Friday, September 29, 2017

9/29 - Just a little MERGER.....FYI

the KING OF SPORTING GOODS....Johnny Morris


BassPro & Cabelas have "come together".

If ya don't keep your ear to the tackle industry as I do. Never Fear, Capt Dave is here! With the News.

http://fishingtackleretailer.com/johnny-morris-bass-pro-cabelas-come-together/



And BTW, the GoPro Hero 6 is out, and a killer of all killer action cams, the new FUSION!!






9/29 - trying to FISH!!!!!

Holy Gale Force Winds, Batman!!!!!!!!!

SATURDAY
North northeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts to
around 35 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet with occasional seas up to
9 feet. Dominant period 5 seconds. Inland waters choppy. Showers likely in
the morning. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers in the afternoon.

SATURDAY NIGHT
Northeast winds 25 to 30 knots with gusts to
around 40 knots. Seas 7 to 10 feet with occasional seas up to
13 feet. Dominant period 7 seconds. Inland waters rough. A chance of
showers through the night. A slight chance of thunderstorms after
midnight.

SUNDAY
Northeast winds 25 to 30 knots with gusts to around
40 knots. Seas 8 to 11 feet with occasional seas up to 14 feet.
Inland waters rough. Showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms.

SUNDAY NIGHT
East winds 25 to 30 knots becoming 15 to 20 knots
after midnight. Seas 6 to 9 feet with occasional seas up to
11 feet subsiding to 5 to 7 feet with occasional seas up to
9 feet after midnight. Inland waters rough. Showers likely and a
slight chance of thunderstorms.

MONDAY
East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet with
occasional seas up to 10 feet. Inland waters choppy. Showers
likely and a chance of thunderstorms.

MONDAY NIGHT
East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet with
occasional seas up to 10 feet. Inland waters choppy. A chance of
showers and thunderstorms.

TUESDAY
East northeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts to
around 35 knots. Seas 6 to 9 feet with occasional seas up to
11 feet. Inland waters rough. A chance of showers.

Thursday, September 28, 2017

9/28 - the last 10 days!

After the video below in my last report. I found my fuel tank leaking.
(it's a very long story....)

So now about 10 days later and a lot of "dollars". A new fuel tank is in the Jettywolf.

The original tank was 150 gallon aluminum tank. It was very corroded in a corner. I hit a huge bump, which I called a ROAD MOUNTAIN with a manhole cover on it, coming back from the mechanic, because last week the water pump gave out on the Suzuki, and I had a charter on Monday!  So I scrambled to get it fixed.  "It's what we do constantly, in the charter biz. Always under pressure!)

The bump in the road was the straw that broke the camels back. The tank was leaking, in the video below, while were were having a great day.

After that, it was "scramble again". Reschedule charter on Monday, thank goodness.

Then, the fun began. Hire a welder/fabricator. A super father & son team, that does Mobile welding and fab.

Day one: after prepping and taking out 125 gallons of fuel from the tank. Yes, I filled her up practically, because of the Hurricane. Not Good!
Have MS mobile welding & fab come by and assess what needed to be done. Cut deck out of boat, pulled tank out (HUGE & HEAVY!!!)

Days afterwards...I worked my tail off, getting everything ready for them, for the next round.

Day two: Install new tank, that was delivered via Amazon believe it or not! And yes, PRIME, free two day shipping! And a lot of $$$!  Had to go with a plastic tank and only 60 gallons. It was the only Moeller tank that fit in the space.
A new aluminum tank would have to be built at 4-6 weeks and twice the price.

****be warned. No matter what boat you own. Metal or glass. Your tank is probably on the verge of leakage if it's 10-15 years old. Check Youtube. It happens. It'll leak. If it's old.  Mine is 11 years old and road hard. One corner was really bad. And slamming that "road mountain" on JTB, didn't help at all. *****

Thousands of dollars later the tank is in now. The boat is filthy. Loads of grinding took place of aluminum and my hard as concrete deck paint, is a powdery mess every where.

Still need to re-paint deck sometime, after aI recover financially. Which will take months and months.

Yep, all this, to stay in business.
















Monday, September 18, 2017

9/16 - FIRST DAY OUT SINCE HURRICANE IRMA






First day after Hurricane Irma. Headed out to the Mayport Jetties first. BAIT EVERY WHERE! We opted to fish lures. The Egret Baits; Kick-A-Mullet & Vudu Mullet. For fast Jacks Crevalle action.

Headed down the St. Johns River, Jacksonville Florida. To check out how fresh the water was, with all the rain water.
IT WAS FRESH!!! Just what I ordered. The inshore species in this river are starving for some ""brackish" or "sweetwater" normally.

And that's where they were. ESPECIALLY, the Speckled Sea Trout.
My favorite species of all time.

Even caught a Fresh water Catfish. Or live shrimp wouldn't stay alive in the fresh water, so we pinned them on plain jig heads.

We found the Speckled Sea Trout and had our limit for the boat (12 bag limit of Trout, 15-20" with one over 20" per person as your trophy) we had that in a HOUR!

All on Egret Baits; Kick-A-Mullets and Vudu Mullets.
www.egretbaits.com - My prefered Lures.

As promised in the video:

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Tarpon Springs Fl.
1-727-841- 0407
(ask for Tom)

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

9/14 - IRMA VLOG







http://www.captdaves.com - Book your charter Today! Call 904-642-9546 8am-8pm EASTERN TIME.

"a JETTYWOLF MOMENT'' - 9/10/2017 VLOG

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NO I'M NOT A FRESH WATER CAT FISHERMAN!!

- WE HERE IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA, GOT LUCKY. AND I'M COMPARING THIS STORM TO LAST OCTOBER (2016) WITH MATTHEW.

DURING MATTHEW, MY HOUSE AND GARAGE SUBSTAINED 15k IN DAMAGE, BECAUSE OF A TREE FALLING. TROPICAL STORMS, HURRICANES, EVEN VERY STRONG 'NOREASTERS', MAKE TREES COME DOWN, BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED GROUND FROM RAIN, AND VERY STRONG WINDS.

SO I WAS VERY 'SPOOKED" BECAUSE LAST YEAR'S MATTHEW WASN'T A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE. (although, I needed a new roof really bad)

MY PROBLEM CAN BE; 'NO FISHING CHARTERS BOOKED'. EVEN THOUGH, N.E, FLORIDA FAIRED VERY WELL, COMPARED TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE.

PLEASE, DO COME SEE ME. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE FALL SEASON IS KICKING IN BIG TIME.

AS A 21 YEAR VETERAN FISHING GUIDE. ""YEAH, THIS REALLY MATTERS TO ME"".........ALL IS WELL HERE. THE FISHING WILL REBOUND QUICKLY.

THE FALL SEASON MEANS; BULL REDFISH, SPECKLED TROUT, FLOUNDER, AND SO MUCH MORE!

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

9/12 - READ THIS REPORT

YES, I WAS STANDING NEXT TO MY BOAT ON AND OFF ALL NIGHT WITH A FLASH LIGHT, IN HAND POINTING UP INTO THE GIANT OAK TREE S THAT SURROUND MY SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD, THE NIGHT OF THE 10TH OF SEPTEMBER.
I WATCHED AS THE 100’ PLUS FOOT TALL OAK’S BOWED BACK AND FORTH IN THE WIND. SCARED THAT A 1000 POUND BRANCH OR THE WHOLE TREE WOULD COME CRASHING DOWN ON MY HOUSE, OR MY BOAT SHED.
IT WAS SCAREY. TO SAY THE LEAST., AND BY NOW IN JACKSONVILLE’S EASTERN SIDE, NEAR THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY.  THE HURRICANE WOULD ONLY BE A TROPICAL STORM.  WINDS SPEEDS WERE IN THE AREA OF 75 MPH, COMING ACROSS THE RIVER AND MARSH, IN TO THE AREA WHERE I LIVE.
I LOST POWER AT 5:30AM THAT MORNING, BECAUSE OF TREE’S FALLING ON POWERLINES. THERE WERE AT LEAST 5 LARGE TREE’S THAT EITHER SHEARED IN HALF, OR WERE UP ROOTED, AND PULLED POWER LINES DOWN AS THEY FELL.
IT’S NOW THE MORNING OF THE 12TH OF SEPTEMBER, AN D POWER WAS RESTORED LAST NIGHT. JACKSONVILLE ELECTRICAL AUTHORITY IS FANTASTIC, ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO RESTORE POWER IN MY AREA FAST. THEY DID THE SAME DURING HURRICANE MATTHEW A YEAR AGO IN LATE OCTOBER. ONLY HAD A LOSS OF POWER FOR NOT EVEN A FULL 24 HRS. BACK THEN.

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THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS; “I’M UP AND RUNNING!”  MY BOAT WAS SAFE AND NEVER EVEN WAS HIT BY A TWIG OR A BRANCH. MY HOUSE WEATHERED THE STORM WELL. NO DAMAGE.
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COMPARED TO SOUTH FLORIDA. WE GOT LUCKY WITH THIS MONSTER HURRICANE.
DO NOT FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO AVOID FLORIDA!  AT LEAST NOT N.E. FLORIDA.
I’M READY TO FISH!!
SURE THE INSHORE WATER’S WILL BE STIRRED UP FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
BUT UNLIKE HURRICANE MATTHEW LAST OCTOBER, THAT PASSED BY JACKSONVILLE AS A CAT 2, 55 MILES OFFSHORE. THAT WAS A OCEAN BASED STORM.  IRMA WAS ON LAND, NOT WATER.
THE FALL SEASON IS READY TO KICK OFF!!
I HAVE MADE THE INVESTMENT IN A COMPLETE OXYGEN SYSTEM, THIS YEAR. IT’S HOW I WILL KEEP MY LIVE SHRIMP IN THE MOST “TIP-TOP” CONDITION.  UNLIKE, JUST RECIRCULATING LIVEWELL WATER.
MY OXYGEN SYSTEM, WILL “SUPER CHARGE” MY BAIT. AND A SPUNKY SHRIMP OR BAITFISH IS THE BEST BAIT TO USE.
BE READY FOR REDFISH - SPECKLED SEA TROUT - FLOUNDER AND MORE!
BEST OVERALL “LIGHT TACKLE CHARTERS”.....2 PERSONS.
EQUALS, BEST VERSATILITY.
THE TYPE OF FISHING I’LL BE DOING FROM HERE ON OUT TILL NEXT MAY, IS NOT A LARGE GROUP STYLE FISHING. BUT RATHER A HIGHLY INTERACTIVE, LIGHT TACKLE SPORT FISHING.
TRY OUT JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA!
WE ALL FEEL TERRIBLE FOR THE LOWER PART OF THE STATE. NO ONE WISHES ANYTHING LIKE A ” HURRICANE IRMA” ON ANYONE.

LIKE AFTER KATRINA, IN LOUISIANA. ONCE THINGS WERE SORT OF BACK TO NORMAL. THE STATE RECEIVED A HUGE AMOUNT OF NATIONAL FOCUS.
FROM TV SHOWS STARTING LIKE, SWAMP PEOPLE TO CAJUN PAWN STARS.  DOCUMENTARIES, TO FISHING SHOWS.
THERE WAS A UP RISING OF INTEREST AND FOCUS ON THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. WHICH IN ALL REALITY, HELPS THE ENTIRE STATE “RECOVER”.
I WATCHED IT HAPPEN.
NOW, FLORIDA NEEDS YOUR ATTENTION.
AND N.E. FLORIDA, CAN BE THAT AREA.
I’M READY TO GET BACK AT IT.
CHECK OUT MY VIDEO’S, PHOTO’S AND WEBSITE’S REPORTS PAGE FOR UPDATES.
“LET’S GO FISHING…....ABOARD THE JETTYWOLF!” 







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Thursday, September 7, 2017

Monday, September 4, 2017

it's been awhile now......

Still mega-satisfied with my mega-top. Best $$ ever spent

-want comfort-protection - SAFETY -loads of room & fishability??

call: Capt Dave's Sport Fishing 904-642-9546 (8AM-8PM)






9/2-3 LABOR DAY WEEKEND....whoa!

if there was a boat that wasn't in the water running around this weekend. The owner must have been outa town on a Golfing trip. Because the river was a ZOO!

Here's a few of our catches. Fishing was tough, tough, tough!!




















big Mangrove Snappers eating Mullet.























the most "Hard Earned" Redfish, I've had on the boat in years!




coming soon:  back to float-rig fishing. With the most sprightly shrimp. Juiced, with pure Oxygen: