John A. and I

Another perfect day. The winds are is still calm. We decided to head offshore and try for some Dolphin. We headed straight out to 130 ft. and started trolling some ballyhoo’s. We had a few small misses and that was that. We trolled out to 300ft. and back in to 150ft. It was 11:15 a.m. and we decided to try our luck out with some live baits ont the bottom.

We were fishing the 90 ft. ledge and I caught one 23 ” Grouper. While we were bottom fishing two small schools of Dolphin swam up to the boat. On the second school there was one decent size Dolphin. I was able to pitch a live bait in the right spot and hooked up with a nice cow. I love sight casting to Dolphin. John and I kept busy for a bit. We kept 7 fish total and released a few that were pretty small. What a great day!

John C. and I

The weather is perfect. Sunny and calm. With Snook season closed, its time to start fishing the day’s. I invited my good friend John C. to go after the Permit. The ocean was as calm as it can get. Once we got to the spot we started to fish. I We never spotted the Permit. We were fishing with shrimp tipped jigs on 30lb. test leader. I hooked up first with a nice big fish, it gave me one heck of a run. It ended up being a big Kingfish. I can’t believe I landed it on that gear. I had it hooked just perfect. John caught a few smaller kings and big boy Jack. I caught a couple of Bonita as well. I got to feed one to a Barracuda, that was quite the sight. The Permit finally started to show themselves later in the afternoon. We never could get hooked up. They just wouldn’t hit. We both had a few casts in the middle of them. It was still a great day, full of action.

Jon and Rob

OFFSHORE- The Dolphin are here. Last weekend was awesome. Lots of big Dolphin. I had reports of 3 or 4 fish in the 60lbs. range and lots of fish in the 20lb to 40lb range. If the winds lay down as predicted then this might be another great weekend to get offshore. There are few Wahoo as well being caught.

INSHORE- With this last front and the strong winds. Fishing might be a little slow and the water may be a little dirty for a day or two. Once it cleans up look for some Trout on the flats. There have been a lot of smaller fish. There is always a chance that Redfish will be around. The inlet has been slow during the days. The evening has plenty of over sized Reds and a Snook here and there. Fishing is getting good. Everything is starting to happen, you better get your tackle ready.
Keep it reel !

Capt. Eric Metcalf

Offshore- The Dolphin are here, reports are good. There were some big fish caught today. Try the weed lines in 100+ft. The Bottom is a little dirty, after the strong winds we just had. There is tons of weeds inshore, look for Triple Tail on inshore patches.
Inshore- The water temp. is rising everyday and fishing is improving as well. The flats have been producing some smaller Trout with the occasional Red. Reports of Snook at night have been decent. Try cast netting some greenies. Inside the inlet the tide is outgoing in the mornings and slack around 10 a.m. switching to incoming.

Keep it reel and go fish !

Capt. Eric Metcalf

Earl, Dave, and Dan

Hey this is Capt. Eric

The weekend was nice. Last Friday the action was hot with lots of Cobia being caught just south of the Port Canaveral. Saturday wasn’t so hot, but still some nice Cobia were caught. The Dolphin are starting to show up, with a few reports of some nice big Dolphin. The bottom seems to be a little dirty with the swells, not much happening there. The Inshore fishing was really slow earlier in the week. The water temp. is coming up quickly and the Reds and Trout should start being active. I have all ready had some good reports from today. The Inlet fishing at night is hot. The Reds are thick and the Snook are still a little tough. If anyone has any ?’s please feel free to ask. Keep fishing !!!

Attitudefishing.com

Hey this is Capt. Eric

I am going to start keeping up with more of a Report of current fishing conditions….plus my blog of trips. The winds are blowing pretty strong NNE 15-20. No fishing offshore the seas are big, 5ft. The winds should be laying down and the weather temp. should be rising to the mid 80’s. later in the week. Hopefully this is the last cold front. We could use some warmer water.

The Report from the inlet is that there are a few Snook being caught on the North Jetty with big hand picks and bucktails. The oversize Redfish are thick on the incoming tide. There have been some big Jacks as well in the 20lb. range. The report from the beach fishing, Pompano were biting really good last week. This week its just to blown out. Well keep your fingers crossed and hope for the best with the winds. It is March !