Banner Day/Father and Son!

I did back2back trips on Friday. Vance Meyer chartered me for a solo short Afternoon Blitz. I picked him up at the YMCA dock Downtown Jacksonville. We cast netted a live well full of shrimp and we started out targeting snook. We only caught 1 little snook so we decided to Swing Big and target Tarpon with Artificial Lures. Vance got a hold of a 100+ lb.Tarpon. He put on quite a show for the crowd along the Jacksonville River Walk as this fish was quite the acrobatic jumper. After catching the fish of a life time we called it a day. Tarpon are the Captain"s Choice target species between now and the end of October.

84 year old Jim McCunes 15 year old Grandson Bond and his best friend William were visiting from Atlanta. We started out targeting juvenile tarpon. It was exciting because the fish were rolling on the surface frequently. We jumped several fish on artificial lures before Bond finally got one boat side. Bond also caught a nice Black Drum on light tackle right in the heart of downtown Jacksonville. We then got on a good bite of small spotted searrout drifting live shrimp beneath Bomber Paradise Popper popping corks. We got a few mangrove snapper as well. This fast Duval County fishing Action will contine thru October on the St. Johns River.

Rob Johnston booked a 4 hour "Afternoon Blitz" for 2 anglers. We opted to fish with artificial soft plastic lures. Right Off the Bat we got 4 jumps out of a Tarpon right off the bat. The Tarpon were scarce so we made a transition. Our next fish was a decent Black Drum. We finished the day with a true Trophy Class Bull Redfish over 40 inches long. We fished very close to the boat ramp because there were some afternoon thunderstorms and I wanted to stay close to the ramp not to endanger my customers. It's been extremely hot lately, this late afternoon excursion was a great way to beat the heat. Quality not quantity has been our moto lately aboard Blue Cyclone. Fishing is Good right now and it should continue to get better in the coming weeks.