We met at the dock a bit early. Jason was there and was all ready for us. He had gone out very early and got us a good variety of very lively bait fish a shrimp. The boat was immaculate and all of the rods and reels were neatly placed in their holders all set up for the day. The tide was exceptionally low so we took it easy going to our first stop. After getting our lines in the water, Jason explained his decision as to why he stopped where we were. He had very sound reasoning which lead to us catching a good number and variety of fish. We picked up and went hunting for something a bit bigger. He took us to a spot filled with trout. Where we quickly adopted our saying of the day 14 and a half as they have to be 15" to keep. Thus began our ritual of catch and release. This became very evident at our next stop where almost every cast brought us in a grouper. Some of them were decent sized. Unfortunately season on them was closed. We also brought up ladies, puffers, kittie cats and snappers. We were having a great time, but had no keeper trout which was the goal for the day, so we picked up and headed back to our second stop. The trout bite was on! In addition to several 14.5" we got 2 nice keepers. Then it was on to the stilt houses. The Native Americans that built them knew a lot about trout fishing as we laid into them catching a number of 14.5" and one nice lunker. Then we tried an oyster bar only to get robbed by the sea gulls who flew off with our Riggs, and dolphins who were encroaching on our fishing hole. In no time it was time to go in, where Jason cleaned our catch for the day and gave us tips on local businesses to check out. We had a fantastic time and plan to book Jason once a month. We would highly recommend JC Charters for all of your upcoming inland fishing trips. He is patient, kind, and courteous. We never touched a bait, took off a fish or fixed a rig. Jason was always Johnnie on the spot and did it all for us. He is worth his weight in gold. Thank you for a great day Jason!!
