4/16 - Tricking Out; DAIWA ZILLION part 1

4/15 - 72 quarts of BIG MAYPORT JETTY WHITING!!!

This was back on April 3rd 2013.........AND I WANT TO DO IT AGAIN!

I KEEP TRYING, BUT IT HAS FAILED TO HAPPEN. BUT WHEN IT DOES. I'LL LET YA'LL KNOW.

I WANT 72 QT COOLER FULL OF WHITLINS! (my nic-name for them)

4/13 - ON EBAY

FOUR IDENTICAL

SHIMANO CITICA 200E's ON EBAY, I'M SELLING.

Each on a separate sale: http://www.ebay.com/itm/331528926556?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Super reels, the best Citica Shimano ever made.  Not beat up, in superior condition. Well maintained by "ME". I can break them down to "parade rest" and put them back together again in a heart beat.
I' bought these new. Now, don't use them so they've been just sitting.

GET A BETTER REEL, FOR 1/2 THE PRICE OF A BRAND NEW ONE, WITH A REEL COVER THROWN IN

UPDATE: 4/13 one sold immediately. Only 3 left.






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CAPT DAVE'S BLOG STATS:
"did  you know, how could ya, that there is 1509 blog posts here?"
Yeah, like many things, I've been doing this for a little while.....

4/11 - Jacksonville Summer Vacation; Affordable Kids Fishing Trips!

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4/11 - Seeking flexible "anglers"

No party boat mentality. Is not worried about how many pounds of fish you'll take home. Weekday only, preferable M-Thursday. MAX: 1 or 2 persons. No children.

Light Tackle Jigging charter, near shore reefs. Keeper fish a "bonus". Seas must be calm and winds variable. 10 Dozen live shrimp back up bait.

For the rest of April.  $400 up too (2).  As late a notice as 48 hrs. you have to be ready to go at 7am sharp.

EXAMPLE and trying to repeat:  using NO spinning tackle this time!!!

4/7 - "A JETTYWOLF MOMENT"; Jacksonville fishing charters

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4/7 - I gotta ya covered....

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4/6 - BAIT REPORT:

4/6/2015 - BAIT R-E-P-O-R-T

ICW south of St. Johns River today. 1st Jack caught and wasn't a 6 incher, but rather a 3 pounder! 

2nd time in a few years we've caught the 1st Jack of the year in the same spot in the ICW.

(note: other years were more like MARCH 6th, rather than APRIL 6th..........LATE???)

Of course the bonnetheads are at the jetties and Nassau Sound, also.

BAIT:  MULLET SCHOOLS all over the banks getting busted by hungry schools of Jacks. I'm talking massive schools. Not seen like this in a long time. Perfect 3 inch Mullet.

BUT never seen them till LOW tide. Also seen schools of bait already in Mill Cove!

Guess the Spanish & Ladies, are next up. Haven't seen the Spanish yet. Last two few days has been heinous EAST winds so I have not been to the jetties.

I suppose the Mullet and Jacks took the "inland route" coming north. Into the ICW, because I never saw a single Mullet at the jetties.

SHARPEN YER' HOOKS FOLKS!

("Jettywolf Moment" video coming soon)

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4/3 - Easter weekend

Let the zoo begin!

Right about now is when all the fair weather boaters and fisherman come out of the drift wood.
Boats I have never ever seen before at the ramp in the morning, ghetto cruisers waking the river banks. Yep. These people are the ones we don't see all winter long.

When I leave the dock on a cold late January morning with two die-hards from Michigan. You won't ever see these people. And the funny thing is, "It's Florida", not Chicago IL. It's never that bad if you know how to dress. The fisherman in Chicago look out at a giant lake full of ice.

But, I'm so glad there's fair weather sissy fisherman. Because I don't want to see them. That's why I call Dec. Jan. Feb. and even parts of March, "Dave's Time".

Well, I'm here to tell ya, Dave's Time is O-V-E-R!

The proof started, T-O-D-A-Y.

3/31 - Capt Dave "Angler & Shoe Model"

This is a offer by Rugged Shark footwear, via the Youtube Network I belong to.

4/2 - DAIWA TATULA - HD200HS, Saltwater Worthy?

Promised a "show & tell" and here it is.

If you are a inshore saltwater baitcasting aficionado. You'll appreciate what I'm talking about in this video.

Jigging, Jig fishing is a huge part of inshore light tackle river & inlet fishing. NOTHING does it better than a rod and reel combo super tuned for where you fish.

3/29 - Jacksonville Fishing; JETTYWOLF MOMENT whats coming up

"JETTYWOLF MOMENT" (usually a short informing video)
-Wow what a weather change
-What's coming up, soon
-1st ever Jetty Sheepshead on a Capt Dave's SLAB sooon, in first 5 minutes on the spot.
 (3-28-2015)


YES, unlike many of my competitors. You can come here and get DAILY video reports and much more.

No 6 month old "blablabla" Reports, here!

Charter info: www.captdaves.com

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IF SO, LET ME KNOW
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3/26 - Jacksonville "SPRING" Fishing Charter

Fishing "newbie" Darrel tries his hand at real fishing, Mayport Style vs: Iowa style!
(his thumb was not experienced, and was a problem. NO you can't just stop these fish on Light Tackle!)

But we had a day of it out there as it was on and off rain all day till the end.

C'C'mon and try your hand at REAL light tackle sport fishing for BIG fish. I'm there to help ya. But not catch them for ya.

Spring Break ain't over yet.

www.captdaves.com - all you need to know.

Come git ya' some!

3/27 - Flip-Box by Sport-Brella

"JETTYWOLF LIVE"

REVIEW COMING SOON.  ON BOARD FROZEN BAIT BOX! (summer time sharkin)
fold it up afterwards and stow it away. Just what I have always wanted. Recycled material, I like that. Perfect size.

Stand by..."Cause I'll be working on this for YOU."

3/24 - FOR A KEEPER!

Tough day on finding "keeper fish"......especially any Trout. But we had a lot of fish, just short of the Florida bogus regulations. Float-rig fished everything but the jetties. We tried and it was all wrong.
The current, the wind wasn't doing us any favors.

EITHER are all the damn Bluefish, that have infested my favorite place and boats name sake!

3/22 - Just photos...lots going on with 5 today..

Had the Tony T. clan aboard today. 3 adults and two Jr, anglers. Age range from what I was told, 78 to 6 years old.

The bluefish are the absolute surge of the ocean right now. And getting anything other than them biting off your hooks while float-rig fishing is a complete miracle!

But miracles obviously do happen and we had a decent box of fish...But if the Blues weren't there "OH WHAT WE COULD HAVE HAD!!!!"

My crew caught a 5 pound Yellowmouth Trout. Serious monster Yeller! A Speck that was a  19-20 incher, and several other Specks. And the rest of the day we fought the Bluefish. They are like eating machines, and locust all wrapped up in one 6-12" demon.

Right when all is good and we're having a ball catching good trout, here they come. Which forces me to trout fish up in the river and I'd rather NOT do that because I like fishing the Jetties.

We set out a dead man rod with a dead shrimp on it also at one point and had 3 stingrays and a Bonnethead shark. So....the stingrays are back too. Which means, no bother bottom fishing!

3/20 - SPRING JETTY SLAMS

Fishing almost every day.......

I wonder if I could keep count of Bluefish bites versus Good fish bites.

I doubt it.

3/18: from 3/16 at MAYPORT JETTIES aboard the Jettywolf

I said there will be Video.....so there will be Video!

GO CATCH, NOW

3/16 - What a day.....video coming!

10 pound Sheepshead, caught on the float-rig with Live Shrimp. Only person to do that on my boat was me, twice!

Also had a box full of 2 pound Yellowmouth Trout and Speckled Trout.

VIDEO coming soon.

3/13 - how many times do I have to say it...COME PREPARED!

"JETTYWOLF LIVE" 
 I suppose the most repeated statement I make is; "COME PREPARED!"  You're in the OUTDOORS, not your office!!!!!  Like any outdoor activity the weather is NOT always going to be perfect. I warned my crew today 4 times to "come prepared" with rain gear just incase. It was a 40% chance. And yes it rained hard for 30 minutes. But that 30 minutes ruined their whole day! Because they came UN-PREPARED!

Be a Boy Scout, buy yourself a simple Frogtogs rain suit for $30. You may need it during a Hurricane, a flood, changing a tire in the rain, who the hell knows what. Keep it in the trunk of your car by all means.

http://www.captdaves.com - your full time guide since 1996

3/10 - SPRING "GATOR" SEATROUT; with Capt Dave

Had the Shuptrine Brothers aboard the Jettywolf for some serious T-REX Trout fishing.
It's been one of my tougher weeks I've ever had. Don't know why. I've had trips where we worked our tails off for damn near nothing.

Then, all of a sudden on Tuesday it was like BLAST OFF on sweetheart Jetty Trout. I never saw it coming. Just had a gut feeling to try out there again.

And talk about two great guys to have aboard.
Damn we had FUN!

YOU CAN TOO.
Call Capt Dave 8am-8pm and reserve "in advance" your two person Light tackle charter.
YES, two persons is the best day, most quality day, for sure!
904-642-9546

3/7 - Ain't outa the woods yet!

March weather couldn't be anymore TRANSITIONAL!

Hell, I was just writing my forecast for the Websites Home page and it happened! We went from hot, to cold in a matter of 12 hrs?  80 one day 40 the next?

We ain't outa the woods yet, folks. Not till MAY.

Had the boat sitting at the dealer since Tuesday. From what I gathered via my internet investigations is I have a failing o2 sensor on the 250 Suzuki. It throws up a code and a warning sporadically.
So Tuesday, Weds., Thurs., Friday it sat there, and I told them I'm picking the boat up on Friday no matter what!

Saturday charter, Monday charter. And no other way to pay the mortgage!
Then the winds are supposed to be so high on Saturday, we already re-scheduled till Sunday.

I get there (Boat dealer) Friday around 1pm and they say, "Yep, it's the o2 sensor." But they are back-ordered. We'll have one next week. Which means yet another long drive across town....in between fishing days.

Every outboard I have owned since back when I had a Yamaha HPDI 200 2 stroke, thru Honda's and now the Zuki has problems with o2 sensors. What's up with that? Is it because of pollution Bull Shit?
"OH, MY OUTBOARD IS PUTTING SO MUCH SMOG IN THE AIR...again. BULL SHIT!

What's up with the billowing black soot smoke I see pouring out of every Tug boat and ship on the river. And don't get me started on the United States Navy!!!!!  Did ya'll know they had a fuel/oil spill inside the Navy Basin not long ago of 25,000 gallons? But according to the NAVY they caught it all and it wasn't a big deal.

Who are you going to trust? The US Navy? I certainly wouldn't. They are huge polluters.

Here's some Retro photos of BEFORE and AFTER, the building of Blount Island, and cutting that straight line thru Mill Cove. Huge destruction!  That everyone has totally forgot about.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

THE MAN MADE RIVER.




WEATHER MAYPORT out to 20 miles:

Saturday: NE 15-20 knots GUSTY Small craft advisories till 10am

Sunday: NE 10 knots

Monday: EAST 10-15 knots

3/2 - Jacksonville Fishing; "FOGGY JETTY TROUT"

Hit the river with a float freak......ANDY. The bearded fella. 100% FLOAT FREAK and good at it.
Left late, around 9:30 and fished the last of the falling tide in the river and it was D-U-L-L
catching a too many "shorts". So we then hit the jetties, and waited, and waited and waited some more for the tide to turn, and then as usual it was a higher water bite.

No Reds, No Sheeps, No 3" Seabass, nothing except SPECKS.
(The perfect fish)

Would have been nice to have some diversity. But I was glad we got into what we came for.
Targeted species, at least.

There's sooo many "dink" trout around. That ya gotta take a butt load of live shrimp, so when you do find the nice keepers, you still have enough bait.

SUPER PLEASURE to have such a "float freak" like my new friend Andy aboard the Jettywolf.

I love getting float freaky....."Do You?"

Then, C'C'mon and book your March date. (they are gonna get bigger and badder you can bet on that.)

It's all about jus' having fun.

I'll teach ya the "Trout catchin' chicken wing flapping dance". It's all the rage.

3/1 - Jettywolf Q & A

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March means; SPRING BREAK SEASON!

So book your charter NOW. Yes, many dates are already booked during the middle to end of March, because of Spring Break.

Oh how I'm looking forward to Black Drum, Trout (of course) toss in a Pompano here and there. Hopefully the BIG Yellowmouth Trout will fire off, and BETTER & MORE action while using my "Slab Spoons".......Gotta Love the Slabs!

Plus I want to do some Offshore Reef "MICRO" Vertical jigging. Don't know what thats all about?
Then ya have a good excuse to stay tuned to my YOUTUBE channel, and watch what Micro jigging is all about.

HINT:  Xtra-Xtra Light tackle vertical jig fishing!