12/19 - NOT a great day!! (UPDATED ammo shortages❓)

 WOW......10am and not a decent fish in the boat❗❗❗❗❗

it was cold, it was windy as hell, we float-rigged, we bottom fished, we cast jig-n-shrimp, we even went to the jetties. We did have a handful of small specks at the jetties and a 10 inch black drum and a few cigar sized whiting.

AND NOW AS I WRITE THIS....SUNDAY IS CALM AND WARM. Y-E-S, THIS IS MY FISHING LIFE.    ''I DON'T PICK'EM!''

But as we sat there with WAVES busting over the rocks, hanging on anchor by a thread and a hope, getting covered in salt spray, barely being able to stand straight as the boat bobbed all over...

It was JETTYWOLF fishing at it's finest, (NOT from a lack of trying) with not much going on.

So, Marcos my one crew member for the day from Minnesota didn't seem to mind the weather at all. 

I was about at my "wits end!"

With the tide finally slowing we went back up in the river at 1pm and I said, ""this is it...doo or die!""

I wanted him to at least have a fish fry, for him and his wife and who every else. He said he'd like to have some fish to eat.

We pulled up on the spot, and it was 

game on!

Speckled Trout, and Yellowmouth Trout...almost every cast!

Most of the Specks were short, that's why I love me some good ole Yellers.

So tired of the specks always being 14 7/8ths inch long. And we didn't have all the damn bait stealers we had earlier this morning.

59 degree water and the shit fish are still on the rampage in that river.

Holy smokes it gets old, just feeding pinfish after pinfish. 

I got myself another fish bag just like the other one I have. It came super fast and is a bit different. But that doesn't matter. It's almost identical.

If you've kept up and wanted to learn what I do to conserve space and weight, you'll subscribe-comment and join the team on my YOUTUBE CHANNEL:

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Pressed this one into service❗

Cause we quit catching these (again) and headed in because Marcos had to go.

So, now I re-scheduled Sunday and Tuesday for weather issues, and because one customer wants it warm, no wind, and hopes to fish fiddler crabs for Sheepshead...""and there is NO fiddlers to be had at the bait shop""".

We could use Blue Crab, but what a mess and costly that would be.

NEXT UP is a Family trip 3 adults and a 10 year old on Weds.

IF I DON'T POST OR TALK TO ANYONE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL, AND THANKS FOR STOPPING BY MY REPORTS BLOG.

12/16 - great day....till the RAIN! (with video & history update)

 It LOOKED LIKE THIS ALL DAY LONG, TODAY...

WE WENT IN THE RIVER, PITCHED MY ''KNOCKER-RIGS'' WITH LIVE SHRIMP AND WACKED THE SPECKLED TROUT AND YELLOWMOUTH TROUT PRETTY DAMN GOOD. ABOUT 10 EACH, WITH ONLY 1 THROWBACK SPECKLED TROUT.

THEN, WE BOTTOM FISHED FOR BLACK DRUM, AND I CAUGHT A SHORT ONE, JUST A ''BABY'', WE ALSO HAD SOME CROAKERS, AND 

MORE YELLOWMOUTH TROUT aka: Weakfish.

THEN, CAME THE COLD BUCKETS OF RAIN, ALL THE WAY BACK, THEN THRU CLEANING FISH AND EVEN HARDER AS I WENT HOME. A FREE COLD BOAT WASH. EVERYTHING GOT DRENCHED. 

I TOOK THE FLOAT-RIG RODS, BUT WE NEVER FISHED THEM. HAVE I LOST MY PASSION FOR FLOAT-RIG FISHING?  I ALMOST FEEL LIKE I HAVE.

THE DAMN BAIT STEALERS, REALLY KEEP ME FROM DOING IT.

VIDEO FORTH COMING, SOME FROM TODAY, AND MY NEWEST FISH BAG WILL BE HERE TOMORROW.  EXPLAINED IN THIS VIDEO, BELOW.

HAVE TWO MORE GUYS I'D LIKE TO GET OUT THIS WEEK.  MAYBE FRIDAY.

BACK IN THE DAY, THIS WAS ''COMMON PLACE'' IN THE WINTER, WHEN IT CAME TO WEAKFISH, aka: yellowmouth trout.

(customer with a 5 pound Jetty Weakfish)

**my largest ever was 7.5#'s on a 52mr MirrOlure at the jetties, in late March. 

Common enough, I don't even have any photos of it. I was solo fishing. Doing some LURE R&D. Thought it was a big Redfish it pulled so hard.

Back in those days, you could only keep 4 Weakfish per person over 14''....now they are 100 pounds!!! per person, no size limit. In Duval County.

https://myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/recreational/weakfish/

oh how I pine for the ole days! (WHICH REALLY WASN'T THAT LONG AGO)

my Dad with his largest Jetty ''speck'' at 4 pounds

mix of ''specks & weakfish'' to 5 pounds, on my ole ''FOR REELIN'' boat. 

JACKSONVILLE SPORT FISHING COASTAL CHARTERS SINCE 1996

(reserve at least a week ahead of time.)

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C'mon man....

-sniff this you treasonous bastard!

12/13 - The JETTYWOLF just joined RUMBLE, the non-Google Video platform!

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12/13 - ''IT'S A FESTIVAS MIRACLE''....BREAK OUT THE POLE OF STRENGTH❗❗

 YES, THIS IS WHERE ALL MY CHARTER INFO EXISTS: www.captdaves.com

'WAS IT A FESTIVAS MIRACLE''

MANY, MANY VIDEOS ON UGLY STIKS AND TACKLE, LURES, REELS, RODS AND MORE: 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK-ee3q-bFR1KbO87Xy5S_hzfU77kPrgp

NON-UGLY STIK, CHEAP OKUMA

SNAPPED LIKE A TWIG ON BIG SHARK

SMOKING BULL REDFISH ON UGLY STIK

DOUBLE-HEADER MONSTERS, NEED UGLY's

UGLY STIK JIGGING ROD & JIGGING MASTER

REEL, WILL CATCH ANYTHING I EVER HOOK!

EVEN PLASTIC DUCKS FLOATING

DOWN THE ST. JOHNS RIVER!!

AND TRIGGERFISH, ON MICRO-JIG

12/12 - FLASH BACK SATURDAY...the weathers perfect today and YOU are missing it❗❗❗

OCTOBER.....''FLASH BACK',

THE FUN, GOOD TIMES, THE GOOD ECONOMY.

WILL I BE HERE THIS TIME NEXT YEAR?

WINTER FAVORITE, BECAUSE WE CAN KEEP THESE!

NOW, REALITY - PHASE 1 ''DISARM''

YES, ''REVOLUTION''

UN-ELECTED OFFICIALS RUNNING THIS COUNTRY, 

THEY WANT POWER OVER YOU, SOOOO BADLY!

12/10 - trying to help out a few YOUTUBE subscribers

 JACKSONVILLE COASTAL CHARTERS SINCE 1996 - www.captdaves.com

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12/8 - TACKLE, TOOLS, KNIVES & WEATHER ''Vlog''

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HAVE TWO MORE UGLY STIK 7' TIGER RODS IN ''ML'' COMING TODAY.

ORDERED THEM OFF OF WALMART.COM AND FLEW ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY FROM WASHINGTON.

WONDER IF THEY'LL BE IN ONE PIECE. YES, IT'S A EXPERIMENT IN WALMART.COM ROD BUYING.

I'LL LET YA KNOW HOW IT WORKS OUT.  I'LL ASSUME, THEY WON'T BE IN A NICE ROD TUBE, THATS NOT WALMARTS STYLE!

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FISHIN', FISHIN'....WINTER FISHIN. I LOVE IT.

LOOKS LIKE THE WEATHER WILL BE NICE ''THURSDAY'', SO I'M HEADING OUT ''SOLO''.

WANT TO REINTERATE A SUBJECT THAT JUST FLEW OVER EVERYONES HEAD ABOUT ANCHORS & CHAIN.

''OH NO, THAT'S A DIRTY WORD. 

NO ONE USES A ANCHOR ANYMORE. THEY GO SPEND 5 GRAND ON A EZ BUTTON, CALLED ANOTHER ELECTRICAL DEVICE THAT BREAKS, CALLED A....TROLLING MOTOR!  

IF I STARTED A ANCHOR REPAIR SHOP, I'D GO BROKE I GUESS. A FRIEND OF MINE TOLD ME HIS TROLLING MOTOR BROKE AND TO FIX IT COST HIM $900......YES, $900!

(MY PREDICTION OF THE FUTURE: YOUR BOAT WILL BE LINED IN THE KEEL WITH BATTERIES.  YOUR GAS OUTBOARD WILL BE THE LAST ITEM TO SUCCUMB, BUT TROLLING MOTORS WILL BE BUILT INTO THE HULL OF YOUR BOAT. THEN SOON TO FOLLOW, YOU'LL HAVE A EVINRUDE G500, ELECTRIC OUTBOARD MOTOR) 

MO' TO COME LATER....

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY

12/7 - REALLY! No more dangerous flares on your boat. (because you probably missed this)

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