Bait Flat Views from "Devil Fish" This week charter guests stayed hooked up to a number of species in and around Boca Grande FL. Live bait is worth the early wake up. It is abundantly along our flats before sunrise. Fishing the flats of bull and turtle bay, fish cant resist a live white bait swimming by. Shrimp haven't been lively enough to catch their attention. Live bait of choice Inshore there are redfish schooling up, snook prowling the flats and mangrove snapper tr

The bite on the Gulf coast has been great this spring. The snook are loving our mild winter and warm water temperatures. Guests on charters are enjoying the bite. Dustin, from South Dakota caught his very first while fishing earlier this week. His largest being in slot at 29 inches! He decided to tag his catch instead of bringing it home for dinner. Its snook season for the gulf coast. Our Spring harvest runs from March first and closes on May 1st. Slot size is between

Inshore fishing just before this cold front hit with some great clients. The trout bite has been great, an easy limit for a fresh dinner. Trout are hanging out in our grassy flats of Boca Grande. They were biting on a mix of live bait, shrimp and small pinfish on a jighead. Switching it up to some artificial soft plastics and topwater plugs. Van pictured below with one of his trout catches. Redfish have been getting hooked on a similar setup. Live pinfish on a jighead

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

Nikki set out with us on a sporting day. Seas have been rough due to warm windy weather, we stayed close and hoped our chumslick would call something in for a bite. Our fish finder was showing great activitiy when we pulled on to the structure. Some baits were freelined, 50lb bullbuster main line to 60lb leader to a 6/0 circle hook. Others were sent to the bottom with a simple knocker rig. All of the baits sent to the bottom were picked up and broken off by goliath group

Wrapping up November with a few trips out into the Gulf to chase king mackerel. Our latest trip started slow, then picked up once we moved locations. We came upon a wreck holding Amber Jack. Although the season is closed until Jan 1st, they are an intense catch and release. Cameron and crew catching over 20 AJ's throughout the afternoon. These fish wrecked some tackle, even breaking hooks. Maxel reels really did the job getting these 40-50lb fish to the boat. Video

Windy weather and falling temps are signs that fall is here in SWFL. Big redfish move though the harbor during these months. Captain Andrew has been on them. The bite has been great, only the fishermen seem to be bothered by the wind. Juvinile snook are devouring white bait all over the flats. Artifical tackle, tsunami gold spoons and topwater plugs have been working great on the larger redfish. We are using Bullbuster 30lb braid mainline to get them to the boat. #redfish

All the recent rain has the inshore bite going off. Between cooling the water temperatures and creating strong freshwater runoffs, the fish are charged up. Snook are after white bait, free lined with a circle hook. Pinfish are also a great option. Float or free-line. Rodney & family spent the weekend out with us, catching snook on the flats. These snook are a blast to catch and release. Tyler hooked into a nice Jack, these fish are intense fighters especially at a larger s