Thom and Mike

Stuart, Dan, Jim, Lee, Lory, and Campbell

The weather is sunny and the tide in the Inlet was at the end of Outgoing at 7 a.m. Jim and his family are from the Orlando area. There were six of them, so we split up into threes between two boats. The fishing has been kind of tough during the days. The water is kind of dirty and chilly and it has been so hot. There were a few schools of small greenies right off of the main channel in the river. We also ran into some nice thick schools of greenies just up the beach.

Once we got to the spot we started our drifts. Lee hooked up right off, but lost it after a few seconds. Lory was fishing on Jim’s Boat and she hooked up next with a nice fish. I pulled up next to them and manage to take a few pics. Lory was hooked up with a nice Permit. After some good fighting and long runs, Lory and Stuart landed a nice permit 15-18lbs. We had some more action after that. Campbell caught a good size Jack. Dan caught a Bonita that gave him a heck of a fight. We had to chase it down. He also caught a Barracuda. There were the schools of Snook again, just couldn’t seem to get them to hit. The bite was kind of slow. It was noon and storms were beginning to pop up. We decided to call it. That was still a great day. Thanks Jim and Stuart that was fun fishing with all of you. Make sure to email me I have more pictures for you. Thanks Again!

Jennifer and Ken

The weather is still nice. Sunny with afternoon storms.The water temp is cold. Jellyfish everywhere. At 7 a.m. the tide was the end of outgoing. The bait pods of greenies were really big and thick just behind Spanish house. Jennifer hooked up first with a nice Kingfish, we released it at the boat. Ken caught 3 nice 30 inch Redfish and had a few good fish on. I think I caught a big Bonita that whipped my but. I swear, I need to fish more.

We caught a few Barracuda’s. We had a few fish get away. No permit today! lots of action, I guess you cant kill it everyday. It was a good day. Other than the 3 JERKS in the Contender that pulled right up on me with there loud-ass twin 2 stroke Mercury’s. You know who you are, enough said.

Jennifer and Matson

  This was gonna be a good day. The weather perfect with no wind and just plain hot. We are in our typical summer weather pattern. Hot with afternoon thunderstorms. The tide in the Sebastian Inlet at 7 a.m. was pretty slack switching to incoming. I had my girlfriend Jennifer and a friend Matson who fishes with me when we both have time. The greenies are still thick just outside the Inlet.

With plenty of bait in the live well, we left and started our search. The schools of Bonita are feeding on the glass minnows.  We made a few casts at them but no luck. Once we got the spot, I threw on a live shrimp and tossed it out behind the boat. I handed off the rod to Jennifer and about 20 seconds later she got a hit. She did a great job of hooking up that fish. It was difficult at first to know what it was, but after a couple of trademark runs I knew it was a big Permit. We got most of the fight on video. It was quite the fight, The permit ended up 20lbs. Jennifer caught it on 10lb. test line. Nice catch!

Jennifer was on fire she couldn’t miss. She caught a nice size Bonita, a small Red Snapper, Barracuda, and a big Jack. 5 species, all good fighting fish on 10lb. test. Matson caught himself a Permit. It was smaller around 7 or 8 lbs. and lots of Barracudas. As for me I caught nothing but a good time. My day was made seeing Jennifer catch that big Permit. That was a great day. Check out the video…..

Ray, Joan, and Kristie

Ray, Joan and Kristie are from the gulf coast of Florida near Tampa. I picked them up at Capt. Hiram’s in the morning. The water temp. has dropped a bit. The tide was coming in when we left the inlet. There was no signs of bait in sight. There were some Bonita exploding on some glass minnows. We got close enough for Ray to cast and hook up twice on Bonita. He landed the first one and handed off the second one to Kristie and she landed it.

We didn’t stay long before leaving for our fishing spot. Things were slow for awhile when we got there, plus we had no live bait. Ray caught a blue runner and we put out there and a Big Cuda or King hit it. I saw the fish but just could see the back of the fish. It was black so most likely a huge Barracuda. After a few more passes, Kristie hooked up with a good fish. She did a great job of handling the fish. After some good fighting she landed a nice permit. On the next drift she hooked another but it got off. Ray caught a keeper Redfish a few moments after that. It was a beautiful day. No wind but some storms to the west. Thanks again Ray, Joan, and Kristie. I hope you enjoy the fish!

Jesse and Bob

We left the dock around 8 a.m. We were up late fishing the night before. The weather was perfect. Calm winds and nothing but sunshine. After a quick trip to the Fisherman’s Den we were off to find some fish. The tide switched to outgoing in the inlet near 8:30 a.m. We scooped a few crabs up off the grass. The bait pods of greenies were thick just outside the inlet. After loading the bait well with greenies, we slow trolled a few. The action was hot! Jesse caught two nice size Kings. Bob missed a few and did get too fight a decent size Bonita. After fishing for the Kings we decided to go try for the Permit. Well lets just say no luck. We might have a few fish on. Jesse it was nice to meet you. I am sure we will fish again. Bob, lets get that curse off of you.

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.

Amy, Lucretia, Tom, and Chris

Its is Mother’s day. Happy Mothers day, Moms. Amy’s 2nd trip with me. Well the weather is nice, a little windy. It was foggy and light west wind in the morning. The wind picked up through the morning to a NW 20 plus. We left from Capt. Hiram’s and went straight to the ocean. The tide was moving out in the Inlet. There was some threadfins near the beaches. After catching enough bait we slow trolled.

Tom hooked and landed the first kingfish followed by the second as well. The bite was on, a lot of bait and Kings. We trolled around for awhile and everyone got to catch a nice King. Lucretia did a great job at fighting her first saltwater fish ever. Chris is 11 yrs. old and got to pull in a few as well. Tom caught a solid Bonita. Amy ended with the biggest of the day. Great job! That was a nice king approx. 25lbs. We caught all our fish on Shimano 4500 Baitrunners with 20lb. test. What a great day! Full of action. The kings are close to the beach and you cant beat it. Thanks Amy, Lucretia, Tom, and Chris. It was a pleasure to fish with you. Hope you guys enjoy the pics and the fish.

Dustin D.

Dustin is from Georgia. We met up at the inlet at 8 a.m. The weather is the same, calm, sunny, and HOT! the tide is Incoming in the morning. We decided to get our pigs and pins first. The bait pretty thick. Dustin caught one small snook out of the mangroves and missed two hits. After bait we chased the Bonita, they are moving north.

Tarpon were rolling, not showing themselves a whole lot. Spanish still everywhere, we caught a few as well. Dustin ended up hooking and landing 6 Bonita on light tackle. We chased those fish until the tide changed. We set up on the Snook and when that tide changed it was on. Dustin ended up catching one of the biggest Snook that I have seen in awhile. The first two fish were the biggest.

Dustin caught at least 20 Snook of all sizes. I joined in after a bit, catching at least 10 nice fish. That was a good day. All the fish were released nice and carefully. Dustin is one heck of a fisherman. Check out his pictures and Video.

Bill and Jenny R.

Bill and Jenny are from Wisconsin. We met up at 9 a.m. and went caught bait (pigs and pins). The weather is still calm, the wind is west. The tide is incoming in the inlet until 1 p.m. After bait we ran the beaches and found the Bonita. Bill hooked up on his very first cast, he made it look easy. The fish was good size and it was a good fight on 10lb. test. We chased a few more schools and hooked up two more fish and landed one.
The tide was fixing to turn, so we got our spot. The Snook turned on right on schedule. Bill and Jenny doubled up on Snook for the first bite. Bill landed his fish first and Jenny had hers right behind. The Snook were feeding heavy, Bill ended with at least 10 Snook and 2 of them were on light tackle. Jenny ended with 5 Snook. I even got to catch 1 and lost one. Thanks Bill and Jenny it was a lot of fun.