Captain
Shane Trottier

Member since November 2017 Grant-Valkaria, United States
Background
Even as a straight-A student through school, Captain Shane could never figure out what he wanted to do for a career. He's had a passion for fishing his entire life and one day while taking some friends fishing he realized that he really enjoyed putting people on fish and seeing the excitement it brought to them. Captain Shane decided to get his captain's license and do a job that he loved. Pictures don't show everything or the time it takes to catch some of these big fish. As your captain and fishing guide, he'll do everything in his power to get you on that big one.
Techniques
Captain Shane uses a few different fishing styles from drifting, trolling, bottom fishing, skipping docks, and fishing mangroves using live bait and artificial lures.

Hey, I'm Captain Shane Trottier

Grant-Valkaria, United States
Background
Even as a straight-A student through school, Captain Shane could never figure out what he wanted to do for a career. He's had a passion for fishing his entire life and one day while taking some friends fishing he realized that he really enjoyed putting people on fish and seeing the excitement it brought to them. Captain Shane decided to get his captain's license and do a job that he loved. Pictures don't show everything or the time it takes to catch some of these big fish. As your captain and fishing guide, he'll do everything in his power to get you on that big one.
Techniques
Captain Shane uses a few different fishing styles from drifting, trolling, bottom fishing, skipping docks, and fishing mangroves using live bait and artificial lures.
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My Charter Listings

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(87 reviews)
Grant-Valkaria
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Trips from US $500
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5.0 / 5
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Palm Bay
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Trips from US $450

Fishing Reports

Spring Break Time
Spring Break Time
Mar 11, 2024 Grant-Valkaria
It's coming into spring break time, so we'll have limited spots available. We get booked up pretty quick this time of year. Let's start off with the weather, we'll it's been hit or miss as usual. It's been windy, rainy, and cold most of February. March should be warming up a bit though. When the days are available offshore trips have been very productive. We've had a few nice days in the last couple weeks, so last minute decisions to run out have paid off. The snapper bite has been amazing. Nice sized mangrove and lane snapper, triggerfish, sheepshead, pompano, bluefish, and kingfish, along with an occasional cobia have all been taking the bait. Inshore on the other hand has been hit or miss. The heavy winds have been making the lagoon very dirty. With dirty water makes it almost impossible to site fish anything unless they're active on top. The cold fronts and heavy winds have put a damper on most days but we're managing. The snook bite at the inlet has been tough as well. There's been a solid 10 degree difference in water temps from the ocean side to the river side. One day is hot the next day is not. The inlet has been holding a decent amount of jack crevalle which offer an awesome fight and there has been some occasional monster bluefish around. There's been a good number of blacktip and spinner sharks being caught along the beach and nearshore reefs. When mother nature allows us, we're having good luck on the nearshore reefs catching weakfish and lane snapper. The big manta rays have started to show up outside the inlet and if you're lucky they'll have some cobia tagging along with them looking for an easy meal. Bowfishing has been excellent at night. We've found some solid spots in one of the lakes that offers some fantastic trips. Tons of tilapia everywhere you look, some customers are getting upwards of 300 shots a night. The day trips are ok, but nighttime is where it's at for bowfishing out here.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
5.0 / 5
out of 5 stars from 88 reviews
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Appropriate for children
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Ronald D.
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Fun in the sun

VERIFIED   NEW  8 Hour Trip โ€“ Inshore / Nearshore on May 8, 2025
Scott goes at captaining with an ease that comes from years of experience and fun. He was having as much fun fishing as we...
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James H.
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Down to earth captain

VERIFIED   6 Hour Trip โ€“ Inshore / Nearshore on June 13, 2024
Had a good time with a down to earth captain.ย  He was very knowledgeable about the species and we caught what he expected...
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Terrence M.
Excellent
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Capt. Shane is legit 4 realz

VERIFIED   3 Hour Inshore Trip on July 18, 2024
Had a great time. Capt. Shane made sure it was a good time regardless of what got caught. He puts his passengers first and...
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Cole M.
Excellent
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Excellent Fishing

VERIFIED   6 Hour Trip โ€“ Inshore / Nearshore on July 5, 2024
Captain Shane put us on some giant snook and triple tail. Had an excellent time and canโ€™t wait to go back.
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Steve G.
St. Louis, MO
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Great six-hour trip

VERIFIED   6 Hour Trip โ€“ Inshore / Nearshore on July 12, 2023
Had a great time with Capt. Shane. It was the kids and my first time saltwater fishing. Cap Shane did a great job of getting...
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