today I had Ray and his girlfriend Becky out for a morning of fishing. Ray recently moved here from California and Becky had never gone fishing before. It was a total blast. Becky had a redfish in about the first 5 minutes of the charter. It was a fun little 12" to get her ready for the bigger ones. Within another five minutes Ray had a spotted sea trout and a ladyfish into the boat as well. Now that I had got them used to the fish and the tackle we moved on to the real deal. Within 15 minutes or so the bigger redfish started biting. I believe that they had over a dozen keepers with quite a few over 25" and one perfect 27". They also threw in a nice flounder as well. Becky did amazing casting and landing the fish for never having fished before. Ray had done a decent amount of fishing out west but he was blown away with the power of the redfish. It was a fun day on the water and all of the in 20+ m.p.h. winds. I am sure that I will be seeing them again in the future.

September 4 2011 Fishing with the Family

2011-09-05T18:16:00.000-07:00

Today I took my wife and my son Finn out for a little fun time on the water. I haven't had the chance the last few weeks to get the family out on the boat so I had the day off and we went for it. We just went fishing for around 30 minutes before we went to the islands to let Finn swim around and play in the sand. I was able to get him to help me reel in some redfish and flounder. It was a blast seeing him try to reel in the fish. He would move back a little as the fish would splash and then be so excited again. I think he is starting to get the hang of it a little. Now we just have to work on that smile of his.

September 2 2011 Charter w/ John and Mary Ann-

2011-09-05T17:56:00.000-07:00

Today I had John and his wife Mary Ann out for another great day of fishing. John come out with me quite often so I am always trying to get him something new. We got a little late start today so we were able to sneak in some nice redfish right off of the bat. As the tide started coming up we moved up onto the flats in search of some more redfish. We were able to find a nice school but they blew out before we had any takers. We decided to go look for some flounder. We got into a few decent flounder. I was able to get John his new personable best flounder. It was around a 4 or 5 pounder. He did a great job getting the fish in the boat as it spit the hook in the net. Another awsome day of fishing in Saint Augustine.

August 31 Charter with Tim and Jo

2011-09-01T11:23:00.000-07:00

Wow, what a day of fishing. There were redfish everywhere. We had redfish on the flats and we had redfish in the creeks. I had repeat clients Tim and Jo out today. He had never be flood tide fishing with me before so I set up a great tide for him today. We pulled up to the first flat and after 15 minutes I saw the first redfish tail. It was in some very thick grass and he was not able to locate it. Another 10 minutes went by and another redfish popped up around 30 feet from us. Again it was in some thick cover and he did not locate this fish as well. I decided to move to another flat as the water level was rising. This flat had some thinner grass than the last flat. Before even getting out of the boat we saw an upper slot redfish doing his thing. Tim was able to get off a dozen or so casts in the direction of the fish before finally spooking it. These fish are digging threw the mud looking for crabs and shrimp so it is very important to get the cast in front of the fish whichever way he is heading. We walked a little farther and saw a nice size school of fish on a flat. There were around a dozen fish or so with there tails waving at us. There were also a few sheephead in the mix as well. Tim had some great casts but these fish were not interested in playing today. I decided to make the call and leave these fish to find some fish that were hungry and happy. As we pull up to the next flat we could see tails everywhere. There were in every direction and in groups of two to three fish. At one point there were 3 fish within 15 feet of us. I knew this would be Tim's first redfish on the flood tide. I had him throw his bait 15 feet past the redfish. As soon as it hit the water I had him reel real fast and when that redfish saw the bait come flying past his nose he exploded on it. Tim finally had his first flood tide redfish. We caught another one a short time later and as the tide started dropping the redfish exited off the flat in a hurry. Jo was not wanting to do the wade fishing deal so we now went looking for some redfish near some oyster bars. I believe Jo ended up with between 8 - 10 keepers and Tim had a few more as well. I love this time of year.

Fun fishing 8-22-2011

2011-08-22T18:39:00.000-07:00

I usually do not post my fun fishing trip on here but I thought I would fill everyone

on what is going on in our waters here in Saint Augustine. I went out with Brian today and he was wanting to pole my boat around so I had no argument to that. We want to try and find a few redfish for the tournament in a few weeks. Well we were able to find them. We found redfish like this one in just about every spot that we looked. We caught all of them in very shallow water. Most of the redfish were in a few inches but there were a few in some of the holes. I just love watching a 26" redfish open his mouth and inhale your bait less than 20 feet from the boat. The redfish are very fired up right now. It is nothing to go out and easily catch 10 - 20 slot redfish in a half day trip and most of them are sight fished. I am looking forward to the fall and winter patterns that are starting already.

Charter 8-18-2011 w/ Brad and his son

2011-08-22T18:28:00.000-07:00

Today I had repeat clients Brad and his son out. Last year I was able to guide brads son to his first redfish which was a nice lower slot redfish. Well this year I told him we would get one even bigger. The first fish of the day was a nice upper-slot redfish. He did an excellent job of bringing it to the boat all by himself. After that he was catching redfish on every cast. I can not remember how many he ended up with. After that flurry of fish Brad decided it was his turn to do a little fly fishing. We had some nice redfish in every direction in a foot of water but he just could not get these fish to take the fly. We must of easily seen over 30 redfish up on the flat. So after that I decided it was time to boat a few flounder. It took a few minutes but the flounder decided to start chewing. They both caught quite a few decent flounder and we decided to call it a day. Next year the pressure is on to get him a bull redfish. I can't wait. See you guys next year

Charter 8-17-2011 w/ John King

2011-08-22T18:01:00.000-07:00

Today I had repeat clients John and his brother in law. John has been going with me since I started guiding. He lives in Texas and his family has a place in Flagler. I am always trying to show him something different each time that he comes out with me. Today he was trying to get some nice redfish on top water lures. He had a bunch of blow up but was unable to hook up to the redfish. His brother in law had the hot hand of the day. He had a bunch of nice redfish and a few flounder in the mix. John switched over from the top water lure and was able to put a few fish in the boat. It was a fun day as always.

Charter July 24th w/ Dean and his guests

2011-07-27T16:48:00.001-07:00

What a difference 24 hours can make on the bite. We were able to get a limit of redfish within the first 45 minutes. These fish were hungry this morning. We had double digits of upper slot redfish . We also had some really nice flounder and trout thrown in the mix. We fished a few different schools and decided to go look for some drag screaming fish off of the beach. It did not take long until we had a double hook up of some decent sharks. These fish were fun, in the 50-80 pound range. We weeded through the 4-6 footers until dean hooked into a big boy. He had an 8 foot spinner shark that jumped at least 6 feet into the air numerous times. After a bunch of sharks we decided to go back in shore to catch a few more flounder. We did well on the flounder and with the last hour we decided to go look for some tarpon. We had a mystery fish on that eventually broke us off on some docks a few hundred feet away. We never saw it jump but we had tarpon rolling around us and this fish was screaming drag. It was one of those days out there today. I know every bodies arms will be hurting tomorrow.

Charter July 22 w/Dave and his wife

2011-07-27T16:41:00.000-07:00

What another beautiful day on the water. I had Dave out again for a half day trip. He decided to bring his wife along today. I have been on some really good redfish and today was no different. Only today they did not want to bite. We saw redfish everywhere pushing wakes but the majority of the were not interested in us. We were able to pick up two really nice redfish and a handful of smaller ones. We also picked up a few flounder and trout as well. Since the redfish were not wanting to play we decided to go off of the beach and catch some big fish. We did not see any tarpon but we were able to catch all of the big sharks that we wanted. After a couple each they were beat so we called it a day. It was as calm as a lake out there and a great day of fishing in Saint Augustine.

Charter July 21, 2011 w/ Ron and Cyndi

2011-07-26T12:04:00.000-07:00

What a fun trip today. I had Ron and his wife Cyndi out for a half day trip. We started out at sunrise and it was a beautiful day. Nice calm conditions and not a boat in sight. Well the fish were chewing. We had a bunch of redfish, trout and flounder; and that was in the first hour of the trip. I had gone out yesterday to do a little prefishing for today's trip. It was a little tuff to locate fish so I went to a spot that I had not been to in over a year. It was a high tide so I went up onto a flat that I knew about. Well there were redfish everywhere. I sat there for a little while studying the fish. I left them alone and planned on trying to locate them on my trip at low tide. Well It worked. We slowly made our way into the creek. We made sure to do long casts not to spook the fish. Well we were getting fish on every cast. They both did a great job on keeping the fish away from the boat and the oysters. We did lose a few but they were able to catch a bunch. We then left these fish and went and chased another school of redfish around for a while. The next school was right where they were supposed to be but after Cyndi caught a nice 26" they decided to stop biting so we called it a day. This was there first time salt water fish so I am sure they are hooked now.

July 10 2011 charter w/ Rodger,Tom, Riley

2011-07-10T14:01:00.000-07:00

What another amazing day of fishing. I had four client today so the top water was out of the question. We started out catching a few ladyfish. Then the drag started screaming. After 10-15 minutes we had a huge bonnet head shark upto the side of the boat. He took one last run and broke him on the motor. We it was time to go chase some trout. We managed a few small trout but nothing to write home about. Since the tide was dropping I figured that it was time to go look for some redfish. Well we found them. We took turns casting making sure that everyone was able to get there shot at a big redfish .We had close to double digit keepers again today with a bunch of 15-18" throw in the mix. What an awesome day of fishing. This is defiantly the week of the kids.

July 8 2011 charter w/ Kelly,Will, and Papa John

2011-07-10T13:54:00.000-07:00

I had Kelly and his son Will along with his father in law Papa John. The bite was on fire once again. We had double digits of keeper redfish today. Will had the hot hand. We would cast in between his dad and grandfather and still come up the winner. We had over size redfish, keeper redfish and undersize redfish. We also got on a great flounder bite as well. The flounder are not huge but they are in the 15-18" range. I hope the fish stays this way for the next few months. It is a pure blast.

July 7 2011 charter w/ Urban and his son

2011-07-10T13:21:00.000-07:00

I had Urban and his son out for a half day trip. Well now that the fish have mellowed down from the holiday weekend it is back to a great bite. I lost count of how many redfish we caught today. There was a keeper redfish on just about every cast. It was so much fun watching the wakes cruise the shore line, throwing in front of them and watching the water explode on your bait. They also caught some trout, flounder, jacks, and ladyfish thru out the day. We went off of the beach to look for some sharks or cobia but mother nature was not on our side today. There was a decent ground swell and not a fish in sight. It is amazing what 24 hours can do. Well we finished up the day catching some drag screaming jack and having a few break offs as well. I love fishing this time of year.

July 6 2011 charter with Ty and friends

2011-07-10T13:10:00.000-07:00

I had Ty out again for a full day of fishing. Today he brought a few friends along. We started out throw some top water. We had some nice redfish and trout as well as some ladyfish and bluefish. After the sun came up we decided to go look for some redfish. Well we found them. I am not sure how many we caught but the we on fire. There was a nice school pushing down the bank and we would throw out in front of then and have an instant hook up. For a while we were catching redfish, trout and flounder on every cast. After we had all of the inshore fish that we wanted it was time to go catch something big. We went out in the ocean and had a great shark bite. Ty had on that took over an hour to land on 65 pound braided line. I believe it was a big lemon shark. At one point we had a double hook up of sharks and a big manta ray swam up to us with a few cobia on him. So after the epic battle of the big shark we decided to go chase some cobia. We had 8 fish upto 50 pounds with a ton of misses. Ty is defiantly a fish magnet. It doesn't get any better than this.

July 5 2011 charter w/ Ty and Tyson

2011-07-10T13:02:00.000-07:00

What a beautiful day on the water. I had repeat clients Ty and his son Tyson out for a full day trip today. They have been going with me a few times a year for a few years now. They are always a good luck charm when it comes to catching the fish. Tyson had the hot hand today. He had a few flounder with one being over five pounds. He had a bunch of redfish with one being around the 20 pound mark. Ty had a few nice redfish as well. We also caught some trout as well as some other mixed bags. The will be taking there catch to Cellar 6 to have the chef cook up a great meal.

July 4 2011 charter w/ Jon and his son

2011-07-10T12:58:00.000-07:00

I had Jon and his son out for the holiday. We started before the crowds picked up. It was a pretty tuff bite today. I think that with the holiday weekend the fish were a little spooky. We were still able to put a really nice trout and some smaller redfish and trout as well as a few mixed species. It was a beautiful way to start the holiday.

July 3 2011 charter w/ David,Bradley,Brandon

2011-07-10T12:41:00.000-07:00

Today I had David and his sons Bradley and Brandon. We started out nice and early to throw some top water and popping corks. We had a few big blow ups and some trout and lady fish. We then moved around a little bit. Around 8 a.m. we found the fish chewing. They caught a big over-sized trout as well as a monster redfish that put up a great fight. We caught a few more redfish and called it a day.

06/30/2011 Charter with Eric and Alex

2011-06-30T13:27:00.001-07:00

I had Eric and his 14 year old son Alex today. We started out throwing some top water lures as the sun started to rise. We had some monster blow ups and a 5 + pound trout fly a foot out of the water but we were unable to keep any on the hooks. After a few ladyfish we chased the lower tide and poled on a nice flat. We had a bunch of redfish and sheephead tailing all around us but we were not able to make the perfect cast on them so they were left to catch another day. As the tide flooded the flat we went looking for a few big redfish. It was the day of the fish winning. We had 3 brake offs in a row on the big poles. But the forth redfish was going to make it in the boat. After a great fight and the redfish pulling our anchor we had a super fat redfish. It was 35+ " long but it was super fat. He had some football player shoulders on him. The picture does not do this fish justice. It was the fattest redfish to date this season. After that we went and caught a few flounder, bluefish ans some other species. What a great day on the water.

Charter May 27 2011 w/ Corey and friends

2011-06-09T17:27:00.000-07:00

I had a fun trip today. I had Corey and his buddies that were in town for a wedding. They had an awesome camera and took some great pictures. They caught a little of everything today. I think the only species that they did not catch was a black drum. It was a fun day to say the least.

Charter 6-7-2011 w/ Daniel and Ty

2011-06-07T17:16:00.000-07:00

I had Daniel and Ty out for a half day trip this morning. We started out throwing some top-water lures. We had a few big blow ups and one nice trout jumped a foot out of the water but we were unable to get any hooks in the fish. Once the sun got a little higher we decided to go onto some flats were

I knew some nice redfish would be hanging out. Ty was the first one to get a hit. The fish was slowly running at the boat and I told him to reel fast and the fish would keep on running past the boat. Well the fish swam to the boat and was already tired. It ended up only being a 16" redfish. It was his first redfish. I was surprised that the little guys was hanging where his dad was. I knew there were other fish over there so I had him cast back up there. In a few minutes he was hooked up. Now this was the fish we were looking for. After a 15 minute fight and almost getting the fish near the boat he took another big run and broke threw the leader. Can't catch them all. Ty threw back up in there again. This time the fish hit a top-water lure and was screamimg drag. He managed to get the nice 25" redfish to the boat. Daniel managed to get his first redfish, first trout and first flounder which gave him his first North East slam. Great job!!

Charter May 28 2011 w/ Thaddius and his wife

2011-06-05T19:10:00.000-07:00

We started out at first light today. We threw some topwater lures and some jig heads. We picked up a bunch of trout to start the morning. As the sun got a little higher we went into the creeks to catch some redfish and black drum. We had a great day with some beautiful weather and no boats in site.

Charter May 27 2011 w/ Dave and his guest

2011-06-05T18:57:00.000-07:00

It was a tuff afternoon of fishing today. We had storms all around us.We were able to get some smaller redfish and other stuff but

the keeper redfish were hanging low. On the last spot of the day we caught a nice 28" redfish that had us all around the boat. After a quick picture we had her back in the water and had to run back to the ramp before the big thunderstorms gut us. We will get them next time.

Charter May 26 2011 w/ Tim and his wife

2011-06-05T18:50:00.001-07:00

I had Tim and his wife out again for another beautif day of fishing. I was hopeing to get the two of them out in the ocean to look for a cobia or two but the weather did not couperate. We Did pretty well on some refish, trout, and black drum. Tim comes out with me often so I am always trying to do something different with him. We have poled on some great big shcools of redfish this last mont so I wanted to get him on a bull redfish. For the last half of the trip we concentrated on that mission. The bite was not on fire but I did manage to get each of them there biggest redfish to date. We were able to get a 30" and a 35" redfish. They were some fun fighting fish. Next time I will have to get them in the 40" club.

Charter May 20, 2011 w/ Walt and his sons

2011-06-05T18:39:00.001-07:00

Well I had Walt and his sons out for one last trip for the week. After spooking the big school of redfish last nigh I knew exactly where to start. I came off of plane and hopped up on the poling platform. Before I was even up there you could see redfish crashing baits everywhere. Walt was first up. We had a nice 26" redfish waking not 30 feet from the boat. I cast over there for him and immediately he was hooked up to a big fish in only a few inches of water. It is so much fun when the fish has the advantage over you. Since there is no where for the fish to run except away from you they make some great first runs. And then when you think the fish is tired and is just about to the boat they really show you what they can do. They will run you all around the boat, But Walt did a great job getting the fish into the boat. Well Walt was nice enough to share the wealth and let his sons try to catch a few as well. The had quite a few shoots at some really big fish but just couldn't get the cast that was need. After a while I decided that we would go to a drop off and have them cast at some oyster mounds. We were able to hook in to a few more upper slot redfish as well as a ton of smaller redfish and a few trout and flounder as well. What a fun week it was fishing with these guys and I look forward to fishing with them next year as well.

Charter May 18, 2011 With Tim and his wife

2011-06-05T18:21:00.001-07:00

Another great afternoon on the water. The wind had picked up from the morning but we had a great tide to work with. We fished back in the creeks and along some of the flats today. We poled along a flat for a little while and we started to see redfish and stingrays everywhere. Everywhere that you would look there would be a stingray jumping out of the water on the edge of the mud. We were lucky that we were able to keep the baits away from. We saw a great big red working out in the middle and we had a great cast right in front of the fish. It was a big redfish. She did a great job fighting the fish in less than a foot of water keeping it away from the boat. The fish had mad a few big runs but was getting tired. We had it a few feet from the front of the boat and she did a good head shake at the top of the water and threw the jig. This fish was well over 30" and it was still a blast just to fight the fish in this shallow of water. Well now it was Tim's turn. We moved down the shoreline a around fifty yards and poled right up on a huge school of redfish. These fish did not show any signs of being there and in 20+ m.p.h. winds they had the advantage on us. Well I figured these fish would not settle back down for at least 20 minutes and it was getting late so we started up the motor and went after one more school of redfish. I had Tim throw at the oyster mound and first cast he had another big redfish on. This fish pulled us all over. It fought like a much bigger fish but was still a good fish at a little over 29". It was an awesome looking fish. It had a total of 58 spots. What a way to end the day.

Charter May 18 2011 w/ Fred and his wife

2011-06-05T18:14:00.000-07:00

Today I had Fred and his wife out for a morning trip. We started out with some beautiful weather. We threw a little top water and some jigs and we picked up quite a few trout. After the sun had moved up in the sky we went into the creeks to catch some slot size redfish and black drum. We did pretty good with the keepers so we decided to go try for a few over-sized redfish in a little deeper water. The bite was a little slow but we did manage to miss a few and they each caught a mid 30 " redfish. The bite was consistent all day and it was a great time out there.

Charter 5-18-2011 with Walt and his two sons

2011-05-18T17:43:00.000-07:00

I had Walt and his two sons again this week. What a fun group to fish with. I also had them on Monday and will have them again on Friday. I still need to download the pictures from Mondays trip off of my phone. Well today started out freezing for this time of year. It was in the mid fifties this morning. The group was not to fond of waking up early so we started out the trip at 8 today. Immediately we were able to locate some lady fish. After catching a bunch of those it was time to go look for some other species. We got a nice 23" redfish as well as a really nice over size redfish. We were able to locate a few smaller keeper flounder as well. Once that bite slowed down and the water started dropping I knew we could locate something else to make there rods bend. We found a great school of some big bluefish with a 20"trout and a 18" flounder in the middle of them. These guys are hilarious and always joking with each other and me. I think They enjoyed them selves again but the pressure is on to keep them on a bite. If we go for a little while without a bite they let me know so I will have my work cut out for me on Friday. I am looking forward to seeing them. I was able to get them there at 6 a.m. so I better get them on a quick bite.

Charter 5-17-2011 With Clark

2011-05-18T17:38:00.000-07:00

Wow, what a tuff day on the water. We had a full moon last night and they winds were up to 28 m.p.h. We were still able to find a few fish. We had to work for everything that we caught today,but we were able to get a big over-size redfish on some light tackle. It started to get us to the backing so we had to pull anchor and chase her down. What a great fight on 10 pound test. We were able to pick up some other redfish, trout, flounder and bluefish.

Charter 5-11-2011 with Max, Ron and Ben

2011-05-18T17:25:00.001-07:00

Another Great day of fishing. My clients were hoping to catch some redfish and that they did. We started out getting a little practice on some smaller redfish and trout. We also had some big blow ups on top water but we were unable to get a hook into any. After moving around a little we went onto a flat to do a little sight-fishing. We were able to see some over size redfish with there backs out of the water and a big school push away from us as we were polling down the flat but they were unable to get the lucky cast near the fish. So after a little while I decided to go and get a few that were a little easier to cast to. Well they were hungry we were catch redfish on just about every cast. Some were under size. Some were slots and some were over-size. We stayed there until they were ready to call in a day. What a fun day.

Charter 5-10-2011 w/ Dave, His son Sasha and Uncle Bob

2011-05-18T17:16:00.000-07:00

I had a good friend of mine out for an afternoon of fishing with his son Sasha and his Uncle Bob. We caught some really fun fish. Sasha was not to much into the fishing but really loved to go fast so we did a decent amount of driving around. We caught a really nice 4 pound flounder on the flats in the morning on a mud minnow. We then caught some nice redfish with one over-size throw in the mix. It is always a great time when Bob comes in town and I was happy I could get him his flounder that he has come accustom to catching.

Check out the May issue of Sport Fishing Magazine

2011-05-03T11:34:00.000-07:00

Yours truly has a picture in this months issue of Sport Fishing Magazine. I am featured in an article about a great product called ZMan baits. They are a lure company from South Carolina. They make some killer scented and unscented soft plastic baits. Unlike the Berkley gulp you can throw these baits all day and when you are done you can throw them back in the bag and use them next time. They do not shrink up and the can stretch for over a mile. My son Finn loves playing with the shrimpZ. Give them a try and I know you will love them. There web site is http://www.zmanfishing.com/

5-1-2011 charter with BJ, Eric and Andrew

2011-05-03T11:06:00.000-07:00

I had a fun trip today. I had three younger people from Gainsville today. I started the trip a little later because the only fish that have been caught on the higher water has been trout. I went out at sunrise to do a little fun fishing by myself and i caught 13 trout but no redfish. Well the water was dropping and it was time to start out my trip. I started off going to a spot to get them used to throwing the reels and catching the fish. Well after catching a bunch of smaller redfish and bluefish it was time to go get some big guys. Today was one of the busiest days with boats that I have seen all year. We headed north and into some small creeks and there were still boats everywhere. Well the fish did not seem to mind. We would let the boats go by and throw in there wakes and still catch upper slot redfish. Bj had the hot hand today. She was catching fish left and right. She had on a big fish that was throwing me for a look. I can usually tell what type of fish is on the line by the way that they fight. This fish was fighting strong and low without any big runs. Well it ended up being a 25"redfish that was missing most of its tail. It had got ate off at some point of his life. We ended up getting a bunch of really nice upper slot redfish and quite a few different species as well. Well now it was time to go catch some over size fish. We were able to get 2 big redfish today as well. What a fun day on the water and again I was able to put all of them on there biggest fish ever. I love being able to do that. What a memory of not being able to control the fish and watching this monster finally come up from the water . We were able to get some great pictures and get them back in the water quickly so that they can make more redfish for us in the future. Keep an eye out as the redfish will only be getting bigger as the summer gets going.

4-28-2011 Charter with Tim and his nephew Kyle

2011-05-03T10:43:00.000-07:00

Whatanother great day on the water. Tim is a regular client of mine that comes out a few times a month when he is down from New York. He was able to bring his nephew down while he was on spring break. I was hopping to get them on some cobia but the seas were still to ruff for us. Well Kyles biggest fish ever was a small mouth bass. I was pretty sure that we would be able to top that today. I was also going to try to get him on as many different species that I could. I can not remember how many different species he caught but I do know he said that he caught 13 fish today. I am pretty sure that he caught redfish, blackdrum, flounder, bluefish, jacks, sharks,wrase, trout, and ladyfish. I know that his biggest fish now is a redfish and that he lost his biggest fish ever as well. He had on a bull redfish for a little while but the fish was able to break him off in the rocks. Well Tim has not been out with me when the bull redfish were biting yet. So after catching some great fish out in the creeks we decided it was time to get him his largest redfish to date. After Kyle missed his big fish it was Tim's turn at the next one. It wasn't long and Tim's pole was doubled over. It was his biggest redfish to date. It was on a smaller pole so we only got a quick picture and got him back in the water quickly. The fish was somewhere in the mid 30's. Well it was his biggest redfish to date and not to big where I know I will be able to get him a bigger one next time.

4-26-2011 Charter with John

2011-05-03T10:28:00.000-07:00

I had John and Frank out today for a half day trip. What a fun day on the water. John fishes all over the state on guided trips so I always have a little pressure on me to make sure I get him on some fish in his home waters. Well today was his day. We started the day throwing to some big redfish with half of there bodies out of the water. We had a few smaller ones but the big ones would actually swim around our baits. Man that will make you crazy. We tried straight hooks, jig heads popping corks and carolina rigs with every kind of bait imaginable. We did manage a few big explosions on the top water zara spook jr. but did not have any hook ups. Well after chasing these fish for almost an hour it was time to go actually put a hook in something that pulled some drag. Well that we did. We got on a great bite of over size and upper slot redfish. We also put some trout, flounder, sharks, and jacks into the boat. As always John was the one putting the hooks into the fish today. I will give those Lagoon and Tamps guys a run for there money on the redfish.

Charter 4-25-2011 With Frank and his buddies

2011-04-25T17:41:00.000-07:00

I had a great group of guys from Florida and California that were in town for a little fun and fishing. We started the day out with some perfectly calm conditions as we have had for the last week. There were tail and backs all around us. I had Frank throwing the Zara spook and the other two with some minnows and shrimp. Frank had some huge hits but nothing was able to stay on the hooks. Mike was able to catch his first ever redfish. After some smaller redfish it was time to go look for some larger fish. Well we found them. We had a great double of a 28" over sized redfish and a perfect 26" redfish. That was fun keeping the lines from going near each other. They did a great job and we got both of the fish into the boat. Not to long after that we put a nice 21.5' trout into the boat as well. After catching a few more we continued to go looking for a few larger fish. We caught some black drum , a shark and a nice 27.5" and 26" redfish as well as some smaller redfish. The wind was starting to howl and it was time to get back to the docks. What a great time on the water.

Kayak fishing with Action Kayak Adventures 4-20-2011

2011-04-23T10:58:00.000-07:00

I Had the afternoon of some it was time to do a little fun fishing with Bart from http://www.actionkayakadventures.com/ . We only had a couple of hours until dark so I put on my trusted Zara spook and paddled to a protected shore line. After spooking 4 redfish in less than 25 feet up in the grass it was time to bail from the kayak and do a little wade fishing. I hadn't walked 50 feet and I see a huge wake coming right at me less than 100 feet away. I throw a perfect cast 5 feet to the side and in front of the wake and it disappears. Two twitches later and there is a huge explosion. What a fight. A nice 28" redfish in a few inches of water on a top water plug. After a few minute fight we got a picture and let him go to fight another day. I picked up a few more sight fished redfish on the Zara spook and then it was Franks turn. He landed one of the biggest trout that I have ever seen. It was somewhere in the 30" range . After a few pictures She was let go to make many baby trout. What a couple hours of fishing from the kayaks. If you want to try something different give Bart a call at http://www.actionkayakadventures.com/

Charter 4-20 2011 with George and his son.

2011-04-23T10:46:00.000-07:00

Well it has kind of been a repeat as the last few days. We started the day with a nice school of redfish crushing bait in mere inches of water. We had them all around us for over an hour but every redfish that we got to bite spit out the bait. We did hook up with some really nice size lady fish. It was time to get them on some redfish. We moved around a little bit after catching some smaller sized redfish. We were able to get them on some redfish that really pulled some drag. By now the wind was blowing at over 20 m.p.h. They had a blast. We did pick up some nice trout , bluefish and ladyfish throughout the day.

Charter 4-19-2011 With Brendan and his wife.

2011-04-23T10:33:00.000-07:00

What can I say. It has been a week for the ladies. I had Brendan and his wife out for a day of fishing. Ever since the full moon it has been a lot of searching for some quality fish. There has been a really high tide the last few days. With this high water we have been poling the boat trying to get some sight fished redfish. We had an epic fish today. We were in less than a foot

of water and a nice tail pops up around 30 feet it front of us. She placed a perfect cast and the tail is gone. The redfish appears 20 feet in front of us in 7 " of water and is swimming toward her line with her bait 10 feet past the fish. I have her reel as fast as she can ,the jighead goes right past the fishes nose and he pounces on it. She did a perfect job of fighting this fish keeping his head up and out of the grass. After a few minutes we have a nice 26 +" redfish in the boat. We then went on to catch some smaller redfish as well as some flounder and trout. We ended the day with a nice size jack back in the creeks.

Charter 4-18-2011 With Will and his wife

2011-04-23T10:23:00.000-07:00

What can I say. Will's wife had the hot hand today. I had Will on quite a few fish but most of them somehow seemed to come unglued. He even had on a nice cobia for a while but it broke the line. We caught some nice redfish towards the end of the day. We had been on some great redfish in the shallows to start the day but we were unable to stay hooked up to them. Will had a nice flounder that was put into the box for dinner. With the super high tide due to the full moon we decided to go off of the beach to look for some cobia. We had one on but all of the rays were swimming by themselves. We did hook up to some big bluefish on every cast until they were tired of catching them. We finish up in shore to put some upper slot redfish on the boat . Another beautiful day on the water.

Charter 4-14-2011 With Anthony and his family.

2011-04-23T10:09:00.000-07:00

What a fun day on the water. Again we had some great weather. I had Anthony Dixon and his family out for a half day trip. Anthony is a professional bow hunter. Check out his web site at

http://www.fmpfullmoonproductions.com/ . Well the fishing was been a little slower this week. We are still picking up a few nice fish here and there but some of the smaller fish have slowed down. We had some great redfish as well as a really fat trout. The kids were really happy and I heard his son say it was the happiest day of his life. You've got to love when somebody says that. I am looking forward to seeing them next year to try to get them on a cobia .

Charter 4-12-2011 with Tim and his wife.

2011-04-23T10:05:00.000-07:00

It was a little tougher of a day finding fish than last week. We had to move a little more than in the previous few charters. We were able to find some smaller redfish with a few nice ones thrown in. We also had a few small trout and black drum as well. I was able to get Tim to cross of another species of fish off of his list. This was his first black drum.

4-7-2011 Charter with J.P. and his son and friend

2011-04-23T09:56:00.001-07:00

What a day of fishing. I am on the water well over 250 days of the year fishing and these are the days we hope for. It was calm winds all day and there were redfish everywhere. I had j.p. and his son and his sons friend out for a half day trip. We started out first thing in the morning. Within 30 seconds of putting the trolling motor in the water we had a nice wake coming right at us. I took the pole and threw it right in front of the fish and redfish on. Unfortunately it cam off after a few seconds of pulling line. Well we had these opportunities the rest of the day. Sometimes I would use the trolling motor to get to the pushing wakes and other times I would pull the boat within range. We had a few sight fished doubles as well. What a blast it is for anyone let alone a 7 year old to watch the redfish eat his minnow in less than a foot of water. The fishing is on fire right now.

4-6-2011- Charter with Doug and his son.

2011-04-23T09:48:00.000-07:00

What a great day of fishing today. The redfish were hungry. No matter where we went there were upper size and over size redfish. I can not remember how many we caught but it was a lot.We had a few trout and other stuff throw in but it was mostly redfish today.

Charter 4-4-2011 with Ying and her family

2011-04-04T10:04:00.000-07:00

There were more boats today on the water than I had seen all year. It look like a forth of July weekend out there. I had Ying, Rod and there son Ben and daughter Kira out for a day of fishing. They had booked earlier in the week

but we postponed it due to the rain. It was there last day of spring break so I wanted to end it with a bang. We had to move around a little here and there due to the boat traffic. They had a great time and everybody was able to catch a few fish. Ben had the large fish of the day which was a 29" redfish. Everyone was able to get there first redfish and there biggest redfish ever. What a great day on the water.

Charter with Laura and her birthday man 4-2-2011

2011-04-04T09:47:00.000-07:00

The only thing that I can say about today's fishing was wow! What a day. Laura had big fish of the day. A huge redfish for the backwaters. we were along an oyster shoreline and you could see a lot of redfish swimming the bank. all of the sudden I spot the first shark of the season. It was only about three feet long, but it had a tag in it. We tossed a few different bait at it but it was not interested. That was the first tagged shark that I have ever seen.After catching a ton of redfish on the flats and in the creeks we went looking for a few other species. We went to a little deeper water and we caught sheephead, blackdrum, bluefish, flounder and ended the day with another fat redfish. This was fishing as it is supposed to be.

Charter with John and his son 4-1-2011

2011-04-04T09:39:00.000-07:00

Another amazing day of fishing. It is spring time in full effect. There are redfish abound and they are hungry. I had John out again and his son was home from Georgia Tech for spring break. They took turns catching some upper slot and over size redfish today. They even had a few double hook ups as well. John had the big fish of the day that took him to the line backing and we had to chase the redfish for a little ways. After that they were ready to call it a day. What a blast as always taking John out.

Kayak trip 3-29-2011

2011-04-04T09:12:00.000-07:00

My trip cancelled to due to the rain. So when I have a day off it is time to go fishing. There was some serious weather that came thru today including tornado warnings and hail reports. There was a break in the weather after 6 p.m. so I called my friend Bart and said lets go catch some trout. My friend just started a kayak fishing charter bussiness. He just got some really nice kayaks loaded with all of the toys. There was a lot of wind and some serious clounds still in the sky so I knew it was time for some top water action. I am still new at this kayak fishing deal so it was a learning experience. As soon as we put the boats in there were some nice redfish pushing wakes. We were in 8 " of water. I only had a few different top water lures with me. I tried to catch a few of the redfish but they were very scared of my lures. Next time I will make sure I have a few weedless jigs with me. Well we left the redfish and went looking for some trout. we had a ton of blow up and landed some nice size trout. What a blast it is to catch these fish on top water. Here are a few pictures of the better ones. If you ever want to try out some kayak fishing give Bart a call at (321)231-9450. He lives here locally but his phone number is from Orlando. He has been fishing in this area for over 11 years and he knows the area very well and his kayaks are super comfertable.

Charter with tim and his wife 3-25-2011

2011-04-04T09:02:00.001-07:00

What a beautiful day on the water. It was light to moderate winds all day so polling the new boat was in order. We saw a ton of redfish today. There were groups of fish from 2 fish to over fifty fish. All the redfish we caught today were sight fished. The biggest was somewhere around 28". We even caught a nice 23" directly at the nose of the boat after they were unable to spot the group of fish heading our way. I told her to just drop the jig off of the front of the boat and she was hooked up. Nothing like catching a nice redfish in less than two feet of water 5 feet from the boat. After casting to a ton of redfish we went looking for some trout. We were able to locate a handful of them but they were all under 18". This new Dragonfly boat is as silent polling as they make them.

Charter 3-23-2011 w/ Mark and his son Daniel

2011-03-23T18:20:00.000-07:00

I had Mark and his son Daniel out again today. After catching a ton of smaller redfish and trout yesterday I decided to get them on some sight fished big redfish. It was still pretty windy today but we were able to locate some nice schools of redfish. We probably had 15 plus redfish today with a few double hook-ups. It was great to show them how strong the upper slot redfish are the biggest redfish was caught by Mark and it was a stud . It was just under 27" and it was had a huge girth on him. After a great fight we let him on his way to make some baby redfish. After the redfish we went and caught some trout. We were catching trout as quick as you could trow your hook in the water. It was a double hook up every cast. I had mark throwing a Zman plastic shrimp and Daniel was using mud minnows. It was a blast. I will be seeing them next week for one more trip before they have to head back up north. With the weather in the 80's and the fishing this good there is no reason to not be out fishing. Get out the and catch something.

Charter 3-22-2011 w/ Mark and his two children

2011-03-23T18:05:00.000-07:00

What a great afternoon of fishing. I got a call today asking if I could run a last minute trip today. I said I could squeeze in a 3 hour trip before sunset. It was very windy from the south. We tried a few spots with a little success. After the third spot we were able to locate the fish. It was one of the lowest tides that I have seen in a long time. We power poled down and stayed on the fish for the next two hours. Every now and then we would have to move the boat 50-100 feet down the shore line. There were fish everywhere. There were redfish and black drum crushing the bait on the shoreline. We had a ton of redfish, trout, some nice blackdrum and a 15" flounder in a short while. As long as you could get your bait within a foot of the shore it was fish on. They had a bunch of double hook-ups.You will be seeing Mark and Daniel for a few posts in the next week. What a blast to take these guys fishing. Also, look at the spotless redfish that Daniel caught!

Charter 3-22-2011 W/ Dusty, Tony and Trevor

2011-03-23T17:58:00.000-07:00

What a beautiful spring day. It was a little windy but it was warm. We caught a ton of smaller redfish and trout today. We had a good mixed bag of keepers including redfish, trout, and sheephead. It was a little harder bite than it had been but we ended up with some solid fish through out the day.

Charter 3-18-2011 with Dave and his father-in-law

2011-03-21T07:27:00.000-07:00

What a day of fishing. Spring time is here and the fishing is on fire! We had the "supermoon: on Saturday and a huge tide to go with it. I started the day catching a ton of trout on the higher water. Then at 11:00 I went and picked up my two clients for the day. We went looking for some redfish as the tide started dropping. First hole,first cast we have a fish on. After a ten minute fight we have a fat over size redfish in the boat. After a few pictures we throw in the hole and are rewarded with another instant hook up. We stayed there until they were tired of catching redfish. We caught around a dozen and missed more than that. The redfish were between 24" and 30". We then went looking for some trout but we could only find more redfish. We caught a ton of redfish for the day. Look for the fishing to stay this way for the next few months as everything is feeding on all of the new bait fish. Hope to see you soon.

3-15-2011 Charter w/ John, Dean and Jordan

2011-03-16T18:35:00.001-07:00

I had a half day trip with a great client of mine, John. He brought along Dean and Dean's daughter that was on spring break. We got a little late start to the day so top water was out of the question. We started out throwing some jigs and corks and picked up a few trout. We then decided to go look for some redfish. We started out catching a bunch of smaller redfish. After we had

enough of the smaller redfish it was time to go look for some larger fish. As i kickered up to where there big school has been hanging out I had Dean throw first. As his minnow landed he had a fish on and the entire water around his fish went crazy. There was a bunch of fish with his 24" redfish. After we landed his fish it was Jordan's turn. I poled the boat within range of the waking school and she had a great cast and was hooked up to a nice 26" redfish. She did excellent landing this fish on 10 pound test. " I can't wait until I get to see the video her dad took of the fight." The fish was doing his best to break her off but she succeeded in landing her biggest redfish. It was now Johns turn but unfortunately the fish took the minnow off of the hook. Dean threw in front of the school and had another nice middle slot redfish. We ended the day with a sheephead and a nice over size redfish. Dean had the hot hand today but everybody caught some great fish. I hope Jordan had a great spring break.

2-27-2011 New boat pictures

2011-03-04T18:37:00.000-08:00

I was finally able to take some pictures of the new boat. It is a dragonfly boatworks. The model is a grand slam. She is loaded with all the bells and whistles from an 8 foot power pole in the back to a removable custom casting platform in the front I can accommodate 3 anglers plus me comfortably. It has a draft of 8 " and is super stable. It is an extremely dry and comfortable ride as well. Feel free to call or e-mail me with any questions that you might have about the boat. I hope to see everyone on the water soon.

2-26-2011 Solo fishing trip

2011-03-04T18:23:00.000-08:00

Wow, what a day on the water. It was as slick as glass on the water this morning. I started out blind casting to some drop offs. I caught some where around a dozen smaller trout on top-water lures.As i was moving along you could see redfish tossing mullet in the air from 100's of feet away. I slowly made my way to the redfish pushing huge wakes and dropped the power-pole down. I tossed my top-water lure about twenty feet past the fish and started slowly walking the dog towards the fish. He made a huge blow up and was hooked. I caught a 25", a 23" and a 28" redfish all on top-water within 20 minutes. It was awsome watching these redfish make numerous strikes at the lure and finally get a hook into them. As soon as the sun came out the top-water bite was finished. I moved to some deeper drops and picked up 3 upper slot redfish ans one 32" redfish as well. Decided to move a little farther north with the rising tide and hooked one more 28" before calling it a day. I moved around just checking some places that I had not been to since last year and the fish were fired up. Spring is hear. Oh how I love towater redfish!

2-23-2011 fishing with Bart

2011-03-04T18:17:00.000-08:00

I was wanting to try out the new boat and had 45 minutes before dark left. We put the boat in the water and headed north. we had 25 minutes of fishing time and it was very windy and foggy. Within 5 minutes we had a nice middle slot redfish, 2 keeper black drum and a short redfish. The boat performed awsome and we were rewarded with a good sunset bite

2-18-2011 Charter w/ Ty and Tyson

2011-02-21T06:48:00.000-08:00

I had Ty and his son Tyson for a trip today. What a beautiful day on the water. Calm wind and sunny skies were the order of the day. It was my first charter on my new boat. We started out going for some sheephead with the higher tide. We caught a few smaller ones so off to go look for some redfish. It was a full moon last night so there was a super high tide. We fished some drop offs and located some smaller redfish. We then went onto the flats and saw a few singles but we were not able to get the cast that was needed and did not get the hook up. We saw a decent amount of some nice redfish but they just did not want to eat. We went to some deeper holes and picked up a ton of smaller redfish, some keeper and under size black drum and a keeper flounder thrown in the mix. We then went and tried for some larger sheephead again but we only found smaller ones. We ended the day with keeper redfish, black drum and flounder. What a beautiful day and great company. Hopefully Ty will be able to make it back down for the cobia run in the spring! Should be a great week on the water so get out there and have some fun.

Fun Fishing with Capt. Brian 12-28-2010

2011-01-15T06:49:00.000-08:00

Fun fishing it was today. I had they day off today so I called Brian to see if he wanted to pole the redfisher around for a few hours. It was chilly and windy today but it was also sunny and that was all that was needed. We were fishing in around a foot of water and looking for hungry redfish. They were is smaller groups today but they were hungry. All fish were caught on soft plastics during the daytime. Then an hour before dark I switch to a top water Zara spook jr. . Man is it fun catching an upper slot redfish in freezing weather in the middle of winter on a top water lure. We had a few double today as i would hook one and Brian would fire from the poling platform. What a blast it was today. I love the clear water we get every winter from Jan. until March.

12-20-2010 Fishing with Andy from N.Y.C.

2011-01-14T06:32:00.000-08:00

12-20-2010 Fishing with Andy, his brother and there father

It was a little chilly today but the fish were hungry. Andy was down from New York City and was hoping to try some local fish again. We started the day catching a ton of sheephead. It was a bite as soon as the crab hit the water. It usually takes a little practice to catch a sheephead but after I should them a few tricks the were pulling them into the boat on every cast. After they had a few for the table we went looking for some redfish. We found a few different schools up in the creeks. We then went looking for some bigger redfish along the intracoastal. We found them and they had a blast on these bigger fish. One last spot that I knew of to try for that really big redfish. Andy casted at the oyster mound and was rewarded with a monster. Ten minutes later he had the redfish boat side. You might have to have an extra jacket this time of year but the fish are schooled up and hungry.

11/30/2010 Charter with Brandon Grant

2010-12-01T07:37:00.000-08:00

I had Brandon and his father and law from Tennessee today. We started the day looking for some waking redfish. We found them but they had lockjaw. We caught a handful of smaller reds and one nice 24". It was dead low so we went looking for some blackdrum. We headed into the creeks where we caught a few nice keepers up to 17". We also had a ton of redfish between 15"-17" . They were catching them on every cast for quite a while. After dozens of redfish we were on to catch some trout. By now it was afternoon and the winds were blowing at over 20 m.p.h. . The trout bite was so so. They did catch a really nice week fish with a few smaller trout and bluefish thrown in. They also snagged a huge whelk conch that we got a picture of and let her back in the water to continue to make baby conch. A windy day but we were still able to locate a ton of fish today.

11/28/2010 Arthur Lee's Family

2010-12-01T06:51:00.000-08:00

Today I took out a regular clients daughter, sister and her husband, and his father. They had a great fishing day. It was a little chilly in the morning and the water was as calm as glass. As we pulled up to the first spot we saw some huge wakes that were made from some large redfish fleeing the scene. We started out blind casting to some holes and oyster bars and were rewarded with some smaller redfish. Down inside the creek we were urged to go further in by a great big waving tail. As we got within casting range I tossed Olivia's shrimp near the fish and fish on. She hooked up to a nice 26" redfish and landed it all by here self. What a great fight. We had not moved more than ten feet when we saw a nice push at the feet of two shore birds. We cast at the base of the oyster mound and hooked up to a 23" and he was brought to the boat swiftly. This continued for the next 3 hours. There were 4 people on board but we were only able to have one line in the water at a time because all of the redfish were sight fished. Arthur's dad caught a 31" and his sister caught a 28" as well as a few more keepers and short redfish. What a great day on the water.

Fun fishing 11/21/2010 shallow water redfish video

2010-11-22T06:05:00.000-08:00

Went out today to do a little scouting for this next weeks trips. I planned on looking for some blackdrum but I found some redfish instead. I caught at least 30 redfish today. Most of them were sightfished and were caught on soft plastics and mudminnows. The largest was over 28". I did not take any pictures because I was by myself so I did not take the fish out of the water. I did take some video of a nice school of redfish swimming all around the boat. Look for the wakes. The water is still pretty dirty so they were visible only by the wakes. Yesterday was about as good as it gets. I would see redfish pushing and throw at the and come up with a flounder or a trout or a redfish. The fishing is on fire right now.

11/17/2010 with Acosta group

2010-11-22T05:44:00.000-08:00

Had a fun group of guys from Acosta today. We had a group of 60 people for a little fishing and friendly betting. There were 20 guides for this group. We started off catching a bunch of redfish. After that we went looking for the trout and found a ton of those as well. With only 20 minutes left in the trip Steve said that he wanted to go try to catch a flounder so that he could get his North East slam. Well he caught one and he was the only one in his entire group to catch a redfish, trout, and flounder. Congrats. Looking forward to seeing you guys next year.

11-13-2010 trip with Steve and his dad and brother

2010-11-22T05:36:00.000-08:00

Another great day of fishing. We targeted redfish and trout today. We also caught some blackdrum, bluefish, whiting, and flounder as well. We covered a few different spots today and we were rewarded with some great redfish. They brought home there limit for the dinner table. I had a great time out there.

October 29, 2010 w/ Ty and family

2010-11-22T05:28:00.000-08:00

Had a trip again today with Ty and his wife and son. They are always great to go with. We started out at sunrise and had some fish on the boat within 2 minutes. We caught some redfish, trout and bluefish. We then went into the creeks to catch some keeper redfish. Now it was time to catch some biggg redfish. We landed two monsters. They both had been in some battles with a larger creature and had battle wounds to show for it.

November 9 2010 fishing report

2010-11-09T04:46:00.000-08:00

The fall fishing has started and it is on fire! The trout bite is as good as it gets both on top water and on grubs. There are also some huge flounder around as well as redfish everywhere. The mullet run is in full swing. The next few weeks will be some of the best fishing of the season. Feel free to call at (904) 687-9498 with any questions or visit http://www.drummancharters.com/

May 16, 2010

2010-05-17T08:53:00.000-07:00

The fishing is on fire!