I've shared with friends...$13 = 720 Artificial Points minimum. If your a point fisherman, the 1,000 point threshold does not need to cost 10K to Achieve. Celebrating my 9 year Anniversary in the Club...my Costello Collection Warmouth stacking up...should be around through May for competitive point fishermen or great eats. Foam fly poppers, no chance at surviving through one fish Found some big bluefish on January 1, 2024. Orphans abandoned in the Mangroves Penn Slammer 2500HS, 10# Braid w/ 30# Floro...tuna reel. ..lol Not just for topwater bass fishing anymore...light tuna tackle..lol West End Grand Bahamas 6-21-2023 West End Grand Bahamas 6-21-2023 West End Grand Bahamas 6-21-2023 West End Grand Bahamas 6-21-2023 May 30 -- 28lbs, according to the boga grip Mark with a 42 lb dolphin from Bakers Bay Abacos Dolphin 19.3 kg = 42.54 lbs weighed by Ed Dwyer at Bakers Bay Abacos Ed playing the role of weigh master for this dolphin Wheel barrel full of meat fish from Bakers Bay Abacos The red fish appeare to be on nearly every shoreline in my area. The water is surprisingly clear.. Bait and artificial seem to be just fine right now. Our new member George and of course Frank, reel 1981 - on our 222 Auquasport Triggerfish while fishing for Yellowtail Snapper in Key Largo Took my Minnesota friend fishing South of and in the inlet today where we landed an assortment of Bluefish, Flounder, catfish, small snook and trout. Seemed like no one else was on the water with us. This would turn out to be the one I've been chasing going in to the 5th year/season now. Really tuff challenge to complete when these beeder sizes are only here for about 5 weeks per year. I got a chance to Field test (find fish, burn drag) the new PENN AUTHORITY High Speed Spin in 2500 series. I loaded it with 20# braid. Cranked the drag down tight and went to work. Feather smooth My sister Debi and brother in law drove over from Astatula early this morning. I reckon they got found. 11 Drum and back at the ramp by 10. 38" to 45" range in this school. They like gulp better All of the fish in the school were plus or -3" in length plus or -4" in girth of this fish. When you find them like this they will darn near eat a painted hook. We found about 80 Rays... no Cobia on them yet. Water was 78.7° this morning. Reds and Snook are loaded. Go early for best artificial catch. Once bait fishing folks show up later, the artifici 12' deep, north of tip. Follow the flying fish... 😆 Almost broke my rod when it made its second blistering 250 yard run. I was using my 2 speed Penn with General #80 main line, 120# Florocarbon Leader....phew Mangrove Runner...4 # test They are back in force. River has 20pt Fly, Ultra, Spin and Plug...occasionally the 10pt LG is there. LG and G is typically in the ocean school, Feb Mar time frame. Up to 110# Drum in that school. A Real Striped Bass/Striper. We have never seen one this big this far south. Also, very late in the year. Typical non-hybrid Stripers run in the 2.75 to 4# range and in the winter when they are 230 am under the full moon.... These birds are focused and waiting... me too. I want what they see... every predator fish in the river is feeding heavy. The bass almost looks as good as the shirt This was along for the ride... no clue when it got on-board but found it at the boat ramp JP & Moose waiting patiently for that boat rod to bend. Here, fishy fishy... The 120 Mile Buoy on a relatively calm December day. Frigate bird helping we humans locate fish... A Yellowfin tuna leaping out of the water near the 120 mile buoy The sun rising majestically just off the beautiful Florida Coastline. A gorgeous day for fishing! Warm water putting the brakes on the Specs but the Bluegill don't mind at all. Dec 2021 Scamp on the jig. Itty-bitty-kitty (Channel Cat) Daily Fly Box. Covers freshwater, saltwater inshore, offshore near and the river system. Got to do something pretty cool the other day. I was asked to be a camera boat for Blair Wiggins outdoors on the mosquito lagoon airing next March time frame. I thoroughly enjoyed it Port St John power plant closes Sunday at midnight. All fish are Paddle tail friendly. No 4# ladies but plenty over 2#. Pomp's showed up today. Power Plant. Currently sitting in the calmer water around North Discharge. As the plant water warms up, they will move outside of the property line. Typically around 1st of Went ready and found reds in the bite and large Spanish Mack's on the tip. Several assorted species. Point fishing the tip... take everything and be ready. See what we get in the morning Mayan Cichlid caught today, IRL. I did not know they were in saltwater. Info I found was that they are not found north of Lake Okeechobee. These guys are very lost. Mullet are here. Predators that follow are here. Currently stacked near the north jetty. If u go, go early to get the spot you want. Fishing is heavy there.
Not many slot snook, mostly over. Buddy in St Augustine told me this morning that the Mullet are still thick enough to walk across... good news unless we get bad weather. There is a bunch already here with more coming! Fishing mangroves Banana River with a paddle tail and look what showed up! School of about 80 to 100 fish...more like what I'd call a large Pod. We found them and they readily took flair hawk, bucktail and my buddy got one on 4" gulp. Boat issues made the morning short but They feel stronger on this run. They should be split up before 22 Aug. Full moon. On most bridges now. Have fun. Hardest pulling fish that's easy to catch or at least hook-up and inexpensive to g Approx 60' x 110' wad of drum and bait Moon phase past... back to structure for the Drum. Massive schools today. Night bite.. larger channel cats. This one was just shy shade over 9#. Spawn should start soon. Great opportunity for topwater and artificial. For fly fishing, oversized clouser/baitfish Not pretty but great on fly.. shade over 5#. Took the Mullet Fly intended for others. Got a good one today with Dave Robb. Friendly reminder... Don't take Tarpon out of the water for picture. Over 40" it actually illegal to lift from water, even briefly. If you do, I wouldn't post the pic. Tricky fish to measure in I've hooked 8 beach tarpon this year so far, but this is the only one that stayed hooked. Most were 40-80 lbs, but I had a triple digit on for one jump. I use live pogies, pilchards, and threadfins on 31.5" snook ate right at the boat. Live mullet. Nice mixed bag of triggers, tiles, porgy, snapper, and mahi. Here's one of many big ones I've caught in the dark. I'd say mid 40s and probably 35-40 lbs because of how thick thus fish was. 48 inch light tackle flats monster Orinoco Sailfin Catfish. Freshwater St John's. Cast netting shiners Topwater still working a little 11" Big Mouth Bass candy 🍬 Eric throwing back the short ones We easily limited on king mackerel with live bait. This was the second deep drop of my life. The first drop produced a golden tilefish as well, but it was a much smaller one. Tarpon have been biting in many areas of the IRL. Use live mullet or paddletail type swimbaits. 5 ft IRL tarpon (same fish) on slow pitch jig. Best tasting fish of the trip. On the first drop with slow pitch jig Sunset day 1 - Pulley Ridge Trip out of Key West on the Yankee Capts 2nd tarpon on the fly before school The fly I tied that caught all the tarpon First tarpon on the fly before school First sword spine snook on the fly before school Here's the biggest of 5 drum I landed last Saturday. One of two decent dolphin 73 years young...27 lb'er 1# 10oz Yellow Bullhead....good'un Sunshines are starting... hoping for a good run this year.. this one came from the Econ. No football shaped ones yet Nasty ole' Bowfin aka mudfish L to R Yellow Bullhead (local names, butterball, yellow belly), White Bullhead (mostly referred to as the White Cat) Channel Cat (Most plentiful and the largest in this part of the state). Only one White cat left vs channel cat on the right Yellow Bullhead.... this is actually about my personal best Carol with a St.Johns slab Dave and Nick....House boat and new friends on the St Johns River Nick PB Smallie...way up north!! 220' of water just short pf the City Tankers Finally found a bass on the St Johns River 45# Giant Trevalle (GT)
Big Catch 6.5 lb St. John's River Bass Beautiful scene on the Econ River a five pound bass on a nice afternoon January bass fishing in Orlando 4 # test, 17 inches, 3 # 1 oz 4 # test, over 31 inches, 11 # 10 oz Chokoloskee Goliath caught in the mangrove. Emily’s first Chokoloskee redfish Bassin in December at the Stick Marsh. Steve Collins and myself managed 25. Most were 1.5# to 2.5#, but very chunky and healthy. Great early winter fun. Annette's tripletail 22" 11/23/2019 Emmy's slot snook! 30" 9.5 lbs. 29” red at New Smyrna Beach Lorna’s first snapper, 25# Nice snook out of the Port Bass with all head and no body Emily looks a little leery of her ribbonfish! Annette gets a nice slot snook!11/09/19 Bill (Riverrat Jr) & Dave (Riverrat Sr) collared six channel cats on the SJR Wednesday morning. No monsters but nice fun. Another of the SJR Cats for Riverrat Jr. This Lady fish was almost as big as Emily! 24 inches! Emily's biggest catch so far! My grandson Will & son Alan, each with a good Smallie from Drummond Island Michigan. Alan with a 4# plus bronzeback. A 4-2 and a 3-6 Smallmouth from D.I., Michigan Rock Snapper on a jig - Panama 88 lb. Goliath on a jig - Panama 55 lb. Cubera Snapper on a jig - Panama Wahoo on a popper - Panama Richard, of Team Richard & Richard with a very nice Beach Snook on 10# Spin Class.... Striped Travalle. Of the 7 species of Travalle, we managed to get 6 of them leaving us short of the Golden Travalle. Lake Wilson Peacock. A species that no longer alludes Troy. The end of the lake/creek Quad hook-up. Troy and all three guides Triple Hook-up - Nick, Dave and Troy Nice place to catch Bonefish in Hawaii We had some Father and Son doubles during our week at Kiritimati on Christmas Island 2019. Finally, GT on Fly but it was a 7wt Rod with 6wt Line and 16# Tippet. Not much backing so there was a brief chase before getting about 20 quick wraps back on the spool. It also took a Bonefish Fly. Cranka Crabs work on Bones, trigger and everything else swimming...😁 Decent GT on Popper just outside in the channels between the Flats. 56 lbs cobia, caught on my Red Snapper trip in Port St. Joe. We cath'em from 5oz to 80 lbs. :) Grouper King of the day, Alex. Great Trip and good time. Nick's best of the day, just over 30 lbs. Nick with a Great haul on the Wahoos, a few nice Mahi and Tuna GeeTee...Just jiggin around the Island Nick Robb Jiggin' them up Zella finding the Big Black Drum Troy Perez with an 80 Pounder Eric with a nice tile fish Snook/Tarpon Hole Invader After last year's Fishkill this is nice to see They are beginning to trickle in Yellow Bullhead (Butter Cat, Yellow Belly, Butterball) Stumpknocker (Spotted Sunfish) 277# Yellowfin on 80# standup gear. 13 pound 10 oz trippletail Got a couple nice ones today too. Carol with a couple of fat specs. 62" longnose gar weighed 32.34lbs. Big Wahoo on tournament Day! Nov 2018 Grand Bahama After two weeks of offshore blue water tournament fishing in the Bahamas it was nice to find a pristine flat off Grand Bahama and break out the long rod for some solitude fishing. Chunky Nov 2018 Snook off Rockledge Drive on 10lb spin and a Sebile lure. This was an aged old fish with the lateral line disappearing over the huge bulge in the girth. This fish was safely released. Nov 2018 Bahamas Trigger on fly Bahamas Wahoo Nov 2018, bite is red hot this month Lionfish from the FSFA reef on a finger mullet. November 30 tripletail. Released. My son Alan with the best of our largemouth from the C54 canal on Tuesday, Nov 27. Breezy, cloudy and cool prior to 1PM but he managed to dig out 18 to my one.....oh to be 50 something again. Out with Ryan...these fish PULL. St Johns River catfish, 32" long. Left my scale at home, 11# to 12# range estimated. My favorite warm weather fishing. Summer Weather in the mountains of British Columbia Sea-run Cut-throat trout caught on the edge of Puget Sound in West Seattle 47" redfish one of 3 over 45" Zella Helton 18 and 16 lbs - our two person limit on August 17 11 and 12 lbs on August 18 Larry with a really nice Red Snapper...keeper. Rob with a very Nice Red Snapper, for Dinner. Sundays catch of opening snapper weekend. 14.3 and 11 lb. 35.8 lb. gag caught during snapper weekend fishing with spinner and grunt chunk. nice to be able to keep these a good a of fishing with capt.troy perez snappers,cobia,barracude,and snook zella with a nice snook 35" some of his tail missing FSFA members Davin, Chris and Rob Nice to have my sons home for the weekend This morning with my daughter Zella with a nice 27lb king. one of 8 Zella with a 21.lb barracuda zella with a nice snapper zella with a nice snapper in 45feet of water Merritt Nord with a 32 inch Snook caught in the Canaveral Bight on a Bomber. Queen Snapper caught in the Bahamas 1200' deep dropping Kings are close to the beach! Stephanie with another fantastic Ultra Light catch @ just over 21 pounds. Charlie with 25 pounder. Missed First Place in the FSFA Tourney by 5 ounces...close. Next Year. Carol with her personal best bass, 7lb.13oz. Surprise 12LB catfish while fishing a Carolina rig for bass. Obviously he came home for dinner :) first mutton snapper on fly zella with a nice red 451/2" 7-12 girl, 1 of 35 taken by Steve & myself Saturday at the Stick Marsh fishing from Steve's flats boat. I enjoyed having Dave and Nick Robb on the boat. We had a fairly calm day to work the wrecks. Nick releasing a solid 40" Tarpon Glad we could find ONE...at a time. Fly at the secret spot...LOL. The PSJ Power Plant...Parking lot now. Out with Dan taking some bigger and much more fun Jacks Carol with one just under 6 lbs. on a top water Just over 7 lbs. on a top water Schooling in the IRL between 5.4 and 8.3#. Loads of fun and fantastic "eats" on Topwater or catch'em stealth mode on a Jig..tied by Dan Thompson 15# of sweetwater Cobia on 4# UL. Too bad this pond does not have visible public access cause lots of these live there. FW Tripltail...aka Mayan Cichlid Chris and I out Thursday managed to get a few...up to about 72 pounds Mini Cobia but fun with the light gear. Nice big red snapper by the birthday girl. Another red snapper from little man Alexis’ 2nd Cobia of the day, just 3” too small. That's what I love to find!! January 31 sunset on the St. Johns Should we call it a meeting....Fish Fry at the March North Chapter Meeting. The Sunshine Bass have made an early appearance...Good thing Stephanie fishes with me, that way I get to eat...LOL. I did get two of the little ones today. 15" tarpon in January in the Econ River south of St Rd 46. That's probably 200 miles from salt water. Baby Thug...7 # 14 1/2 oz Wesley Rupe with his first sheepshead My son, Will, first time fishing for peacock bass Peacock bass fishing with my nephew in Miami Back in Miami for Christmas My daughter Elena with her first Drum. Not bad at 29.5 lbs.! Same Drum. Thanks to Dave Robb for showing me how and where to get these! 8 Year Old Carolyn Costello with her first Drum. Nice fish at 14.5 Lbs. As you can see she's just a little excited. Lost three nice ones over two days before she landed this one all by her self. Sunset in Chokoloskee looking at the Everglades...never gets old. We found these in the "secret" Snook spot...seems they like white bait too. Got the entire tackle box in the background, i.e. Glow Paddle Tail, White Gulp and plenty of Jig's. Uh-Oh! 12/20/17 at Stick Marsh 33 " 12 # 11 1/2 oz Back country is loaded. Grabbing two hours of fishing before we had to go back and checkout...worth it! Fairly certain that Ryan caught about 25 of these...smoked'em. Charlie with a Peacock Bass on Fly... Chokoloskee Stud Trout, fishing the Rips Chokoloskee Redfish and that is Ryan under there. Cold wet day but fish were caught We managed to find a Sheepshead hideout on Day 3 The Sheeps were absolutely on fire and really nice size. We caught them up to 4 pounds. Primary diet for these guys is Oysters and that flavor comes through in the Fillets. A real FLA Flavor, Yum. Chokoloskee Snook at Sandfly Pass Dave with a nice drum on fly Zella with one of three tripletail on 4lb spin up to 8lb Al Perez with a nice tripletail Working the business end of a large tiger shark in the Bahamas Bahamas Mutton Snapper from shore on artificial Big Bahamas Trigger from shoreline on artificial Grill size Yellowtail Snapper from shoreline on Artificial in the Bahamas Bahamas mutton from shore Pompano Catcher Fly. This is one my son tied for me when he was home on leave Really Nice Drum at the Bridges Dance Partner this morning...doing the "Tail Walk" Pompano up to 4# in the River today First blood on the new deck Night shift with my friend Scott About time I caught one of these Paid the dues, put in the time and listen to Ryan...finally a stud Snook Out with Chris having some fun on the Bait Pods. We found a bunch of hard pulling, drag burning players...poons and Sharks Grandson & son with bookend big smallies caught Aug 11 Drummond Island, MI. More fun with the silver king Pulled this Goliath Grouper off a wreck while fishing with Chris and Elena Costello a couple of weeks ago. Released unharmed. 14lb, 14 oz permit caught on August 17 Doing work with Charlie and finding the Studs like this one that was over 2 hours of pulling. Took my friend out for his birthday. 46" Tarpon. Elena Costello caught a couple of these bonito on a wreck Chris Costello's daughter, Elena, caught her first kingfish on August 3 Max Alderman with his first cobia, caught on an offshore wreck Max Alderman with his largest cuda 48" Cobia 36.5 pounds on 20 pound test capt.troy perez 35lb king A good day of fishing on the 4th of July! Chloe with 32.6 on 15lb test line 14 lb. scamp caught during FSFA tourney. One of 5 grouper we got that day. He couldn't resist shooting one with the speargun My son was home for a couple days. Nice mangrove off a wreck. Catching them on the White boat too..reviving zella with a 30lb red on a top water plug Dave's First Cobia out with Ryan and Andre. The Cobia came boat side with the Jack...mistake. Al Perez still bringing in the big ones Zella Helton with a cobia Stephanie with a beautiful 44"er ....way to go! Off the Structure on Fly...about the most I've worked for a 36" Drum keeping it and my fly line clear. 8A Memorial Day King with my daughter Nice 34" IRL School Drum.... with a 23" Waist...right at 21.5 pounds. Nice Catch Glad I had to throw this one back😠 started the morning with an AJ on a wreck Nice morning, calm seas, hungry fish First Club "LOGO" fish, ever. Steve's 6-14 on windy Stick Marsh, 04/29 Carol's 3-9 on 04/29. You can tell avid Bassers by weather they fish in. Steph and her beautiful Largemouthed Bass on Gold Spoon Stick Marsh April 25th, one of 57 for Steve & me. Best of the very good day Even a Chug Bug scored early They just kept coming, from 7:30 to 3:00 PM Stick Marsh Apr 21, nice morning before wind kicked up. Baby girl out doing dad again at Toho Steve Stewart with an inshore Pompano. Lindsay Rowland March 2017 - 27.5", 6.5 LBS Seatrout on Fly Literally ripped his Top Lip off during the fight...When fishing with Ryan "LockDown" Vetsch it is common..LOL Awesome night/morning fishing through the Sunrise. 16 lb bluefish. On the hunt to break some of the old records. I have found these in LMB stomachs in excess of 10" long. Top-water early and a Prop on it aint a bad idea. Devilhorse or CharlieHorse lures will work for a few weeks while the Needlefish are here. They have shown up in Force this year...leader up... A Little better today...a few footballs. Another Bi-Catch fall victim to the Yellow Stick Shadd a Channel Catfish 12# 8oz Spin Tackle Bi-Catch while chasing the Crooked Striped Marauders, nice 12# Long Nose on Spin/10# - Sebile' They tend to hit like a Freight train on 10# Spin and Weightless Plastic The best I've found for troll (when there is enough water) Lucky Craft MR80. Did not use it this year. The next several pics are related to the Freshwater Shad/Bass/Sunshine discussion North MTG RattleTrap but by a different manufacturer (just a personal preference) Standard Rapala X-Wrap I use trolling Weightless Rigged Plastic Jerk Baits that I cast at schooling fish. Rig it either way Up or down like shown...they don't care.LOL Slow Sinking Twitch Baits...for Casting at School Fish and Searching Ralph & I experienced a controlled burn Mar 1st at Farm 13, made 11:30 am look like twilight. Ralph with a nice Farm 13 bass, one of 21 for the day for he and Dave Best of the 21 fish morning for Ralph & Dave, Wednesday Mar 1st. Carol with one of her 5lb+ bass from the Marsh on 2/25/17. This one was 5.3#. One of 21 we caught that day. More Stick Marsh results, this from Tuesday, 28th. An average LM here. Ralph with a fat 5# LM, one of two best of the day. Ralph with a second 5# Bass on Tuesday. 3 # 7 1/2 oz Baby Vudu Shrimp Ralph's back at it, just a 4.5# so far, one of 22 for the day at Farm 13 Managed a few myself at south end of Farm 13 on Tuesday morning, this chunk my best for the day. Foggy Morning St Johns Pickerel Zella Helton 51.8lb black drum on fly was release unharmed 6lb.8oz. sunshine bass today. True fatty. UL spec and catfish on rattletrap Stick Marsh Feb 8th. Very few bass, good average size. Best of the Feb 8th morning, 21.5", Texas rigged plastic. First speck on a rattle trap Hopefully this is the Start...Sunshine Hybrid Bass Captain Troy Perez
61 lb on Fly! Big Drum Day.
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40 more to go! Not chewing like they should yet. New Location in lieu of Econ area Bowfin on 4lb test on a shad jig We need to designate Tilapia a points fish. It ate a spro rattletrap Part of a 40 point day on the St Johns!
I'll get there yet! 2lb, 4oz St Johns crappie caught by my wife, Margaret, who didn't want me to post her picture. A 3.5er, 1 of 11 for the slow morning in Farm 13. 6#-9oz Stick Marsh pre-spawn lady, Jan 20th 14 pound trippletail 1/20/17 This shad looks like it went through some full contact sport to get here...least we can do is go catch'em. PB Sheep 5/3. 20" Length x 16 3/4+" girth SJR pickerel - 2lb, 6 oz. First tarpon on fly, thanks Everglades The Mullet doesn't have a chance A couple shots that Stephanie got while we were out 1/1/17, this one she named: Pelican taketh Yellow Bullhead aka Butter Cat and Yellow Belly Last fish towards Grand Master 45" on UL 4# test. plug tackle redfish using spooltek lure I got at the auction Let's go Tarpon Fishing in December...12/7/16 Personal best Redfish. 37". 10 points on light general The trip following the Club Auction...Windy Windy but we managed to get half dozen Drum and assorted Sheeps and Trout. Tarpon rolling but no takers today. Caden w/ the best Sheep of the Day Only took finding a school to finally get one on Fly Pompano up over 4 pounds in the river Might have been a 2 pound Spec if it had all of its tail... :) Zella Helton with a nice snook 9lb on a pink jig :) an "on the way in" surprise and a dinner guest Charlie and I managed to get a few hours on the water Saturday...kept the smell off the boat. Out with Chris P. today and found this FATTY. Judging by her girth, she doesn't play the "mis-a-meal" game. Not so good note, Chris messed up his Arm helping me land this dinosaur. Ryan and myself out chasing Reds and Tarpon...found a few. More Tarpon in Rinker Canal at the Mouth than I've ever seen. They are stacked up and a lot of them over the 4' mark. Went Red fishing yesterday and hooked Tarpon, went Tarpon fishing this morning and caught Reds... Clown Knife Fish - Built to fight and can swim backwards to add that little extra pull and they jump like their on a trampoline A little fun with the Peacocks in Palm Beach County with Dad and Brother Just shy of 15 Pounds...nice Channel Cat returned to the water The size that makes me act like a kid...8# 6oz Final CCA Entry 3 # 10 oz Fattest Snook to date. 38" 22.5 lbs Another great trip with Dave! almost a dozen are finding their way to the smoker tomorrow...Charlie is hooking them up. Really good day today Found the bait and these big ole Bonito's causing a lot of destruction...my best to date, 13# 7oz and 35" Found the right one at the end of my Jig...Finally Chattahoochee river long nose gar Three this morning, all about the same size and same Jig Bridget with a 17lb red snapper Steve golf with a red snapper on 15lb test First SJR trip since June 3rd. 2 decent cats before 8am. We had to move to get away from these little guys this morning. Anyone looking for 11" Reds, let me know..LOL Hanging out with the Rolling Tarpon... First Tarpon and an Olympic Jumper (FUN)....Same Jig caught a Tarpon, a Red and a Sheepshead today Last two hours of daylight...Simple 1/8th oz Jig w/ Bucktail. Biggest Snook to date. 39.5" and 20 lbs He was holding my spot..LOL Even a Sailcat is kewl with FSFA... Finally a "Sheepie of the Day" Very kewl to find'em in the IRL. We sited and caught five today. Best of the day, just shy of 6#. caught about 3' from the boat on retrieve...Great Species day for Steph with, Whiting, Sailcat, Tripletail, redfish, ladyfish and sheeps all today Steph spotted this one and made a fantastic shot on it. Great Day for us. From the Tarpon Grounds Saturday. We managed to get one to take but only gave one Big Jump and a Spit. The Tarpon were all around us, just not eating much. My Nephew Caden with first Tarpon..there is a big'ole smile under his wrap 25.75" and THICK but only 4.89#, SP on Gulp Released to Grow-up and become a Club fish Another Anorexic Flounder nice 8a surprise while live-baiting kingfish Nearly a Gator and only a touch over 3# @ 23" one good one out of a couple dozen this morning a ton of these Snappers 1/2 to 1 1/2 pound around the power plant Steph getting in on the Littlest Jack contest..LOL The Delaware Bay "Baby Drum" of the trip 20lbs Del Bay Horseshoe Crab...blah Little guys on the 3rd but a good variety Little guys on the 3rd but a good variety me and the Fly Rod getting along better now..LOL C-54 by Catch up to 1 # 5 oz HOUR JACK on Top Water popper aboard #finfactorcharters with Capt. Joe Smith and John Durkee Bill Hendrix and I with a couple ENDANGERED RED SNAPPERS caught and RELEASED ALIVE. We caught quite a few on Saturady during the CFOA tourney aboard #finfactorcharters with Capt.Joe Smith/John Durkee My son, Will, pulled up this 20lb ARS on May 19. Safely released, it swam back to the bottom, but apparently is counted by NOAA Fisheries as a "removal". Econ gives up another good one On the N-IRL for a "quick" Mothers Day look-and-see where they are... one @ 26.25" and this one @ 27.25" largest of 7 catfish on May 6 1 of 5 channel cat for Bill & Dave from SJR near Rt 520 on May 3rd Spotted Sunfish aka Stumpknocker These little guys are good for big Cats It's what has been working..Cats and Panfish Steph with a fighting surprise, 7lb 4oz Channel Cat on White Sebile U. Nope, she don't like getting near Cats that don't have fur. First Point Fish for Steph LMB..3lbs 14oz White Sebile U 7lbs 14oz North Lake Harney (Live Shiner) 15lbs 7oz / Live Shiner / South Lake Harney area Football time for Ryan - one of two caught on 4/29/16 They say that someone from the past has returned to say hello if one of these visits you offshore... Today's Lure Sebile 90mm Floating Wake Bait view2 Today's Lure Sebile 90mm Floating Wake Bait view 1 4lb 13oz, SJR North Lake Harney I got to take a good friend out for bass this morning. They are thick on the St Johns right now (Hwy 46 - Harney). This is the groceries to supercharge the Green Fishes. Late April surprise 3lbs 4oz 14lb blackfin tuna on April 26 4/22 part of the 109 LMB day 4/22 part of the 109 LMB day 4/22 part of the 109 LMB day Denny with one of the Stick Marsh Weed Bass on 'Earth Day' 'Mr Whiskers' took a 'Chug Bug' at the Marsh, a personal first. One of 16 from the Stick Marsh on Apr 22nd. Another nice morning on the St Johns Red Ear Sunfish (ShellCracker) FSFA members Owen, John, Steve, Chris with a nice dolphin catch out of Port Canaveral on the "No Fear". April 12, 2016 9 of 25 at stick marsh on 4/12/16 20 of 25 at stick marsh on 4/12/16 Lake Harney Bass on April 14. I need longer arms. A 4+ at Stick Marsh on April 13th, one of 29 taken by Steve Collins and myself on a pretty day. Steve took this 6-2 at the Marsh on a small plastic craw w 4# UL, a 20 point fish, bringing him one step closer to Bass species master. Steve with another good-un at Stick Marsh on April 13th. First time I've caught a Bowfin in with Schooling Bass, on twitch bait (P) First Fish on Fly...and it begins can't get much closer...trying out Carolina Rig w/ Gulp Nice surprise while LMB School fishing. I dropped her back in the water before a proper picture...oh well, she was going back anyway. The Werner's w nice double, Will trying to make sure his appears bigger than his dad's. Dave's son 'Alan' with 6.5# stick marsh bass on April 1st. Alan w 5.5# bass taken early on April 1st. Grandson 'Will' with 4.0# bass, one of 25 for the boat on April 1st. Dave's grandson 'Will' with 6.5 SJR catfish on slow day Fished with Steve C. today and got this beauty...6lb 8oz (SP) a few pictures from the St Johns River last few weeks/Month 56 lb. King. On 8A 3-25-16 Dolphin caught be Steve Goff on Bahamas trip with Richard Bostrom and Chuck Rehm 3-16-16 Bonefishing in Bahamas Feb 2016 Terry Winn with Wahoo, 03/16/16, 80# gen tackle, 42# 14oz, north Ponce @ 140', high speed lure, caught with Jon Turner. Dave w 1 of 24 Stick Marsh bass Ralph & he got 03-17. Dave's friend Ralph w 6# Stick Marsh bass 03-17 47" red on a white Gibbs Bottle Nose Chris and Elena Costello with Sunshine Bass Elena Costello with her 4lb, 15 oz Sunshine Bass 46.5# Black Drum on Plug - 3/4/16 by Ryan Vetsch 46# Black Drum on 10# Spin by Leon Vetsch - 3/4/16 Max Alderman with a 4lb, 4 oz sunshine bass peacock bass fishing in Miami Shad are here, keep an eye out for the Reel Time boat coming to our area soon ... Chris Pashos with Gag Grouper 38.5 Pounds. Heavy weight 2015, caught 12/31/2015 Margaret Thompson with the first shad of the morning, which became bait for catfish Dan Thompson with a 10lb, 6 oz channel catfish caught on Jan. 29, 2016 UAE near Fujairah 2015- Same fishery as here, red snapper, dolphin, tuna, grouper, mackerals. Our charter was cancelled due to hostile activity in the nearshore waters so we went to this fish market. Kristine's First Sailfish- Isla Mujeries Mexico -2015 Isla Mujeries Mexico- 2015 black grouper while trolling behind a sail boat Northern Pike from Northern Canada - 2015 Yellowtail Snapper on fly- FL Keys 2015 Redfish outside of Port Canaveral on the Maverick -2015 Jeff Cunningham on the Maverick with a slob redfish outside Port Canaveral -2015 Walleye on fly from northern Canada -2015 One of a lot of reds that day Slot snook that went home for dinner Overslot before the front Wabasso Last slot Snook for 2015 Good day at the stick marsh Another good day at the stick marsh Not bad for a couple of hours Valkaria, Pompano 2 # 5 oz Valkaria, Pompano 1# 13 oz C - 54 11/24/15 1 # 11 oz C - 54 11/18/15 Triple Tail 20 MAHI out of Seb Inlet Nov 12. Found on debris. A Blue Marlin Catching Some Air! A Monster Yellow Eye (22lbs) Debby Silva. 39" Redfish. Mouth of the Port. 6# test. Live finger mullet. 11-2-15 A good day at lake Washington I am a believer. Thanks Dave Wabasso Ramp at high water. Nice ladies playing guitar. A lotta fun on light gear 31 lb Red Grouper and mounted on my wall! Getting ready for a day of fishing from Capt. Hiram's A nice dolphin going airborne at Capt. Hiram's event The start of a nice-weather day. Capt. Hiram's event The Rowlands with simultaneous dolphin. Capt. Hiram's event. Map of KSC Fishing area. Goes with Description under "News" section of web site 25 lb. Mahi coming to gaff UL Barracuda caught over a wreck - 21lb, 11oz Sebastian Inlet Redfish. July 25, 2015 May 2015 opening grouper day
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