August 31 Charter with Tim and Jo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.