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.

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!

Bob, Mo, and Karl

This trip was the 2nd Night for Bob and Mo. Karl is a friend of Bob and This was his first trip aboard the Attitude Adjustment. The tide was incoming in the inlet for an hour after dark. The bait was not plentiful. Winds SE 15. We managed to catch about three dozen. We made our way to the inlet around 7 p.m. I figured the bite was to happen early and at the slower tide.

We started to fish and Karl would be the first to feel the power of a nice over sized Redfish. Karl ended up having the hot hands. He caught two big Reds and a nice keeper Snook. Bob had a keeper Snook with a Redfish or two and a small Goliath on a wind cheater. The bite was hot right before and just a bit after dark. Great trip, thanks Bob, Mo and Karl it was great to hook you up!

Karl, Orest, and Stephen

I picked Karl, Orest, and Stephen up at the Inlet. With plenty of time before dark we set to troll for some Grouper. Stephen caught on small Grouper. We moved on to get our bait for the night. Plenty of pigs and few pins and butters. It didn’t take long and we had more bait than we could use. The tide was outgoing in the inlet. It was starting to get dark and the fish were gonna feed soon.

Karl missed a fish right off. It was a little difficult to fish because the tide was ripping pretty fast. I decided we would fish some plugs. Orest was first to hook up and put a fatty in the boat. Orest and Karl were catching nice fat snook with every try. The bite was on. Stephen was having a little trouble. He did get a few small Snook. When Stephen was just about to question what was going on he hooked up a monster. He did a good job at getting this one to the boat. The biggest of the night, 20lb. Snook. Nice fish Stephen.

We switched back to live baits and Karl hooked up with a monster as well. Another 20lb. Snook, just a bit shorter but fatter. That was a heck of a fight. Karl knows what he is doing a good fishermen. He pulled it away from the fenders with authority. Orest and Stephen each caught snook on live baits as well. This was an incredible night. It was better than some of the October nights. Thanks Karl, Orest and Stephen it was a pleasure to fish with you three. well see you again..

Thom and Mike

Thom and his brother Mike. We met up at Hiram’s around 4 p.m. No problems getting bait. The tide was incoming all evening. When it got dark we made our way to the inlet. Thom was first to hook up with a biggie Red. Thom is starting to get this whole inlet fishing down, making it look easy he caught the first couple of fish(Reds). Mike soon joined in and got his first big Red. There were some keeper size Reds in the mix as well. Thom and Mike each caught a slot size Red. The Red were really thick, it is hard to get a bait through the Reds without getting hooked up. The Snook are there.

It was beginning to rain and Thom was just saying if it started to rain any harder that we should head for cover. Just like clock work his Bait gets SLAMMED! FISH ON, Thom yells! I asked him if it were the bottom and He said,  no way its a BIG FISH! The Rain started to come down harder.  This fish was screaming drag, I had to go after it. That first run was a long one. It had to be a big Goliath. Thom was putting the heat on this fish with 20lb. test line and 40lb. leader. Thom did a great job at getting this beast to the boat. After Mike almost threw me in I finally got a hold of this Goliath. It bottomed out my 50lb. scale. That was awesome, a great fish. Check out the mac-daddy Pictures. We ended with 1 keeper Snook, 2 keeper Reds, and lots of releases.

Scott R. and Larry T.

Scott and Larry are from Orlando. The weather was nice, we met up at 6 p.m. and headed to get bait. Bait wasn’t a problem, they have moved a little north, pins and pigs. At sunset we made our way to the inlet. The tide was still outgoing and the fish were east of the bridge. Scott and Larry both missed a few hits. They both had one double that crossed and cut both of them off. It was taking a bit for them to get the feel. Larry hooked a nice Red and got it next to the boat and it was a little bigger than the slot. I lost it for Larry it was my fault. I was trying to land it with out a net and that time the fish won.

On the next drift Scott and Larry both doubled up again with nice Reds and this time they landed them. We took some pictures. The tide slacked and the bite was shutting off. Larry had to leave so Scoot and I went back and fished until midnight. The fishing was really slow. Scott and I fished the everywhere and could not produce a fish. There were no fish even marking. It was the very last drift at 12:15 a.m. and Scott hooked into a monster. It gave him one heck of a first run and then just laid there like it was a rock. I told him to just keep pulling and reeling. Scott did a great job at keeping that fish up. It ended up being a Goliath(35 lbs. approx.) It made for a good ending after a slow night. Thanks Scott and Larry for the trip it was fun.

Curtis and Matson

What a day, I started out this morning at 6 a.m. and went out in search of some Reds on the flats. I got there at right before light and when the sun started to light the Reds were tailing in pretty big schools. I missed my first hit but hooked up my second hit on a Zara spook. I stuck with the school and managed to land 2 more nice slot size Reds.

Curtis and Matson were at the dock at 9 a.m. I picked them up and we went and caught a few baits. Croakers are getting scarce on the beaches. We did manage to get a few Croakers mixed with a few Pins and Pigs. We got to the inlet just as the tide was slacking and starting to move out. I caught one pilchard while bait fishing and Matson wanted to use it for a Snapper. He tossed it out and about 5 minutes later hooked up a big Goliath Grouper. He was using 20lb. test with 40lb. leader and landed this monster. I always enjoy when I get to grab a big fish.

The Snook bite was going off. We all were catching over sized Snook. Curtis finally put the first keeper on the boat. Next, I landed a nice keeper. Matson was having trouble getting his slot size. After a few fish we finally got our third. what a day ! first the Reds, a big Grouper, and all those big Snook.

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.

Pete & Sean (trip #2)

The weather was clear and the wind was light from the south west. We headed out of Hiram’s around 7 a.m. to fish offshore. We first went to Bethel buoy to get our bait. Well bait was difficult to catch, but we managed to get a few and plus we still had a few dozen pinfish left from last night. The Dolphin fishing has been a little slow so we decided to stick with the bottom.

Well fishing was slow, The winds shifted more from the south and the current picked up a little. With a live Sarine on a flat line, Pete hooked up and landed a 10 lb. king. We kept fishing and managed to get a few more fish a short grouper, some decent SeaBass, another king, and we lost a few as well.

Fishing was a little slow but overall it still was a good positive attitude adjustment. Pete and Sean were a lot of fun to go fishing with. Thanks guys !

Joe and friends from Pennsylvania. The weather was nice just a little overcast. We headed offshore. The bait was a little tough to catch. After some work we went to do some bottom fishing. The moon was full and the fishing was slow. Frank caught a 20lb. grouper. We also caught some Sea-bass and a few small Kings. Thanks guys for the trip.