Jose and George
The weather straightened out just enough to get offshore for a day. Jose and George live in Orlando. With all of the cold weather that we have had, the Grouper and Snapper seasons are in effect now and they are both closed. We had a huge fish kill in the river because of the freezing temps. I was unsure what we would even fish for. I decide that we would start off fishing some 60ft. stuff. The surface temp was 64. They both were catching Sea Bass left and right. Most of them were just shy of being keepers. We moved around and fished 3 or 4 spots and it was all the same action. George did catch a Red grouper that was around 20″. It was just rough enough that I did not feel comfortable going farther out to the 90ft stuff. It was getting time to go in as well. The weather did end up laying down nicely on our way in. The next, Wednesday was really nice and heard of a few rays with Cobia on them popping up. Thanks again Jose and George.

Ben and Tim
The weather is down right cold. The water temp. in the river is mostly 58 degrees. I met up with Ben and Tim at Capt. Hiram’s dock. They had two of there friends/family fishing with Capt. Gus Brugger. It was a fish off! Well we had two different agenda’s. First, we both started off fishing for Pompano. No luck, not even a bite. Gus went to fish some nearby island and we went outside the inlet and fished the beaches for a few. Can’t believe we could not even find a bluefish. Capt. Gus was getting into some small Trout and Ladyfish with a Bluefish here and there. They were at 30-40 fish. (SO THEY SAY!) There was a calcutta going between the two boats for the biggest keeper and editable fish. Ben was all about trying for a Grouper. We set off to do some trolling. We trolled for about a hour before Ben hooked up. It was a good fish, we pulled him out and it was 24 1/4″. That was is it, the winning fish in both categories. We got lucky, other than a small trout and 1 Ladyfish and a baitwell full of pins that was all of our action. It was nice day though, the weather cleared up and it warmed right up. Thanks again Guys for for fishing with Attitude Adjustment.

Amy and Jimmy
Amy and Jimmy have fished with me in the past. Amy lives in Texas but has a house here in Melbourne Beach. Jimmy lives in Georgia. The weather was a little cold with the strong winds. The tide was slack, switching from incoming to outgoing at 7 a.m. We met at the Inlet Marina in the morning. We fished the flats for awhile. Jimmy caught a couple of small Pompano and ladyfish. The bite was kind of slow. We tried a little of everything. Fished the flats, inlet, and even trolled for Grouper. Not much luck. The sun did finally break the clouds and it warmed up a small bit. It was a pretty morning on the water. Amy and Jimmy, Thanks again for fishing with Attitude Adjustment! I look forward to our next trip..

Dave and Jason
Dave is from Orlando. He fished with me two years ago. Jason is a friend of his from Chicago. We met at Capt. Hiram’s. Bait was no problem, still plenty of pins and pigs to go around. The weather was a little cloudy. a front approaching. The tide was incoming for most of the night, switched at 9 p.m. Once we started fishing it took a bit for either one of them to get a hit. Dave hooked up first with a nice Snook. We landed and measured it at 33″. The bite was kind of slow. Dave had a big Red on for a second and it broke off. Jason finally hooked up after about 2 hours of fishing it hard. It was a nice Red, weighed 21lbs. Well that changed the momentum, he hooked up two more fish and landed them with ease. A 20lb. and a 13lb. Redfish. We ran out of bait and the tide came to a slack. So that was that and we headed back to the dock. Thanks guys for a fun trip. It was a pleasure.

Justin, Jim, and Jim#2
Justin from Whitey’s Bait and Tackle, his father Jim and a family friend, another Jim(Jim#2) from Texas. I met Jim and Jim#2 at the Inlet Marina at 4. We headed and caught pins and pigs for the night. Bait was a little slow. We managed to get a few though. Just before dark we started fishing. The tide was incoming with the switch around 8:30 p.m. I was hoping the Reds would be there and Jim#2 could pull on one of the big monsters, but the bite was really slow. We did have a some action though. Jim caught the first two fish, which were both short Snook. Caught those on live baits, near the bridge. We picked Justin up around 8 p.m. at the L-dock. Jim#2 caught a couple of short Snook as well. We trolled some plugs for awhile and lost a few fish. It’s still amazes me how a fish can throw 6 hooks(2 trebles). I know for a fact one of them was a keeper, because it came off right next to the boat. Justin caught a couple of small snook as well on plugs and artificials. All the Snook seem to be short right now. We need a closed season, so some fish can grow. Well it was time to call it quits. Thanks guys for the trip. I really appreciate it. Jim#2 next time your in town, we will go fishing on me! Thanks again.

Cornelius, Patricia, and Mike

Cornelius and Patricia were visiting Mike who lives in central Florida area. The three of them are involved in the Butterfly business. Cornelius is a South African, who is a true outdoor sportsman. He has some interesting stories. We met up and departed from Capt. Hiram’s. The weather was raining all day. The ocean was huge and out of control. We tried to fish during the afternoon but got rained out. We met back up in the evening after the bad storms had passed. I had bait from the previous trip, so we did not go bait fishing. When we got to the inlet around 7 p.m the tide was pretty much slack. We fished with live baits for a bit but with not much luck we switched to plugs. We started doing pretty good. We were pretty much hooking up every other pull through. A lot of the fish were smaller ones. Cornelius and Mike each got a keeper Snook though. Even though the weather was bad, it was a good trip, we caught fish and brought two keepers back to the dock. Hope you three enjoyed your fresh Snook. Thanks for fishing with attitude!

Miguel, Brian, Chip, Anthony, and Philip

Miguel, Brian, Chip, Anthony, and Phillip

Miguel, Brian, Chip, and Philip fished with me two years ago. Brian lives in Atlanta and the other ones live in Orlando. Anthony also lives in O-town, this was his first trip with attitude. They stayed at Capt. Hiram’s. The 5 of them had me booked for two days of fishing. The weather was kind of questionable. A little cold and windy. We met up around 4 p.m. and started caching bait. We caught enough for the two days, pins and pigs. Once the sun set we headed to the inlet. The tide was pretty much slack. We fished the mouth for some Reds. Philip was first to hook up and land a big Red. Brian caught the next big Red. Chip joined in as well with a big Red. Anthony caught a monster Snook about 28lbs.(no picture).

Once the tide started to ripping out, it made live baits a little tough, so we switched and started pulling plugs. Let’s just say we never fished a live bait again after that. We were catching Snook one after the other. Everyone got to catch a Snook. A keeper size was another story. We only ended with two keepers. That was pretty cool because Chip and Philip who are father and son doubled up and caught them at the same time. It was a goodnight of fishing and they were hungry so we headed back to Hiram’s so they could get a food order in before they closed.