Captain
Brad Curtsinger

Member since June 2014 New Smyrna Beach, United States
Background
Captain Brad was born and grew up on a river and was always told by his friends that he should be a captain. He has now been fishing the Florida waters professionally for 17 years around areas such as the world-famous Mosquito Lagoon, the coast line running from Daytona to New Smyrna beach, and offshore deep fishing up to 40 miles. For the last 11 years he has devoted himself full-time to offering guided charters, doing what he loves. He uses all the knowledge he has learnt over the years to make sure you're in with the best possible chance of finding fish.
Techniques
Capt. Brad loves artificial lure fishing the most ,but he loves live bait fishing as well especially when the bite is down. He finds having the right bait and presentation is the most important aspect of fishing.

Hey, I'm Captain Brad Curtsinger

New Smyrna Beach, United States
Background
Captain Brad was born and grew up on a river and was always told by his friends that he should be a captain. He has now been fishing the Florida waters professionally for 17 years around areas such as the world-famous Mosquito Lagoon, the coast line running from Daytona to New Smyrna beach, and offshore deep fishing up to 40 miles. For the last 11 years he has devoted himself full-time to offering guided charters, doing what he loves. He uses all the knowledge he has learnt over the years to make sure you're in with the best possible chance of finding fish.
Techniques
Capt. Brad loves artificial lure fishing the most ,but he loves live bait fishing as well especially when the bite is down. He finds having the right bait and presentation is the most important aspect of fishing.
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Capt. Brad's Fishing Trips โ€“ 18'

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Excellent
5.0 / 5
(4 reviews)
New Smyrna Beach
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Charters By Capt. Brad- 25โ€™ Boat

State licensed
Excellent
4.7 / 5
(13 reviews)
New Smyrna Beach
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Capt. Brad's Fishing Trips

State licensed
Excellent
4.8 / 5
(18 reviews)
New Smyrna Beach
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Capt. Brad's Fishing Trips โ€“ 25'

State licensed
Excellent
5.0 / 5
(17 reviews)
Daytona Beach
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Fishing Reports

Offshore the Bite is great!
Offshore the Bite is great!
May 13, 2016 New Smyrna Beach
Took my repeat clients out about 25 miles offshore for a little trolling and bottom fishing, both have been on fire ,plenty of mango snapper,vermillion snapper,trigger fish,and amberjack ,and some nice kingfish around
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Redfish are still around
Redfish are still around
May 12, 2016 New Smyrna Beach
Searched for a little cleaner water which isnt easy to find this time of year ,when I did we found some decent redfish, some too big to keep,
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Wintertime in Mosquito lagoon doesn't ge
Wintertime in Mosquito lagoon doesn't ge
Jan 27, 2016 New Smyrna Beach
Every trip lately has been successful ,the redfish and trout are schooled up ,Im adding a few trip photos from this past week ,they have been so much fun ,whats been the greatest is these clients only wanted to catch and release these fish ,just one client wanted to taste a redfish that down at jbsfishcamp were very happy to do for him thanks everyone who came its been some really good times looking forward to seeing you again. Capt. Brad
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Cold =clear=schooled up reds!
Cold =clear=schooled up reds!
Jan 13, 2016 New Smyrna Beach
Finally some cooler weather has given way to cleaner waters in mosquito lagoon ,the redfish are starting to school up ,not big schools yet but schools , we worked shrimp slow retrieve early am then later on artificials . Book a charter youll be glad you did ,this is a great time of year for site fishing,capt.Brad
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Redfish Bite is on !
Redfish Bite is on !
Dec 14, 2015 New Smyrna Beach
Big Redfish still around! Went fishing on December 14, 2015 Whenever the weather settles to where we can go out around ponce inlet ,the fishing has been really good ,we've had great catches of redfish ,bluefish ,black drum and some snook in the mix also. This morning these clientsโ€ฆ Edit Preview
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Big Redfish still around!
Big Redfish still around!
Dec 14, 2015 New Smyrna Beach
Whenever the weather settles to where we can go out around ponce inlet ,the fishing has been really good ,we've had great catches of redfish ,bluefish ,black drum and some snook in the mix also. This morning these clients request were to only catch and release big ones ,prepared early with big baits ,the fish stayed hungry thru most of the tide which really wore these guys out ,just a awesome day couldnt ask for better weather better clients and most of all the bite was on.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.8 / 5
out of 5 stars from 54 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.8 / 5
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Best in the business!!
Best in the business!!
Awesome
+40
Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
92%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
78%
Appropriate for children
92%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
87%
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Chris D.
Miami, FL
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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4hr trip backwater

VERIFIED   Four Hour Trip (AM) on November 3, 2018
Capt Brad certainly knows whatโ€™s going on in the backwaters. Great guy. Good times
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Sally H.
DeLand, FL
Excellent
4.3 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Very good
4.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
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In between rain storms

VERIFIED   Three Hour Trip (PM) on April 9, 2018
Capt Brad was very energetic and takes his fishing business seriously.ย  Unfortunately, the day my nephew went, was between...
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Karen P.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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December fishing trip

VERIFIED   Three Hour Trip (AM) on December 19, 2017
Captain Brad was awesome.ย  Beautiful ride on water to fishing area.ย  Saw dolphins feeding by us.ย  Caught and lostโ€ฆlolโ€ฆa...
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Noel F.
Orlando, Florida
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
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3hr with capt brad

VERIFIED   Three Hour Trip (PM) on January 4, 2018
Weather put a damper on our trip but capt brAd tried hard to find fish out of the wind we catch no fish but had a nice time
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Ron D.
Very good
4.0 / 5
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4.0 / 5
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Very good
4.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
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Fishing with Brad

VERIFIED   6 Hour Trip โ€“ Deep Sea on June 22, 2020
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