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.

Don H. and Turner

Don is from Texas. The weather is nice and hot. The tide today is incoming all morning. We went and caught bait. Some really nice fat pigfish and a few nice pins. Turner was doing a good job of catching the pigs. After catching bait we ran out to the beach, The glass minnows are still there and the Bonita, Spanish, and Tarpon are still feeding. We chased the schools of Bonita, it was tough to get hooked up. We missed a few hit and I had one on for a few seconds. Finally we were able to hook one up and land it for a picture.

It was time to go for the Snook. The water was so clear that you could see the schools of Snook. We anchored and it was a feeding fest after that. Don hooked up about 10 nice Snook and landed at least 6, its hard to keep up with the count. Don caught some nice fat fish. The bite was on, the fish were feeding on pigs and after that we were catching them on pins. I even managed to catch two nice fish. Man, that is really a lot of fun. Don it was nice to fishing with you and Turner. Thanks again.

Curtis, Tanner, and Blake

Curtis, his son Tanner, and Blake are from the Tampa area. The weather is still calm, clear, sunny, and hot. We caught bait(pigs and pigs). The tide was incoming until 11 a.m. We ran the beaches casting at a few schools of Bonita. We had no luck, just couldn’t seem to get a cast on the right spot. The tip of the jetty was packed with boats. It wasn’t easy but I managed to sneak us a spot to anchor up on. Around 12 p.m. the Snook began feeding. The fish were holding further out from the jetty. Everyone had a fair share of hits and opportunity. Out of all the hits, Blake landed two nice Snook, Tanner
landed one nice Snook, and Curtis after a handful of leaders cut off just above the hook put a nice Snook next to the boat. Well it was a lot of fun and I look forward to fishing with you again.

Clint, Drake, Tracy, and Tony #2 Clint could not get enough fishing in on his trip. It was gonna be hard to compete with his trip of two Kingfish over 30lbs. and a 25 lb. Goliath Grouper. We met at Hiram’s and left to catch bait at 7 a.m. The weather has not changed still calm, clear and HOT! The bait was a little tougher. We did catch our share though, just a few were small. Drake and Tony were loving the bait action. Tracy did a great job of getting in on the action as well.I wanted to check for croakers so we headed for the ocean. We tried a few spots and just caught sea bass. We headed a few miles out to fish for the Bonita schools but they were just the small fish. We Ran around and found some pods just couldn’t hook up. It was time to catch Snook and we made our way back to the inlet. The Snook began to feed, the action was non-stop. Tracy caught two of the biggest fish. Drake was impressive, he was putting some muscles in to the fight. Near the end he was doing it all by his self. Drake caught several Snook. Tony was hooking up and he caught a few. Clint caught several of fish as well, all together the count was 18 or 19.
The bite was over, so we ran the beach to search for the Bonita’s. I hooked up the first fish and handed it off to Drake it was a great fight. Drake did a great job of muscling that fish. Clint hooked up next and handed it to Tony. Tony did a great job fighting that Bonita. Tony was not feeling to well, but he gave it all he had. Clint and Tracy thanks for the two days of fishing. It was a pleasure to fish and get to know you and your family.

Mike L. , Mitch and Rob

Mike and his son Mitch are here visiting Rob and decided to fish for a day. Mike and Mitch are from West Virginia. The weather is still calm and clear and HOT! The Bait was plentiful still tons of pigs and few pins. I hear the croakers are on the beach. The tide was to turn outgoing around 10 a.m. We ran the beaches and saw a few Tarpon and the bait pods of glass minnows. The Bonita are blasting baits but it difficult to get a hook up. With the tide getting right it was time to go Snook fishing. After getting anchored up, The Snook began to feed heavily. All together Mike, Mitch, and Rob caught 16 Snook, 10 - 20 lbs. Even I got to catch one and lose one. The Snook were also feeding on pins. After we wore out the Snook we went and ran down the Bonita hooking up and landing two. Rob and Mike each got one. Thanks guys for a lot of fun that was an incredible bite. I took tons of Photos hope you like.

Wade, Jessica, Dan, and Peggy #2

Back in the morning for trip #2, the weather was still calm and sunny, a perfect day for fishing. We spent an hour catching bait in the morning. Jessica joined in to catch bait and caught her first fish. The pigs were plentiful and there were a few pins. We headed out to start our day of fishing. We anchored up when we got to the Inlet. The tide was just beginning to go out. The Snook began to feed after about 30 minutes. Wade, Dan, and Peggy all took turns hooking up the big Snook. Peggy lost one fish that she couldn’t stop, I think it was a Goliath Grouper. We landed our fare share of fish.

After catching plenty of Snook we wanted to check out the Bonita action. The Bonita were on the surface.Schools were staying up just long enough for a cast or two. The fish are good size. We chased the Bonita for a good hour and just never could get one to the boat. Out of two hook ups Wade broke one and the other pulled a hook. Maybe next time. Thanks Wade, Jessica, Dan, and Peggy for the two days of fishing. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Wade, Jessica, Dan, and Peggy #1
The weather is still calm, sunny and HOT! we met up at 7 a.m. and went to catch bait. Bait is plentiful, pigs and a few pins still in the same spot.(TC) After one hour of bait fishing we had enough, and made our way out the Inlet. The tide is outgoing starting early morning. We positioned up on the spot and with in a few minutes Brad and Dan were doubled up with Snook. We landed both fish, Snapped a few pictures and released them. The bite was not real hot, but they would hit every 5-10 min. if you had it in the right zone. The Jacks were still busting on the surface, Peggy had a few on light tackle that gave her a run for it. Peggy also hooked up with a Goliath Grouper but she didn’t stand a chance on stopping it. The fish was just to strong.

We decided to chase some bonita and look for the Tarpon. Well, no Tarpon today and the Bonita schools were scarce and hard to fish. The greenies are thick just south and close to the beach. We trolled some Geenies, but no takers. We did have a few hook ups with the Bonita. Dan also caught a Jack inside the Inlet. It was getting late and hot and it was time. Well you can’t catch them all the time, but you can try. We fished today and tomorrow maybe we catch.

Clint,Tracy,Drake, and Tony

Clint,Tracy,Drake, and Tony Are from Georgia. The weather is still calm and clear. I picked them up at the Inlet state park at 7 a.m. We headed south to get some bait. The bait was thick today, lots of Pins and a good share of Pigs. We caught bait pretty quick and were back in the inlet by 8:30. We anchored and it took about 15 min. and Clint was hooked up with something big and it was not stopping. Clint put some muscle in it and pulled the fish to the boat, a 25lb. Goliath Grouper. Nice fish Clint. We snapped some good pictures.

The Jacks were thick they kept coming through in the channel and exploding on some bait. With a silver spoon Tony hooked up and caught a couple of Jacks on light tackle. Tracy even got a chance to catch a few. Well the Snook never turned on. We did get a few Snook hits, it was that either we couldn’t get a hook to set or just would lose the fish half way through the fight. Well we decided to run the beach in search of Tarpon or Bonita. We found the Tarpon they were thick. We couldn’t get one to hit. They are feeding on the glass minnows. We did catch two big kingfish. The first fish we lost right at the boat as I was getting ready to gaff it. It was at least 25 lbs. We had Mono on and did not expect to hook into a King with a pin.

We lost sight of the Tarpon and started fishing for Bonita we hooked up 3 or 4 and Clint landed the only one. Drake caught a Spanish mackeral. The trip was coming to an end and Clint wanted one last shot at the Tarpon. We searched and found them a few minutes later. Well we could not hook a Tarpon but did hook and land one heck of a King on mono. That was quite the fight for Clint, he did a great job to get that fish to the boat on mono. Check out the Picture and drop a comment. Clint, Tracy, Tony, and Drake thanks for the great fishing trip. Clint maybe next year for that Tarpon.