Inshore Charlotte Harbor and Boca Grande the bigger fish have been roaming around. Plenty of in slot redfish, snook and trout prowling around our local flats. White bait is first choice, pinfish and live shrimp are tied for a close second. Artificial has been working well in the morning. Popping cork and artificial shrimp for trout. Top water lure for snook and jacks. Larger trout have been attacking small pin-fish on a float. Redfish have been picky eaters but not pa

Barry and Cameron joined us on the water recently during Barry's Holiday break from college. Our first goal today was a goliath grouper. Barry had been unsuccessful at previous attempts and we wanted to make sure this trip was a success. We hooked Barry up to a nice live jack for bait and it was not longer than a few mins he had a bite. Right away we knew it was a good sized fish running and taking drag. Even breaking the 80lb billfisher rod during the fight, but the 600

This week on my calendar is marked with a hammerhead. I never for a second thought this would actually become a reality. Friday evening we set out with one thing in mind. Searching for a spring time hammerhead. In the 4 years we have been shark fishing we had yet to catch our own. The tides seemed just right and Andrew hurried to get baits in the water. No more than 45 mins later Andrew was hooked up and the drag was screaming! The fight was short lived though. 10