Sans, Tom, and Joel

We met up at the Sebastian Inlet boat ramp in the morning. The tide was incoming early and switched around 10:30. With the early storms approaching we decided to stick close to the inlet. The water temp. is still cold, and the bait situation is tough. The greenies were hard to find but we managed to get a dozen and a half. Croakers were there and we caught about two dozen.
When the tide switched to outgoing, we moved to the inlet and set anchor. The Snook were going off! It is that time of year, if you put a croaker down he is going to hit pretty quick. Well it took a few misses until they got the hang of it. Sans landed the first Snook. Tom caught the second Snook. It took Joel the longest to catch one but once he got one he was on fire after that. He ended up catching the most Snook with four fat one’s. We were close to running out of bait, with the storms building from the west and getting close it was time to call it a day. It was a great trip, everyone caught good size Snook. Thanks again Sans for letting me take you and your friends fishing.

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.

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!

Len and Sam

Father’s Day, I picked Len and his son Sam up at the Sebastian Inlet State park. The weather was perfect no wind and nothing but sun. The tide was incoming in the morning. The greenies were right outside and close to the mouth. No kingfish in them though. It was slow, we fished around the bait pods for awhile. When the tide switched and we decided to try the Inlet. Len hooked up a Jack and handed it off to Sam. He had a blast reeling it in. It wasn’t long after that and Sam got to reel in a monster Snook. That was awesome, the Snook did not want to stop running. It was a very cool moment seeing how excited Sam was to catch that trophy Snook. We got some great pics. Thanks Len, it was great to spend the day with you and your son.

Steve, Jaron, and Dave R.
Steve, Jaron, and Dave are from Melbourne. Dave has fished with me before. I picked these three up at Capt. Hiram’s. The weather was near perfect. It was blazing hot though. We decided to try for Kingfish, because of the good day on Friday that I had. The greenies were there but a little shy. They were getting hammered from all the boats. As the boats laid off they started to come up more. A couple of schools of big Jacks were roaming. Never could get hooked up. I missed a couple of hits. The tide switched to outgoing around 10 a.m. We moved into the Inlet around 11. We set up a few drifts and Steve was first to hook up and land a nice Redfish. A few drifts later Dave caught himself a nice Redfish. Jaron hooked up and landed a small Goliath on a crab. There has been some crabs on the grass. Thanks again Steve, Jaron, and Dave. I’ll get pics up asap.

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.

Adam and Ken

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.

Thom and Jen

The weather was perfect with a light west wind. Well theres not much to say it was a slow day. We went for Dolphin. We put lines out at 120 ft. and trolled for a long time. We did have one fish Dolphin on for a bit. We only got one hit all day. We went all the way out to 240 ft. and blue water. It was tough to find any weeds or rips. Only a handful of fish caught. Only one Wahoo weighed in for the S.I.S.A. Spring fling tournament.