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Fishing Reports -- NORTHEAST FLORIDA (Back to top)

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Captain Jim Hammond - Jacksonville, FL Inshore
Tel: (904) 757-7550. E-mail: : jim@fishingwithjim.com

August 8, 2010

The ocean is teeming with life as the bait pods move north with many species following and chowing down on them.

Many big schools of king mackerel can be found at most of the inshore reefs like the CH 3018690 8104110, MR 3026790 8113200, BB 30255892 8110426, PM 3019860 8111020. These reefs are from eight to twelve miles out and all have nice bottom that holds bait fish and the bait fish attracts striking fish, like king mackerel, cobia, barracuda, sailfish, sharks and bonita. Best bet is to slow troll a live poggy or cigar minnow on a live bait rig. I usually troll two or three baits up top and using my Cannon Downriggers, I usually troll two down about 20 and 40 feet. Most of the strikes usually come on the deep lines, so be sure and bring your downriggers.

The reefs that are a little farther out are still holding big numbers of real nice Vermillion Snapper, Red Snapper, Cobia and tackle testing Amberjacks. You might want to try these reefs for these fish, ANNA N 30° 27.809' W 080° 55.973', BR N 30° 21.732' W 080° 49.970' , HUGGINS N 3022369 W 08053966. When fishing these spots for bottom dwellers, try to position your boat just on the edge of the wreck. As close as you can get without dropping your bait in the structure. You will be able to get more fish to the boat and you will not lose all of your tackle in the wreck. If you have a nice juicy live on for bait and it has plenty of leader to swim around, something big will come out and play with you.

Tarpon and big schools of redfish are on the beach and in the inlets. Try a live blue crab down deep for the redfish and a surface bait like a live trout for the tarpon. The reds will eat crabs, poggies, mullet, cut up lady fish and clams. Ladyfish being my favorite for these big breeder reds. Remember, these redfish are the breeders, so when you have had your fun with them be sure to spend the time to revive them.

The tarpon can be caught on almost any live bait, like trout, crabs or chunks of lady fish. I like an 80 pound mono leader and a Daiichi 13/0 circle hook. My rod and reel is the largest Pflueger spooled with 80 pound test Power Pro line. You need plenty of line as these fish make hard long runs. This is also the time of the year when the tarpon show up in the creeks and upper end of the St Johns River. So don’t be surprised if you hook one or two when you are top water fishing or jig fishing. I usually go through several spools of light line when I am red and trout fishing.

By now the flounder have been in the creeks for several months and are feeding up on mud minnows, shrimp and mullet. Try a finger mullet hooked on a jig head, fished around rock piles, docks and creek mouths. The Blount Island area is a good place to work your bait for flounder this time of the year.

Trout are settled in and can be taken on just about any top water, diving plug or a four inch Gotcha Paddle Tail Minnow. When the water is stained, I like chartreuse or in clean water I like the black and white color. I usually fish these on ¼ to ½ ounce jig heads, working them as if it was an injured bait. They also work well on a 5/0 worm hook fished on ten pound test Power Pro. They are heavy enough to cast a long distance and can be worked easily with a twitch of the rod tip.

The lady fish should be in the downtown part of the river, Mill Cove and in the ICW. These make great fly rod fish as you can get close enough to make a short cast and will eat almost any fly that looks like a glass minnow.

We are having our flooded grass tides and the reds will be rooting for fiddlers. This is by far as close as you can get to flats fishing in Northeast Florida. Find a grass flat that floods and look for the tails. Almost every creek has at least one grass flat that holds nice reds this time of the year. Look at the tide chart for a tide that is at least 5.2 feet on the high end. I like it best when the high tide is in the middle of the day. With the sun shining straight down, it is easier to see the tails. I like a fly resembling a small crab or small fish.

Remember Moms and Dads spend some time with your kids taking them fishing. It will make a positive difference in their lives.

Good Fishing

Capt Jim Hammond

Capt Jim's Fun Fishing Inc.
Jacksonville, Fl

904 757 755

Fishing Reports -- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA (Back to top)

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Capt. Tris Colket
Last Mango Sportfishing Charters ~ Ft Pierce City Marina
Email: fishthemango@gmail.com Phone: 772.559.0594

JULY 20, 2010

"Vertical Jigging on the Last Mango"

There is no doubt in my mind that there are times when a big bait dictates the size of your catch. While it's not always the case and one should always keep in mind other approaches like 'matching the hatch' or otherwise selecting the appropriate rig, jig, lure or bait for any number of other reasons; when it comes to vertical jigging, size matters.

Let's take big grouper as an example. In most cases, a big gag or warsaw will be out in the deep. Maybe 90 feet, maybe 220' or more. Wherever you fish, deeper water most likely equates to a heavier/larger jig. Just getting it to the bottom in 200 plus feet takes some time. You will often be dealing with strong currents in this deeper water, so the time it takes to reach the bottom on a drift is more critical. Also consider the visibility that a big jig generates.

Take advantage of the various sizes and shapes of the vertical jigs you can find and keep a good 'quiver' of jigs on hand for those times when you need to change 'em up. Although there is one tackle company out there that has a most outstanding product, don't be afraid to experiment with others. I've caught some pretty nice fish on off brand jigs. It's just like lure fishing for a snook; you pick a lure/jig that you believe in and make it work. You 'gotta have faith' that your choice has the magic that will make it happen! For me, this approach translates into a positive fishing effort and good results.

One thing that you will have to prepare yourself for is the cost. Whether you are buying large or small, top brand or aff brand, you are going to lose jigs. Since your probably fishing structure there is every chance that when you hook up, the fish will 'head for home'. Damn those sharp edges on rocks, reefs and wrecks, you're gonna get cut off on a regular basis. And if you don't hook up while your drifting structure you will eventually hang up on the bottom.....there goes another jig!

Man, those less expensive jigs are looking better and better, and here is the clincher. Sharp toothy critters are also attracted to your jig. Yes, a kingfish, wahoo or barracuda will definitely be interested and more than likely slice through your leader in a nanosecond iin his effort to eat that wild and crazt flash on the end of your line. Ooops, there goes another one!

The cool thing is that once you hook a fish or two while vertical jigging, you'll also catch the fever. It is especially satisfying to hang into a nice fish using this particular terminal tackle.

I look at it this way, the jig is triggering an irresistable urge that makes a fish attack. Heck, it might not even be hungry, it's brain is just programed to go after some things. When I'm jigging I try and translate this concept into the action that I'm putting on my fishing rod and I truly believe it works.

If you havn't tried it, it's time to take the plunge. Which reminds me, if you have friends that dive the same areas you fish, you can offer to buy your jigs back from them. I hear stories all the time of the jig collections some of the better divers amass while stalking grouper in their own fashion!

Come try it out with us, we'll tighten you up!
Capt Tris (772-559-0594)
Last Mango Sportfishing Charters
www.lastmangocharters.com

Capt. Tris Colket
Last Mango Sportfishing Charters
Ft Pierce City Marina
One Avenue A
Fort Pierce, FL.34950
www.lastmango-charters.com
fishing inquiries should be directed to: fishthemango@gmail.com
Cell: 772.559.0594

Fishing Reports -- SOUTHEAST FLORIDA (Back to top)

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Fishing Reports -- SOUTHEAST FLORIDA (Back to top)

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Capt. David Ide
Lady Pamela II Sportfishing Tel: (954) 761-8045
e-mail: ladypamela@bellsouth.net

Ft Lauderdale Fishing Report

May 10th, 2010

Today, Captain Darin and Mike took good friends of mine deep sea fishing from Australia. All the Dad’s of the group are fishermen and divers in Australia and wanted to try their luck in one of the sport fishing capitals of the world, Ft Lauderdale. As soon as they poked out of Port Everglades, a White Marlin jumped on their bait and took a run. The White Marlin put on quite the show before they got it to the back of the boat. The action didn’t stop there, either. They ended their day of fishing in Fort Lauderdale with 10 Mahi - Mahi Dolphin, 6 Vermillion Snapper and an Almaco Jack on the wreck.

Today was Ft Lauderdale fishing at it’s best!

April 30^th, 2010

On April 26^th, we welcomed the Navy, the Coastguard and Canadian vessels as they sailed into Port Everglades for Fleet Week 2010. Fort Lauderdale was flooded with US Military and we got to see them leave Port Everglades as Fleet Week came to a close today.

Today, Peter, Guy, Doc and 3 other friends joined Captain Paul and me for a repeat fishing trip aboard the Lady Pamela II in Ft Lauderdale. Peter hadn’t fished aboard the Lady Pamela II since August of 2009, he was amazed at our renovations and our new articulating fighting chair. We poked out of Port Everglades and released our trolling spread into the water. The Kingfish and the Bonito fish weren’t hiding. Three Blackfin Tuna hit the cockpit and went into the fish box for dinner. We topped off the trip with a nice size Amberjack at the wreck.

This afternoon, Mike and his two buddies came fishing from California and wanted to land some fresh Dolphin. Once we reached a nice blue edge offshore, the kites went into the air. Within 30 seconds, the deep bait got hit and Mike reeled in a 100 lb Hammerhead Shark. About 10 minutes after our Game Shark, we missed a Mahi. It happens. We placed our trolling gear in the water and watched the rods. There wasn’t much action on the troll until I got the bite on my high line. We hooked up with an April Sailfish and it began jumping right in front of our eyes. That was probably one of the last Sailfish we will see until the season kicks off again in the fall. We expertly released the Sailfish back into the blue and ended the day with two Blackfin Tuna for dinner.

Call today and ask about our current fishing specials, we will match ANY legitimate charter boat operation price in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Tight Lines!
Captain David Ide
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954-761-8045

Captain Taco Perez -- Ft. Lauderdale
Hooked Up Sportfishing Tel: (954) 764-4344
e-mail: info@tacohookedup.com

Aug 17

Today We truly had a Happy Day Today fishing out of Bahia-Mar Marina aboard the Hooked Up we had a shared charter with Brain from England, Chris from Palm Harbor Florida, and Joe and Evan from parts unknown. We started out trolling the reef with our 2 planners running about 45 feet deep and 3 baits skipping across the surface. While trolling we ended up catching a few king fish and a bonito.

Ok time for plain B so in came the trolling gear and out went the live baits. Today we did not have enough wind to fly our kites so we slowly trolled them down the reef.

Ok so now we had all four goggle eyes (live baits) out there and the trap was set and all we needed was for some big fish to come along and eat one.

Than all of a sudden out of nowhere up popped this big sailfish on one of our baits. It only took seconds till he swallowed the bait and we were Hooked Up. This fish was dancing all over the surface and Evan wasted no time jumping in the chair.

(THE FIGHT WAS ON) It was a back and forth tug a war for a good 15 min but finally Evan got this big sail fish to the side of the boat. Captain J.J. got a hold of the fish for a quick measurement to have a replica trophy made of Evan’s catch a couple quick photos and back into the sea he went to fight again another day.

Way to go Evan and thanks again to the rest of our anglers today.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344

Aug 19

Today we had a family from Rochester Ney York Sylvia and her husband Chuck and their kids Curtis, Heather and Trisha out for a few hours of deep sea fishing aboard the Hooked Up.

Once again we started out trolling the reef with our two planners running deep and three baits skipping across the surface. Today the reef was full of life. We were catching kings and bonitos one after another.

Since we already had a box full of king fish and bonitos we decided to try for a monster fish and just see how our luck would turn out. As it seems our luck was going to be very good because as soon as we got a couple shark baits set out there we got a big shark bite within in two min. Curtis jumped in the chair and the fight was on. Talk about lucky! But after about 5 min of fighting this fish the line went slack and so did our luck.

O well I guess that’s why they call it fishing and not catching.

But we still had a little time left so we set the baits right back out there and just as we were running out of time and about to reel in the lines our deep rod bent over and line was screaming off the reel. Curtis jumped in the chair and we were HOOKED UP. It was a back and forth tug a war for over 40 min but at last Curtis hung in there and much to our surprise up popped this big hammer head shark in the middle of Aug. We never expected this but hey we could not have been happier and we did manage to slide Curtis’s fish into the boat for a quick measurement for a replica trophy to be made of his great catch and slid him right back out the door to fight again another day.

Way to go Curtis

As we got back to the dock we had our afternoon trip waiting on us. We had Chalet, Di, Sue, Karl and George all from Birmingham England.

They were going on a cruise in a couple days and thought they would try their luck at some deep sea fishing off the coast of Ft Lauderdale.

Once again we went right to trolling the reef and YES the kings were snapping.

We were catching all the kings we wanted as a matter a fact with still a good 30 min left to fish they let us know that they were all beat and had caught more than enough.

Guys thanks again and hope you guys have a ball on your cruse.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344

Aug 20

This morning we started out fishing with Paul, Charlie, Luis and John all from South Florida. Once again trolling the reef was the big ticket. And once again the reef paid off with king fish and bonitos. BUT all of a sudden one of our surface baits that was skipping across the surface paid off for us today.

As we were trolling one of our rigger baits popped out of the out rigger and Captain Kevin wasted no time getting to the rod and picking it up. Just as Kevin picked up the rod Captain Greg seen a nice sailfish tracking right behind the bait. Kevin dropped the bait back to him and BAM we were HOOKED UP.

Paul jumped in the chair and the fight was on. It took Paul a good 15 min to finally get his sail to the side of the boat. We got a few quick photos of the fish swimming next to the boat and Kevin reached down and cut the leader right next to the hook.

Sometimes it seems to be easier on the fish to just cut the leader as close as possible to the hook instead of trying to hold the fish to try to get the hook out. At times a sail fish goes nuts at the boat and ends up doing more harm to himself.

Nice going guys!

This afternoon we had a family from Caracas Venezuela out for a few hours to give their luck a shot aboard the Hooked Up. We had Diana and her two kids Manuel and Alan.

Once again the reef was the place to be with the two planners tearing it up.
We ended up with 8 nice kingfish and 3 bomber bonitos.

Thanks again to all our anglers today.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344

Aug 21

Today we had Ashley and Alex from Switzerland and Alan from Ft Lauderdale out for just a few hours in the late afternoon for a bit of deep sea fishing.

Now I’ve got to say that there is nothing better than writing a great fishing report about what a good day of catching we had aboard the Hooked Up.

BUT if all my reports were about how great the fishing was every day well let’s just say that is just not fishing and I am sorry to say that today was one of those slow days on the rip.

We started out trolling the reef knowing that was going to be our best shot at throwing some fish in the box but today in the late afternoon it just was not happening.

We managed to catch a couple of king fish with our planners but that was it.

So we switched over to some shark fishing but once again no luck.

Alan thanks again for your patience and remember we owe you one.

Guys it would be a lot easier if I just skipped this report but I pride myself on telling it like it is and most of the time we get the best of the fish but once again it is fishing NOT CATCHING.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344

Aug 24

Today we had a shared charter with Willy from Westin Florida and Nick from New Jersey.

Getting fish in the box was the plan today and the best way of doing this was once again trolling the reef with two planners running about 45 feet down along with a few baits skipping across the surface.

Once again it was the planners that paid off in a big way. The kings were there and hungry so we ended up with a box full of kings.

Willy and nick thanks again for fishing with us aboard the hooked up and Willy we look forward to fishing with you again in October to catch you that sail fish you want.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344

Aug 26

Today we had Amanda and Jim from Dallas Texas out for a few hours of deep sea fishing aboard the Hooked Up.

Trolling had been producing fish for us all week so we went right back to trolling the reef.

We set our two planners out running about 45 feet down along with three surface baits skipping across the surface.

When I say that the bonitos were biting like mad dogs I just don’t know how else to put it. I’m not sure how many we caught let along how many we threw back. But I think it was somewhere around 1,000,000,000 (LOL)

Guys thanks again for a fun morning of fishing and sorry about your foot ball team I just don’t think this is the year for the cowboys (LOL)

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344

Aug 27

Today Norman from Tuscaloosa Florida was entertaining about 15 colleagues that own assisted living facilities all over Florida. We ended up using 3 boats to get all of them out fishing and also put together a little tournament.

Ok let me introduce the players.

Aboard the Hooked Up we had Norman, Rich, Joe and Emit.

Aboard the Marlin My Darlin we had Rick, Jeff, Dion, Worley and Bob.

Aboard the Local Knowledge we had Cliff, Scott, Bob, Tony and Kent.

All the boats seemed to start out trolling the reef catching king fish and bonitos. However, we knew that these guys were calling each other saying that they had caught this and that but all the Captains knew that we were all catching the same fish, kings and bonitos.

After a couple hours of trolling the reef the boats and Captains started making their moves for bigger and more fish.

The Marlin My Darlin went off shore looking for some dolphin fish while the Hooked Up set out some live goggle eyes (Live Bait) and started slow trolling in hopes of finding a sailfish. While the Local Knowledge bottom fished.

The Marlin My Darlin struck out off shore never finding any dolphin fish. Aboard the Hooked Up they got one shot at a sailfish but never did get a hook into him. However ,the Local Knowledge started out catching snappers to try to catch the most fish then they clinched it by landing a 60 pound Amber Jack.

Way to go to all the guys aboard the Local Knowledge they walked away with everything.

Norm thanks again it was a blast and we all can’t wait till next year to try it again. And to all of our anglers today thanks again for a great time.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344

Aug 28

Ok this one goes to Frankie for the best Father’s Day Present of all.

Frankie got her husband Todd a fishing trip for Father’s Day and today was the day he decided to get together with his close friends and do a bit of deep sea fishing aboard the Hooked Up.

So we loaded up Todd, Tim, Mike, Gus, Pete and Quinde ( from sunny South Florida), a lot of beer and what some of the guys were calling coke in glasses but it was very clear coke and they seemed to be getting happier with every drink they had.

It was pretty clear to us that these guys were out to have a good time and that is just what we did.

We started trolling the reef with 2 planers running 45 feet deep and our 3 surface baits skipping across the surface. But today trolling was just not producing many fish. We caught a couple of bonitos and one king that we almost got to the boat but it was eaten by a big barracuda right behind the boat.

Ok time for plan B we brought in all the trolling gear and set out our kites with 4 live baits suspended from them. We had Pete who kept slamming the door on the boat I think he thought he was attracting the fish with that and we had Gus who decided to take a hit for the team and he started chumming the waters for us. I don’t know which one of these two guys actually attracted the fish but before we knew it we had a sailfish up on our right short kite bait. But this one did not eat.

Within in 10 min we had another sail fish on our left short kite bait. J.J., the mate, tried to feed him the bait but the sailfish got all wrapped up in the line came up jumping and got away. (RATS!)

Ok 2 sailfish up within 10 min we felt we had a good shot at catching one of these guys.

Soon after that we got a bite on our right long kite bait and we were Hooked Up. Quinde jumped in the chair and the fight was on. After a good 8 to 10 min Quinde reeled in this monster barracuda. Ok not a sailfish but a nice fish all the same.

J.J. got the baits right back out there and all of a sudden another sailfish popped up. This time we got a hook into him and we were Hooked Up.

Tim jumped in the chair and the fight was on. At first this fish was dancing all over the surface but after a while he settled down and just kept digging down. After a good 15 min Mike jumped in the chair to give Tim a hand. (Finally got him to the boat.) Way to go guys!

Now we were looking good and we still had some time left on the clock. J.J. got the baits right back out there and BAM here comes another sailfish. This time Todd jumped in the chair and once again the fight aboard the Hooked Up was on.

This was a back and forth tug of war for another good 20minutes until Todd finally got his sailfish to the side of the boat.

Talk about an exciting morning of fishing!!

Guys, thanks again! Todd I really think that Frankie needs to spend a bit of time at the mall on you for this trip. (LOL)

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344

Fishing Reports -- FLORIDA KEYS (Back to top)

Islamorada Sportfishing -- Islamorada Offshore, Reefs, Bridges, Flats & Backcountry
Email Info@IslamoradaSportFishing.com

July 21, 2010

Florida Keys Fishing Report

Provided by:

IslamoradaSportFishing.com

Offshore:
Dolphin catches are fair to good by most accounts. There are relatively few charter boats fishing only because the business a little slow. The Dolphin are in depths from just off of the reef way out to twenty plus miles. The average catch this past week has been a couple dozen Dolphin with one or two nice gaffer fish in the 20 pound range. The week ended with an onshore blow for a day and a half and that may push the Dolphin into a tighter band and closer to shore. Black fin Tuna catches have been good on the Islamorada Hump, with the Tuna eating trolled feathers in black and red. Remember to troll the Tuna lures way behind the wash produced by the boat, 100 to even 150’.

Reefs:
Most activity on the reef still revolves around the Yellowtail Snapper. Any boats fishing the reef are usually doing just a half day and that is often enough to get a limit of Yellowtail Snapper in the box before it gets too hot. Captain Paul Johnson of Reef Runner fame has been chomping at the bit to try the water outside the reef at depths of 120 to 180 feet. Capt. Paul surmises that,” the big summer Kingfish should be in those depths along with a few Grouper and Mutton Snapper and I would love to do some slow trolling out there!”

Gulf and Bay:
One report that was on the wire this week was from Captain Lou Brubaker who had a good day in the gulf on Tuesday. The day was very volatile with rain and storms all around according to the captain. With just one angler aboard fishing a gulf wreck in 12 feet of water there was plenty of action. First a Cobia ate a Pinfish bait on the bottom meant for a Goliath Grouper. The Cobia was released. Next the Permit started cruising as the tide was ready to change. One Permit ate a crab under a float, while three more ate jigs with Gulp Shrimp. A huge Goliath Grouper even tried to inhale one of the Permit at boat side, but missed. After that they tried to catch a Goliath, but got beat every time one of the big leviathans was hooked as they all ran into the structure and broke the 80 pound leader.

Flats, Backcountry and Flamingo:
The term “backcountry fishing” is an all encompassing phrase. It includes any and all fishing not in the Atlantic Ocean. Florida Bay and the Gulf with its wide variety of fishing opportunities can take a lifetime of angling to just scratch the surface. Right now the Tarpon and Sharks dominate a good deal of that fishing action. They are literally are everywhere in the shallows, from the channels that separate the Keys to the most remote regions of Florida Bay. But wait there’s more! The list is long including Permit, Snook, Redfish, Sea Trout and a host of Jacks. The most daunting part of it all for the non guided angler is the local knowledge factor. The area Charts are pretty accurate, but there is nothing better than being catered to by a professional guide who knows technique, tides and trends.