Charter with John and his son 4-1-2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.