The good Lord just keeps bringing me these incredible families to fish with! Yesterday, I had Billy, his wife Missy, their son Joel, and his wife Kitty. We got our first slot Redfish first thing in the morning, and then followed that up with another one soon after. It was pretty cool as this was both Billy and Joel's first Redfish. To do this on Joel's birthday trip was a great way to celebrate! Went on to catch Seatrout, Spanish Mackerel, Flounder, Whiting, Jack Crevalle, Mangrove Snapper, and a few more Redfish throughout the rest of our time together on the water. It was truly another blessed day fishing the Nature Coast!

It was a privilege and a ton of fun to host this wonderful family from Germany on a charter yesterday. Chris, his wife Sophia, and their two boys, Gustav and Anton, caught a lot of fish yesterday, including about 25 to 30 Redfish. Although a lot of them were small, there were a few nice slot fish mixed in. Since they were traveling around Florida , we only kept a few fish and released the rest. Along with some nice eating size flounder, they also caught about 15 to 20 Jacks, which are all over out there right now. Other species included Mangrove Snapper, Shark, and Black Drum. They kept the Captain busy on this half day trip, and I enjoyed every minute of it! This was Anton's birthday trip, and he wanted to catch something big that pulled a lot of drag. I set him up on a rig to hopefully catch a shark, and although that did not happen, he hooked into a very large Ray that was bigger than a trash can lid, and the battle was on. He just turned 10, but boy, that kid handled the fish well and got him to the boat all by himself with a little bit of coaching. All in all, it was another successful fishing adventure in God's Country and I am just so grateful to be able to once again have folks like this on my boat!!!

Well, summer is here, and fishing has been very good around Yankeetown and the Nature Coast. Seatrout are still hanging around, although not as schooled up as they were in prior months. We have had our best success catching them first thing in the morning when they come up on to the flats to feed. A live shrimp on a 1/8 ounce jighead has been working the best, although a Mirrorlure Little John in watermelon red glitter, or a Q8 Superbaits jerk bait in purple, or lucky penny has been catching a few also. As the sun comes up and the water temps increase, they head back to deeper, cooler water, and are more difficult to find. This time of year, your best bet to catch Redfish is either underneath Mangroves hanging over the water, or deeper rocky ledges coming off of the shoreline. We have been catching Black Drum and Mangrove Snappers on these same rocky ledges. Our main go to once again has been live shrimp on a 1/8 ounce jighead. A mud minnow on a hook with an inline bobber also works well under the Mangrove trees, mainly for the Redfish. The delicious Flounder has been showing up lately as well. Although you will find them sometimes in the rocky areas, the best place to target them has been just off of rocky structure or shoreline, closer to the boat, on lighter sandy or shell bottom. Shrimp on a jighead works best, since dragging the bait along the bottom seems to be the technique that is most successful to get them to bite. Overall, summertime is a great time to fish, so give me call and LET’S GO!!!