Wednesday, February 26, 2014

2/26 - YESTERDAY....

Yep, yesterday was it. The day of all days.
What was it, something like 83 degrees?
Zero wind, and a lot of sun......and I bet out on Bazzaro River, the FISH probably didn't get the memo.

I keep hearing on NOAA weather radio each morning this week that the water temp sure has jumped up.
Hope Miss Gator Trout, is happy and warm.

I'll be at it:

Friday - 2 folks from TX
Saturday - One fella from Washington State (the Jettywolf's birth place) and one J-ville fella.
Sunday - ???? A guy from N.J. and some other people?? He's failed to give me any details.

So, I'll have a damn good idea if the water's warmer out there.

Just remember this if you wish you were going fishing like me,

OR

If you're having a bad day, just remember in 1976 Ronald Wayne sold his 10% stake in Apple for $2,300. It is now worth $59,565,410,309.    

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

2/25 - 101 perfect days?

Yep, and here's yet one more "weekday" that's perfect!!

TODAY
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS!!!
BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 10 KNOTS
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING EAST LATE. SEAS 2 TO
3 FEET. INLAND WATERS SMOOTH. ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.

Monday, February 24, 2014

2/24 -LOVE IT

Yep...this is the time when the Jettywolf shows he's a predator!

When "they" start clearing out the old, and bringing in the "new".

I'll be there. Scooping up the deals, like free chickens around the hen house.

C'C'mon!!!

NEW CORADO'S COMING OUT:


Sunday, February 23, 2014

2/22 - NOT Sheepshead....

Continuing to make a living...

I be your "waterman" as they say up yonder in the Chesapeake Bay.

Friday, February 21, 2014

2/21 - Make wind-on leaders:

Ya' know sometimes the simplest instruction is the best instructions.

If you are into this and have some knowledge already. This video shows a the steps needed to make a wind-on leader. Which is used to attach Braid to braid, or Mono to braid.

Thought I'd pass it along. I'm going to do some experimenting myself with this. So a "Dave trying it out video" could be forth coming.




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-was heading out with a regular/loyal customer today. Had plans on trying some TROUT redemption.
But as the morning progressed. (5am-7:30am) I noticed something I didn't like.

THE WIND!

7:30 am EST
1230 GMT 02/21/2014
Wind: SSW (200°), 11.1 kt
Gust: 17.1 kt

Air Temp: 69.4 °F
Water Temp: 59.9 °F


Did you know, if you are a MAYPORT fisherman. That you too can get up-to-date hourly "conditions" reports right here at Capt Dave's Reports Blog????

Yep. I supply YOU with the weather right at the "Mayport Boat ramp/heading to the jetties!"

As I always say, "sometimes people can't see the forest from the tree's". 
On the RIGHT side-bar of this blog is a widget that shows the "present conditions" from station MYPF1. Adjacent to the Mayport boat ramp, atop the dock at the Mayport Bar Pilot Assoc. dock.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

2/20 - On Ebay...via the Jettywolf

The last one I have...1st one since sold.

SHIMANO TLD 50 2 SPEED LRSA




















Up for, "make offer"

Never used.

"""EBAY LISTING LINK"""

MSRP: $310 to $350

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

2/18 - The search continues...

The G-A-T-O-R Trout that were at the Mayport jetties 10 days ago.....
have vanished. Why?

That's the 64 thousand dollar question.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

2/11 - Weekdays, again!

If you're NOT a local yokal. And are freezing yer _ _ _ off up in the northland. The last two days here, or basically the last three days have been GLORIOUS!

Yes, we only get a few days a month that are super nice. And Y-O-U are missing them.

I've been getting calls from Illinois, Iowa, etc. the last few days, where the people tell me they're done with it and need a break.

Well, folks. I know YOU aren't reading these reports. I tell you too. But I know you don't....

But here I am, as usual telling you about WARMTH, NO WIND, SUNNY SHINE, BLUE SKIES.

AND THE FISH ARE CHEWIN' !!!!

Monday, February 10, 2014

2/10 - Getting close to sharkin' 4 pak!

Ya know I'm excited about sharkin this summer. Yeah, behind the shrimp boats for the kids and stuff.

But I'm excited about "really" Sharkin'.

I'm gearing up and getting a somewhat matched  "four set" of BIG reels and Heavy rods.
Saw this and thought....."I'd like to meet that man." Talk about a guy who is Sharkin Psycho!



GUESS HE GAVE UP? IT WAS FOR SALE:























THIS IS THE REELS HE PIECED TOGETHER:


I'm not that nutty.

Because I'll be in the Jettywolf of course. With Y-O-U possibly in a West Coast style harness, like this:



















A Daiwa Sealine 9/0, 900H, and a 50-80# stand-up rod pointed at where the shark is heading. As we "give chase!"

On hopefully something like this:













Well, maybe not that big......we'll reserve that one for me.
And the GoPro's will be running and capturing the whole thing!

<NO PROOF-NO GLORY>

2/9 - This week at the jetties:

Let me start by saying......"NOT ALL TIDES ARE CREATED EQUAL". If you don't know that yet.
You need to learn why. Or you'll be kicking yourself in the ass for a long, long time.

It gets back to one of my favorite saying from Seinfeld. (ya know the TV show...for you youngsters out there)

When George Costanza was breaking up with a girl he was dating. Because she had some kind of goofy thing she did he didn't like, he'd say to her while sitting at the Coffee shop; "It's not you....IT'S ME!" so the girl wouldn't think he's breaking up with her, because of something she does or did. But rather, he was at fault. (and yes, it was him. Cause he was an idiot)

The reason I mention that, is because no matter what you do sometimes. IT'S NOT YOU...IT'S THE T-I-D-E.

In my business. I get thrown a day. One out of 365. My customers have no idea about tides. They have no idea about Moon-phases.

BUT I DO.

So let's talk Sunday Feb 9th.
The tide was a 4.3 tide range from High to low. With a "positive" low tide at 0.4.
Which means we barely had a 4.0 foot tidal range. Add in a bluebird day. And it was pretty sweet out there. But, in the Ocean. There wasn't much tide flow.

Now when you get a tide range from High to low, or low to high that pushing towards 5 feet of water movement....."That's when you'll say to yourself. Damn this water's hauling ass!"

On Sunday we were just under 4 feet of water movement. So the moral of this story was. Josh and I would float-rig outside the jetties, and no matter what the tide phase was. There was NO current.

So, any lack of bites. Wasn't because we weren't fishing hard enough, or in the right place. It's because of Mother Nature. Getting back to the ole Costanza saying...."It's not you it's me." if the tide could talk! 





















So, there's only ONE way of making this right. PUT IN YOUR TIME! And make the day into a Marathon Fishing Adventure.






















And because it was just Josh and I. His girlfriend decided to sleep in. I didn't care how long it took to get limits of Trout or close to it.




















Plus, we had a 6 pound Sheepshead on the ole Float-rig, and one pupper Redbass. And a limit of Trout. But........I pulled the boat out of the water at the boat ramp in the DARK. After cleaning all the fish.
So it was a 8:30am to 7pm day. I ate dinner after having zero food all day, at 9pm!























6 pound, 7-striped Jetty Snapper.....via Cappy Dave's float-rig and live shrimp.
But I didn't care.....WE WON! 


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Earlier in the week on Wednesday. (AFTER LAST SUNDAY & MONDAY'S TROUT WAYLAY) I had a father & son duo who choose not to go on Monday or even Tuesday, but rather, Wednesday. We went and sat in 4 footers at the jetties in the wind, caught one 12" yellowmouth trout.
And one Bluefish in the river afterwards.....then it started to pour on us.
And back at the boat ramp, it was an all out soaking with big time rain.
(in the winter months, do all you can to go on the days I at least tell ya, will be the best.)  

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

2/3 - The Attack....of the "discard disposals"

Been wanting for awhile to hone in on all my dock Pelicans who know that when the Metal Boat arrives, there's usually fish to be cleaned.

Yes, having a custom starboard fish cleaning / bait board on the back of my boat has it's positives.....No having to tote fish home and clean them, and then get rid of the disards. Just do my fish filleting at the dock and all is taken care of.

ENJOY.

"It's Mozart"....C'mon!

2/3 - I told ya Monday's can be..... H-O-T!!!!!

WINTER, it's all about taking advantage of good weather, IE: Lack of wind, nice temps, good barometer, calm waters.

If you don't. Then you could be missing out. And today, YOU DID!

Here's day #2 of what I call, "Whack'n & Stack'n" aboard the Jettywolf.

Hope you Enjoy, because these video's take anywhere from 3 hrs to 8 hrs to load, preview,  edit, find music for, and upload, to Youtube. Just so when you come to MY BLOG, it's the best most informative, updated local fishing reports of any Jacksonville fishing guide.

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

2/2 - SUPER FISH SUNDAY

Ya'll sure did miss this one...

Football, Superbowl parties, Hell wit dat!



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Monday, February 3, 2014

2/3 - Next couple of days.....F-O-G!

F-O-G, usually = not much wind and GOOD fishing!
I love it. May make for slow going travel. But, 2.5 miles to Jetties ain't a big deal.





















AGAIN:  If you are ever wanting to know what the weather is "in my Marine environment"

GO HERE:   http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=mypf1

THIS IS THE WEATHER REPORT, AND PRESENT CONDITIONS AT THE MAYPORT BOAT RAMP.

SAVE IT, PUT IT ON YOUR SMART PHONE...CHECK IT.
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*******super fog fishing video action coming soon*********

Thursday, January 30, 2014

1/30 - This weekend....NEW MOON, but no wind

WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO MISS THIS WEEKEND??
WARMER AND THE PERFECT TIDE FOR T-ROUTZ.

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DON'T BLAME ME...


REST OF TODAY (saturday)
VARIABLE WINDS 10 KNOTS OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.
INLAND WATERS MOSTLY SMOOTH. AREAS OF FOG LATE IN THE
MORNING...THEN PATCHY FOG IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS LATE
IN THE MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.
INLAND WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. PATCHY FOG IN THE EVENING...THEN
AREAS OF FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...
THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SUNDAY
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING EAST LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. INLAND WATERS MOSTLY SMOOTH. PATCHY
FOG IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN
ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.

SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT
SOUTH WINDS 10 KNOTS OR LESS.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. INLAND WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

1/29-1/30 - "Jax Idiot fest"

OH MY GAWD!!!!!!!

they're closing schools, delaying school openings, the local yokal News has nothing better to talk about.

the world is ending!

It's gonna be cold, and wet. It's an all out ICE ALERT.

Please...spare me. If I only could afford cable TV, I wouldn't have to watch these idiots.



















Last cold spell, about 10-14 days ago, there was I-C-E covering the slow moving canals in Slidell, Louisiana. (aka: Paradise)  And the boys from Dockside Bait & Tackle put the boat in smashing the ice at the boat ramp, went and caught "LIMITS" (5 from 16-27") REDFISH, in a matter of just minutes in a dead end deep canal. (If only we could do that)

But, for you with cable TV and a real J-O-B. 
I ain't feeling for ya.....hahahahahahaha

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A Reel alert:

Next week: High in 70's and super T-R-O-U-T tides!

BOOK YOUR DAY ......N-O-W!

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

1/28 - I'm addicted to you...you're a hard habit to break......

Trout Tribute #2.

Jus' for fun.

(IF YOU MISS IT...THIS IS SUPPOSED TO A JOKE. ROMANTIC MUSIC, THE WORDS. YEAH, A JOKE. "OR IS IT?")

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Monday, January 27, 2014

1/26 - NICE WINTER WEATHER

For ya'll that called me and asked about Sunday...SUZIE GOT IT. And ya'll missed out on a good day with good weather. Although cold, when up and running. There was hardly a breeze. Which was great!

Suzie & Colin left out with such a big "Bag 'O Fish fry", they probably have to invite people over to help eat it all.

-pup Black Drum (3)
-pup Redbass (4)
-Yellermouth Trout ( 20)
-Whiting (2)
-Seabass 20)
-Dogfish (4)
-Speckled Trout to 21"  (7)

-were caught today, before we ran out of shrimp!!

Here's the high-lights:



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Friday, January 24, 2014

1/24 - Getting ready...



I highly recommend if you are wanting to TALK REELS, or get the best info available
please visit Mr. Tani's forum at : www.alantani.com

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

1/21 - Getting "clippy" with GoPro Hero 2's

Finally got it. Got two actually. Had some quick sales of stuff on Ebay. So I turned that dinero around and went over to Amazon and picked up the REC MOUNTS clip for my GoPro's. That I have been eye'in for months.

A better ACTION CAM mount.

This video does a "show & tell" about several mounts for my GoPro's that is all I need as a, Boater/Angler video'er.

To make better Fishing Video's for YOU.




Call Capt Dave.....(don't email the night before) to inquire about BEST weather dates, and BEST tides, during this winter season. (904) 642-9546 8am-8pm eastern time.

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What's up this week?

THURSDAY IS THE DAY: 10-15 KNOTS NW.....but it's gonna be cold.

TIDES: LOW EARLY MORNING 7am, SLOW RISING TO HIGH TIDE AT 1:00pm, Mayport time.

Who's game?  Thinking of trying up river for a change. Trout River entrance, etc. Different waters for a change.

www.captdaves.com - since 1996!!!

REMEMBER...
Capt Dave's "name your own price" is based on any day thats not a Friday or Saturday or holiday week. ""Everyone wants cheap"".....so that means go, during the week.


#GOPROMOUNTS

Sunday, January 19, 2014

1/18 - Brrrr....



Another January day in Bagdada....hahahahaha (the jokes always on us)

Friday, January 17, 2014

1/17 - JOSFC "swap night"

Well, my fishing club had the annual swap night with burgers and dogs last night. I sold around $150 worth of stuff. And then turned around and bought some more "stuff".

I still have "stuff" left...But I guess you could say all the good "stuff" went.

As you may know from hanging around here. I'm gearing up for Sharkin come summer. What's kinda cool about it is until I have a few Stingray's out behind the boat,and get a taker. I mean a REAL shark. Not some hundred pounder. But several hundred pounds. I won't know if I have my "act together" as far as rods and reels, hooks, leaders etc.

I hoping my experience with the local Blacktip population at the jetties has at least enlightened me.
So last night, I did get some more 200# leader material. But then again, that's what I use for the Blacktips. 300-480#  cable, for the monsters. (I'm refering to 250-500 pounds a beach monster)

Hook sizes? I'm researching and reading and watching. I'll be collecting some from now, till then. And while breezin' the world wide web I cam across this little tid-bit about the guys chasing down the satellite tagged Great Whites.

Talk about some hooks!



I won't be sharkin it tomarrow, in the 20-25 knot NW winds; with 2 adults and a 7 year old.
But I will be out doing something.

It's been pretty damn nice all week.

NO ONE GOES DURING THE WEEK! ONLY SATURDAYS. SO THATS THE WEATHER YOU GET DURING THE WINTER.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

12/15 - Jettywolf goes with REC-MOUNTS, for all GoPro's



From the desk of the Jettywolf at www.captdaves.com

Just bought two of these for my Hero 2's and this fella even though I can't understand what he's saying, I still get his problem. He wants to simply clip his GoPro on.

Rec-mounts Rotary Clip Mount for Gopro :

ME TOO!!!!!!!!

So, I'm looking forward to NO headstrap mounting, no ball cap mounting, just clip that HERO cam to my jacket and go to a boat show, a walk along the shore (boring, just kidding) Out fishin? While eating Pizza and drinking PBR's? to the bait shop?

All like a spy cam, while not being a SPY! Just Cappy Dave out doin' stuff.  Stuff on the boat, as a Dodge Cummins Diesel driver cam, ya know, fun stuff.

Check it out, even though not cheap. Its a one and only.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E4CXQZQ/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Too Cool, finally not just for the hero 3

#goprohero