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
(88 reviews)
Grant-Valkaria
 Instant Confirmation
Trips from US $500
Excellent
5.0 / 5
(1 review)
Palm Bay
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Trips from US $350

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 89 reviews
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Great fishing and great guide.
Great fishing and great guide.
Excellent Fishing
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Recommend this charter
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Appropriate for children
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Satisfied with the boat
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Caught fish
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Stephen L.
Lake Mills, WI
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Half day trip with Shane

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Inshore/Nearshore on July 11, 2022
We did near shore fishing with Shane today. he did a great job of getting us fish within the first 60 seconds of fishing. All...
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Nathan M.
Nicholasville, KY
Excellent
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5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Full Day Trip

VERIFIED   8 Hour Trip โ€“ Inshore / Nearshore on September 18, 2023
Definitely worth the trip and would book again, highly recommend, Capt. Shane was very knowledgeable, and knew where to go...
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Robert L.
Vero Beach, FL
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Thank You Captain Shane For Turning Us On To Fishing With You!

VERIFIED   Half Day Inshore/Nearshore on February 20, 2020
Thank you Captain Shane for taking me and my brother-in-law Craig fishing. He is getting ready to return to Iowa to work...
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Kyle D.
Clovis, NM
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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July fishing trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Inshore Single Angler on July 6, 2022
Captain Shane was super knowledgeable about the area and what we were fishing for. Was professional and and plenty to offer...
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Sly P.
GRANT VLKRIA, FL
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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2 Hour Inshore

VERIFIED   Special 2 hour trip for Paul Phillips on April 15, 2022
Mother and son fishing trip to learn some basics and keep the kid engaged. The captain was awesome and made it a wonderful...
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