11/22 - 11/28 THE BEST TIME OF YEAR IN N.E. FLORIDA❗❗

 https://www.captdaves.com - since 1996

YES, THIS IS THE BEST TIME OF YEAR, THERE IS NO DOUBT. COME HERE IN JULY THRU SEPTEMBER AND YOU WILL SWEAT, AND NOT HAVE THE ACTION WE'VE HAD ALL THIS WEEK.

NOVEMBER'S FIRST TWO WEEKS WAS BASICALLY A COMPLETE ""BLOW-OUT"". TOO MUCH HIGH WINDS.

I GAVE ""THANKS"" OVER THANKSGIVING TO THE WEATHER GODS FOR MAKING THIS PAST WEEK (with the exception of last Sunday) DAMN NEAR AS GOOD AS COULD EVER BE EXPECTED THIS TOIME OF YEAR.

AND OF COURSE, THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING WAS A UTTER "ZOO"!!!!!

TOO MANY DAMN PEOPLE GOT BORED OVER THE SUMMER AND BOUGHT THOSE SHINEY BOATS FULL OF GIDGY-GADGETS. HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF COLORED HULLS THAT LOOK AS IF THEY JUST CAME OUT OF THE WRAPPER.

STEREO-TYPICAL. PEOPLE WERE SHOWING UP AS IF THEY'D GET A PARKING SPOT AT 10AM.  SO THESE FOLKS WERE PARKED DOWN THE STREET FROM THE BOAT RAMP A 1/2 MILE OR MORE.

IT WAS THE, "I WISH I WAS THINKING", CROWD.

AND THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, I HAD TROUT, FLOAT RIG FISHING FOLKS ABOARD, AND YES TROUT FISHING CAN BE VERY TOUGH WITH INCESSANTLY WAKED SHORELINES, WITH RUBBER-NECKERS, AND GHETTO CRUISER BOATS.

WE CAUGHT A FEW, THREW SOME BACK. BUT WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER IF WE CONCENTRATED ON SHEEPSHEAD FISHING INSTEAD.

A BIG ''THANK YOU'',  TO THE TWO DAYS I SPENT WITH YOUTUBE CHANNEL SUBSCRIBERS.

ONE OF MY LAST VIDEOS BEFORE THIS HOLIDAY AND VIDEO EDITING VACATION, BECAUSE I WAS TOO BUSY, WITH 4AM MORNINGS AND 7PM EVENING BEFORE I WALKED IN THE HOUSE AND ACTUALLY HAD A WARM MEAL, WAS THE USE OF ALL THE BIG SHRIMP HEADS I BAGGED UP and saved for "chum".

IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM, ON TWO TRIPS. BOATING A COOLERFUL OF SHEEPSHEAD, TWO DAYS IN A ROW. AND RELEASING ALMOST AS MANY "SHORTS".

AND MY HATS OFF TO TO DR. MIKE'S WIFE EARLENE, FOR REALLY PUTTING A BEND IN THE ROD OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

ENOUGH OF ALL THIS STUFF YOU'LL NEVER READ AND PROBABLY DON'T CARE ABOUT.  HERE'S SOME PHOTOS:

YES, EVEN HAD 3 FRESHWATER CATFISH...(SIZE COMPARISON TO MY MAKITA SAW AND FILLTZALL BLADE)

BLACK DRUM AND SHEEPSHEAD FILLETS, READY FOR SKINNING. 

LONG TIME CUSTOMER, TONY SET THE BAR HIGH RIGHT AWAY ON THE 24TH, AND THAT DAY HIM AND DAVE PUT 12 IN THE BOX ON THE FIRST SPOT, DUE TO MY SHRIMP-HEAD CHUM.

WE FLOAT-RIGGED LIVE SHRIMP FOR A FEW MINUTES AND EVEN LONGER-TIME CUSTOMER DAVE, PUT A NICE 18" SPECKED TROUT IN THE BOX, TOO.

HERE'S EARLENE, DR. MIKE'S WIFE THAT WAS A SUPER HOT ROD. SHE CAUGHT MOST OF THE KEEPER SHEEPSHEAD AND LANDED THE FIRST FEW BLACK DRUM LATER ON THE NEXT SPOT.

BRANDON, DR. MIKE'S SON CAUGHT HIS FAIR SHARE TOO. ADDING SHEEPSHEAD TO THE BOX.

WE WENT BLACK DRUM FISHING AFTER PUTTING 10 SHEEPSHEAD IN THE BOX, NETTING UP 4 UP TO 23 INCHES AND 6 POUNDS.

WE ADDED A 16 INCH CROAKER TO THE FISH BOX TOO WHILE HUNTING BLACK DRUM.  THERE'S SOME BIG CROAKERS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW!

MY "FLOAT-RIG" FISHING CREW HAD A TOUGH DAY WITH ALL THE WAKING AND BOAT NOISE THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING. THEY HAD 4 SPECKS AND A YELLOWMOUTH AND THREW BACK A FEW SMALL TROUT, AND HAD TOO MANY PESKY MANGROVE SNAPPERS.  THERE WAS SO MANY BOATS RUNNING AROUND IT WAS LIKE A "TRUMP PARADE!!"

HAD A SUCCESSFUL MORNING ON SATURDAY. THERE WAS HARDLY ANY TRAFFIC ON THE RIVER.....''ALL THE HOLIDAY RUBBER-NECKERS, WORE THEMSELVES OUT THE DAY BEFORE.""

MY GUYS QUICKLY PUT 4 BLACK DRUM UP TO 25 INCHES AND A SHEEPSHEAD IN THE FISH BOX. AND CAUGHT CROAKERS, TOADS, AND MANGROVES, IN BETWEEN, AND THREW BACK A MICRO-SHEEPSHEAD. BETWEEN 7AM-11AM FOR A 1/2 DAY TRIP WITH 4 CREW MEMBERS.

GET READY N-O-W!

BOOK ANY CHRISTMAS WEEK TRIPS RIGHT NOW. DO NOT WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE. GET THE BEST "TIDE DAYS".

I TOOK THE WHOLE WEEK OFF FROM VIDEOING. HAD NO TIME TO SIT AND EDIT AFTER 12 HOUR DAYS.

I HOPE TO COMMENCE, SOON. 

TILL THEN, VISIT MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL AT:

 https://www.youtube.com/c/captdavessportfishing

THE MOST FISHING ROOM, THE SAFEST, THE MOST SHADE, 100% DESIGNED CHARTER BOAT THAT FISHES N.E. FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS. 7 DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR. SINCE 1996

AND JUST REMEMBER THIS: