Had a great day of fishing this past Thursday out on the Atlantic. The seas were calm and the fish were biting! John and Mike couldn't get their baits in the water fast enough, and we also could not get the fish out of the water fast enough. The kingfish were chewing hard out on the reef, but that usually means the sharks are chewing equally as hard. We landed a little less than half of the fish we hooked and fought, due to many of them succumbing to sandbar sharks. We did manage to land some nice ones. After we got fed up with the sharks, we decided to have a little fun with them and bring one on board. Nothing like seeing 6 sharks fight over a fish right at boatside then having your rod double over! What a rush! As the day continued we decided to head in a little closer to the beach and try our hand at finding some big black drum. The black drum have been cruising up and down the beach in large schools this time of the year, and it is usually pretty easy to spot them if you know what your looking for. After that, all it takes is a large shrimp on a jig to get their attention, as well as a bent rod and screaming drag. It was a good day not to soon to be forgot with good people! ~ Capt. Eric Myers

Had a great day out on the water today despite the looming forecast of rain thought the morning. While we did get a little wet, the fish didn't seam to mind! The bite was on today and my clients caught just about everything there is on an inshore trip this time of the year. Most of the fish were caught fishing mangrove bank lines using shrimp. We also caught a handful of fish using artificial lures such as gulp shrimp in any color rigged on a jighead under a popping cork. A combination that is very effective for trout around the dock lines this time of year. To tally it up, we ended up catching 8 black drum, 4 redfish, 7 sea trout, 1 sheepshead, 3 whiting in between dodging the rain. A good day on the water! ~ Capt. Eric Myers

It's been an unusual winter for the most part. Temperatures that normally struggle to get into the 70s this time of year have been in the 80's most of January. And while it feels somewhat nice outside for us, I'm not sure it's so great for the fish and their normal patterns. Regardless, it has still been a productive month for fishing and if the warm trend continues, we should see some early spring fishing conditions during February. Offshore fishing has been very very good when seas have allowed us to get out there. Kingfish, Sailfish, and blackfin tuna have all been possible on our reef lines. Most of the kingfish have been averaging in the 8-12lb range with a few larger fish mixed in. Usually, we will have random sailfish or tuna mixed in with these kingfish while we are fishing for them, so it's always a surprise when it happens! All these fish can be caught slow trolling live or dead bait over the reef edges. Nearshore has also, Started to pick up in the last couple weeks with larger black drum schools showing up along the beaches. Most of these fish have been ranging anywhere from 30-80lbs and will not hesitate to eat. Pompano and Tripletail have also been possible along the beaches and can be found just around the outside of port canaveral on most days. Large Shrimp are always my go to for tripletail fishing rigged on a simple 1/4oz -1/2oz jig head. The pompano have been responding well to various jigs and sizes it just may take a little moving around in order to find a good amount of them. And oddly enough, tarpon have also started showing up in good numbers along the beaches. This usually doesn't start happening until early/late spring, so i'm a little baffled on what it means. Either way, they are here and can be targeted for now. Inshore fishing In January was very hit or miss. We caught a lot of sea trout in the 12-15" range with some larger ones mixed in up to 24". They've been eating all kinds of lures from jigs to popping corks rigged with berkely gulp of almost any kind. Black drum have been abundant on most days and have been anywhere from the shallow flats to backwater canals. However, just because they have been abundant does not mean they have been cooperating. On the good days, you may get one or two fish to the boat, after that the rest of the fish will stop eating, or they will be just flat out picky and uncooperative all together. It just depends on the day. Most these fish have been ranging from 5-10lbs or better, and if they are cooperating they will **hidden content**/dead shrimp. Redfish have been probably the toughest fish to find in the Banana and Indian rivers during this month. We have caught a few here and there, but nothing close to stellar. Finally, we have also been catching good numbers of sheepshead around docks. Most have been undersized, but if you keep at it you will usually be rewarded with a few keeper fish. These fish will eat anything from live/dead shrimp to fiddler crabs. Overall, January has been a good month a we should expect to see more of the same in February. On most days it will depend on the weather and if mother nature has any cold fronts left for us. As I said earlier, It has been and unusual winter for us, so we will just have to wait and see how it all plays out! Tight lines, ~ Capt. Eric Myers