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Monday, October 10, 2016
10/10 - boats home....house not safe???
that leaning pine tree is really leaning now.....and it needs to come down before it smashes the house, and reaches all the way across to my boat shed w/ boat under it.
rental next door, the property owner has been notified.
it's pulling away from the ground now!
like living under a mouse trap, ready to ""SNAP""
I HATE RENTALS!
the owner of the property has been notified of the danger. is relying on property management company to handle this.
standing under it looks way worse than in these photos. because its leaning so much further its completely over my house, and everyone thinks I should pay to have it cut down!
don't have any $$.
Already have one tree on top of my house. You'd think that was enough to worry about?
Friday, October 7, 2016
10/7 - Unlucky me! Hurricane Matthew.
It was early. I was taking what I figure would be my last shower for a few days. Don't want to be a sweaty, smelly Hurricane victim.
I step out and am putting my shorts on and hear """B-O-O-M"""
tree in my back yard lands on my garage and the branches poke a hole thru my kitchen. Right above a no-used old light fixture.
Yes, it's now raining inside the kitchen. Both the garage and the house have needed a new roof for 10 years. I can't afford one. So, ya just wait I guess.
Funny thing is, that's the same area where my dad and I worked like dogs in the November Heat, yes hot as hell last November. We pulled a old porch off and fixed the roof. Plus my dad worked so hard on this for me he suffered a god damn heart attack because he was like a 70++ year old machine!
Now...ruined.
This tree broke and fell and the storm was still 8 hours away.
I expect more. I really do.
I step out and am putting my shorts on and hear """B-O-O-M"""
tree in my back yard lands on my garage and the branches poke a hole thru my kitchen. Right above a no-used old light fixture.
Yes, it's now raining inside the kitchen. Both the garage and the house have needed a new roof for 10 years. I can't afford one. So, ya just wait I guess.
Funny thing is, that's the same area where my dad and I worked like dogs in the November Heat, yes hot as hell last November. We pulled a old porch off and fixed the roof. Plus my dad worked so hard on this for me he suffered a god damn heart attack because he was like a 70++ year old machine!
Now...ruined.
This tree broke and fell and the storm was still 8 hours away.
I expect more. I really do.
10/7 - still have power...moved my boat
0630 hrs. still have power
moved boat way inland to friends house, don't trust the tree damage my street could suffer. would rather have one less thing ''my boat'' to worry about.
thanks to all for the reach-out's.....about 70 mph is the strongest my neighborhood has bared in wind speeds since I have lived here. we could see double that?
T-R-E-E-S, I suspect will be the problem. taking down my already frail internet connection and electric power, and hope the roof of the house doesn't sustain a 5,000 pound tree or branch. although I need a new roof anyhow.
next possible, do-able charter is thursday the 13th of October. basically have lost the start of OCTOBER till the 13th, had re-schedules, cancellations. so I've made not a dime all month so far!!!!!!
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
10/3 - THE LITTLE JETTIES? "Jettywolf Moment"
SHOULD WENT FLOAT-RIGGING THE SHALLOWS, INSTEAD. WANTED DEAD FISH IN THE COOLER! FLOAT RIG FISHING ALWAYS CATCHES FISH!
AND IT'S GETTING TO BE THAT "TIME""!
Sunday, October 2, 2016
10/2 - not close enough!!
HURRICANES...WE NEED THEM, AND WE NEED THIS ONE. ''MATTHEW''
THE LOCAL WATERS ARE TOO WARM, AND A GOOD TOILET FLUSH WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
RAIN, YES RAIN IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING FOR FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY THE ST. JOHNS RIVER, IN N.E. FLORIDA. BUT THINK ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE. THE WATER TEMP IS JUST 2-3 DEGREES LESS THAN IT WAS IN MID JULY, RIGHT NOW!!
THATS NOT A GOOD THING. SURE THE FALL SEASON SEEMS ON TRACK. BUT IF YOU'VE FISHED JACKSONVILLE LONG ENOUGH AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER CYCLES LIKE I DO, YOU CAN'T HELP, ''WISHING FOR DAYS LONG PAST'' AND THOSE DAYS FROM YEARS PAST MEAN FALL SEASONS, THAT WERE WET, COOLER, HENCE THE FISHING WAS....THROUGH THE ROOF!
I REMEMBER FALL BULL REDFISHING THAT TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE THE SOUTH JETTY THAT WAS PURE PHENOMENAL. THE REDS WEREN'T THICK IN THE RIVER. THEY WERE THICK OUTSIDE THE JETTIES.
IT WAS SO GOOD, I COULD JUST DRIFT WITH A SEA-ANCHOR DEPLOYED JUST OFF THE OUTSIDE THE SOUTH JETTY, AND CATCH ALL YOU EVER WANTED OF THE TRUE BULL REDFISH. FISHING BECAME WORK, WHEN WE'D ANCHOR UP.
WERE THESE YEARS WETTER...I BELIEVE SO. I REMEMBER TROPICAL STORM FAY, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Fay_(2008) THAT DROPPED SO MUCH RAIN ON DAYTONA, THAT AREAS WERE UNDER WATER, WHILE JACKSONVILLE HAD SOMETHING LIKE 18 INCHES IN 24 HRS. MIXED WITH IT BEING THE START OF THE FALL SEASON BY THE TIME ALL THAT WATER FLUSHED OUT TO THE JETTIES,
''WE WERE IN FISHING HEAVEN. EVERYTHING WAS BITING, FROM GIANT REDFISH SIZED CROAKERS TO TROUT AND BLACK DRUM, BLACKTIPS, AND BULL REDS...''
I'M JUST USING T.S. FAY AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT COULD BE. BECAUSE THE FISH IN THE ST. JOHNS RIVER IN DUVAL COUNTY ARE STARVED FOR FRESHWATER, ALL THE TIME! (THE WORD ESTUARY MEANS: An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environments.)
BUT THE DEFINITION DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UN-NATURAL RIVERS, DREDGED, W/ OPEN OCEAN FLOWING AT ITS MAXIMUM!
LOCAL FISHING THRIVES WHEN THAT GREAT SALTY BAY WE ALL FISH GETS, ''FRESH!!''
OUR ESTUARY IS STARVED FOR FRESH/BRACKISH WATER IN DUVAL COUNTY.
....and BTW, I lost about a grand this week alone, in reschedules already!
who else loves a unpaid week long vacation?
let me know in the comments if you like being BROKE!
THE LOCAL WATERS ARE TOO WARM, AND A GOOD TOILET FLUSH WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
RAIN, YES RAIN IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING FOR FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY THE ST. JOHNS RIVER, IN N.E. FLORIDA. BUT THINK ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE. THE WATER TEMP IS JUST 2-3 DEGREES LESS THAN IT WAS IN MID JULY, RIGHT NOW!!
THATS NOT A GOOD THING. SURE THE FALL SEASON SEEMS ON TRACK. BUT IF YOU'VE FISHED JACKSONVILLE LONG ENOUGH AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER CYCLES LIKE I DO, YOU CAN'T HELP, ''WISHING FOR DAYS LONG PAST'' AND THOSE DAYS FROM YEARS PAST MEAN FALL SEASONS, THAT WERE WET, COOLER, HENCE THE FISHING WAS....THROUGH THE ROOF!
I REMEMBER FALL BULL REDFISHING THAT TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE THE SOUTH JETTY THAT WAS PURE PHENOMENAL. THE REDS WEREN'T THICK IN THE RIVER. THEY WERE THICK OUTSIDE THE JETTIES.
IT WAS SO GOOD, I COULD JUST DRIFT WITH A SEA-ANCHOR DEPLOYED JUST OFF THE OUTSIDE THE SOUTH JETTY, AND CATCH ALL YOU EVER WANTED OF THE TRUE BULL REDFISH. FISHING BECAME WORK, WHEN WE'D ANCHOR UP.
WERE THESE YEARS WETTER...I BELIEVE SO. I REMEMBER TROPICAL STORM FAY, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Fay_(2008) THAT DROPPED SO MUCH RAIN ON DAYTONA, THAT AREAS WERE UNDER WATER, WHILE JACKSONVILLE HAD SOMETHING LIKE 18 INCHES IN 24 HRS. MIXED WITH IT BEING THE START OF THE FALL SEASON BY THE TIME ALL THAT WATER FLUSHED OUT TO THE JETTIES,
''WE WERE IN FISHING HEAVEN. EVERYTHING WAS BITING, FROM GIANT REDFISH SIZED CROAKERS TO TROUT AND BLACK DRUM, BLACKTIPS, AND BULL REDS...''
I'M JUST USING T.S. FAY AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT COULD BE. BECAUSE THE FISH IN THE ST. JOHNS RIVER IN DUVAL COUNTY ARE STARVED FOR FRESHWATER, ALL THE TIME! (THE WORD ESTUARY MEANS: An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environments.)
BUT THE DEFINITION DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UN-NATURAL RIVERS, DREDGED, W/ OPEN OCEAN FLOWING AT ITS MAXIMUM!
LOCAL FISHING THRIVES WHEN THAT GREAT SALTY BAY WE ALL FISH GETS, ''FRESH!!''
OUR ESTUARY IS STARVED FOR FRESH/BRACKISH WATER IN DUVAL COUNTY.
....and BTW, I lost about a grand this week alone, in reschedules already!
who else loves a unpaid week long vacation?
let me know in the comments if you like being BROKE!
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
9/27 - SAVE $$$
MY MAXEL HYBRID JIGGING REELS...''micro''
***chromed like finish
best deal on ebay
or call 904-642-9546 for local pick up
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***chromed like finish
best deal on ebay
or call 904-642-9546 for local pick up
EBAY LINK
Monday, September 26, 2016
9/26 - FINALLY
Finally tried these.....''the best ever way to really cut braided line''
BEING THAT ON A NORMAL CHARTER DAY, I PROBABLY ''RE-RIG'' LINES NO LESS THAN 25 TIMES. I HAVE FOUND THAT NO CUTTERS, NO SCISSORS, NO BLADE OF ANY TYPE WILL HOLD UP TO CUTTING BRAIDED LINE. THEY RUST, THEY DULL, AND ALTHOUGH THEY STILL MIGHT CUT TO SOME DEGREE......THEY CERTAINLY DO NOT CAUTERIZE THE END OF THE BRAIDED LINE.
FOR LESS THAN A SUPER GREAT PAIR OF SO CALLED BRAID CUTTERS, I BOUGHT (3) BERKLEY HOT LINE CUTTERS!! ON EBAY
Friday, September 23, 2016
9/23 - WHAT DO YA THINK?
THE BRANDT FAMILY LAST YEAR
"EPIC AS ALL HELL AND BACK" - report link top water bull Reds!!!!!!!!!!!!
-heading out on exact same date, 12 months later
-will it be Bazzaro world Florida?
-just got lucky last year?
-last year I had a premonition
-and it was 1 & done last year, with all the mullet we needed in one pitch.
"EPIC AS ALL HELL AND BACK" - report link top water bull Reds!!!!!!!!!!!!
-heading out on exact same date, 12 months later
-will it be Bazzaro world Florida?
-just got lucky last year?
-last year I had a premonition
-and it was 1 & done last year, with all the mullet we needed in one pitch.
Thursday, September 22, 2016
9/22 - IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN CAPT. VINCE, YOU NEED TOO!
I'VE STRIVED FOR YEARS TO MASTER THIS.....AND I'M STILL LEARNING.
(SAME GOES FOR BLACK DRUM)
http://cleanyourcatch.com/
Monday, September 19, 2016
FISHING FULL MOONS, NOREASTERS, AND REEL SALE
WELL, HEADING TO THE CREEKS ON TUESDAY ABOARD A BUDDIES BOAT. A BOAT THAT'S EZ TO GET MULLET FROM. SO THATS OUR PLAN.
HAD SERIOUS ANKLE PROBLEM FOR A WHOLE WEEK. THE PAIN WAS DREADFUL, WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR FEET FOR 12 HRS. STRAIGHT!
THE FULL MOON WAS A REAL PAIN, AND MY LAST DAY OUT IT WAS BLOWING LIKE HELL FROM THE EAST-NORTHEAST ALL DAY. ADD-IN THE FULL MOON TIDES, AND THE LACK OF BIG FISH BITES, (LOTS OF SMALL FISH) PLUS MY ANKLE, AND YEAH, A DESK JOB IS A PIECE OF CAKE!!
SO NOTHING TO REPORT ABOUT THE LAST FEW DAYS. SEPT. IS ALWAYS WISHY-WASHY ANYHOW WHEN IT COMES TO THE WEATHER. SO FAR, 2 TROPICAL STORMS HAVE COME UPON US, LEAVING NOT ENOUGH RAIN. WE NEED A WASH OUT, TO START THE FALL SEASON, AKA: "OCTOBER".
MORE CLEAN-OUT OF NON-USING TACKLE. MEANING I'M NOT USING IT, SO IT HAS TO GO.
FOR SALE: EBAY LINK
NOW, I'VE ADDED THESE DAIWA LEXA 300hs-p REELS:
EBAY LINK
oldie, but a goodie. tech-tip for shallow water, ''float-rig'' fishing
make your float rig a ''do-all'' rig:
HAD SERIOUS ANKLE PROBLEM FOR A WHOLE WEEK. THE PAIN WAS DREADFUL, WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR FEET FOR 12 HRS. STRAIGHT!
THE FULL MOON WAS A REAL PAIN, AND MY LAST DAY OUT IT WAS BLOWING LIKE HELL FROM THE EAST-NORTHEAST ALL DAY. ADD-IN THE FULL MOON TIDES, AND THE LACK OF BIG FISH BITES, (LOTS OF SMALL FISH) PLUS MY ANKLE, AND YEAH, A DESK JOB IS A PIECE OF CAKE!!
SO NOTHING TO REPORT ABOUT THE LAST FEW DAYS. SEPT. IS ALWAYS WISHY-WASHY ANYHOW WHEN IT COMES TO THE WEATHER. SO FAR, 2 TROPICAL STORMS HAVE COME UPON US, LEAVING NOT ENOUGH RAIN. WE NEED A WASH OUT, TO START THE FALL SEASON, AKA: "OCTOBER".
MORE CLEAN-OUT OF NON-USING TACKLE. MEANING I'M NOT USING IT, SO IT HAS TO GO.
FOR SALE: EBAY LINK
NOW, I'VE ADDED THESE DAIWA LEXA 300hs-p REELS:
EBAY LINK
oldie, but a goodie. tech-tip for shallow water, ''float-rig'' fishing
make your float rig a ''do-all'' rig:
Monday, September 12, 2016
Sunday, September 11, 2016
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
9/7 - So looking forward to days like this...
DON'T FOR A SECOND THINK THAT SUMMER IS GO TIME FOR INSHORE LIGHT TACKLE FISHING IN N.E. FLORIDA.
OH, IT'S GO TIME FOR YOU VACATIONERS.
BUT IF YOU ARE A AVID SPORTSMAN, OUTDOORSMAN, ANGLER. (LIKE MY REGULAR DALE IS, HE'S BEEN FISHING WITH ME FOR YEARS!)
THESE COLD MORNINGS, THE WINDY DAYS, THE FROZEN FINGERS....ARE QUICKLY FORGOTTEN AFTERWARDS WHEN A WONDERFUL FISH FRY AND A COOL BEVERAGE IS BEING ENJOYED.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS LONG ENOUGH (21 YEARS) TO REALIZE THERE'S COMPLETE SECTORS IN MY CHARTER FISHING THROUGH OUT THE YEAR.
NO LITTLE KIDS, MOSTLY JUST 2 PERSONS, BECAUSE THATS THE BEST TRIPS.
AND PUTTING TROPHIES ON THE LINE IS WHAT THIS TIME OF YEAR IN THIS VIDEO, IS ALL ABOUT.
9/7 - THOSE EBAY CHINESE REELS
Capt Dave is a curious, Tackle Junkie!!
1/2 price, are they worth it?
Will they catch a big Redbass, and do it on the "cheap".
I believe they will.
PART- 2 "what's inside?" does looking at the guts give away anything?
Check it out here: https://youtu.be/4XVT-HpD_BI
Monday, September 5, 2016
(11) - for sale, rock bottom prices!
DAIWA SALTIST HC 20
USED BUT IN GREAT CONDITION
ON EBAY: http://www.ebay.com/itm/331947857907?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
WANT ONE OR FOUR, LOCALLY?
JUST EMAIL ME: CHARTER@CAPTDAVES.COM
9/5 - Labor Day
Windy to say the least.....DUE EAST. 15-20 is what it felt like.
Had huge plans. Get a bunch of live Mullet and fish far from the "hub" of activity, by heading up river at 7am, with Redfish in mind. Not Jumbos, but any ole size.
Looked at about 3 different "mullet capture" areas, and of course because of the wind, spot number 3 adjacent where we were going to fish is the one that had plenty passing by.
-anyone else would have FREAKED!
While on the Mullet castnetting spot, the wind swung the boat around on anchor and the bottom of the boat, was grinding on oysters and rocks......But of course I don't care, it's not like all that is doing any damage, to my NON-FANCY Gelcoated boat ( Laughing while thinking about those 90K bayboats, that aren't bay boats at all really.) But we eventually got out of there. Then, to find out before I could catch my first perfect finger Mullet, my live well pump...... wasn't working.
-the "double fix".
Some how while I was researching & repairing a side console Nav. light and checking the switch panel. I must have had a wire pull off. Now the pump switch won't work. Pretty much needed to keep a live well full of Mullet. A simple fix when I got home took care of all that. Hence, the "double fix".
-What always catches?
So we just fished cut dead Pogies, and the ole stand by of all time. FRESH Jumbo dead shrimp.
(DON'T LEAVE HOME WITH OUT IT!) I even tried GULP. We caught Ladyfish, Croakers, Mangrove Snapper, and a 28" Redfish. ON DEAD SHRIMP.
If anyone ever asked me, "Dave what's your favorite bait?" I certainly wouldn't answer; "A red bellied slash and splash diver with copper spinners." Like some Bass fisherman, or even like some local Redfish tournament dude, would probably answer.
My answer would simply be; Fresh Jumbo dead shrimp and live shrimp. Dead for bottom fishing. Live, for Float-rig fishing and jig-n-shrimp casting. IT CATCHES IT ALL, when others baits fail!!
The cut frozen Pogies we used, were getting devoured instantly off the hook by bait thieves. The Gulp got bites but not many takers. But the shrimp caught 99% of the fish today....and of course the only Redfish!!
The rising tide up river never really gained much strength, which I needed for super success on the spot we fished, plus we really needed those "live" Mullet too.
So we slowly rode back to the "Hub"....and upon arrival we saw 9 boats all on one spot. It's so funny, how boats attract boats, fish don't.
That wasn't for me, so we tried the other side of the river, where we had Catfish, Croakers, and yep, even the "green scourge fish" aka: Bluefish, eat our dead cut Pogies. As we tried for a big Bull Redbass on the flooding tide, fishing about 30 feet on the channel edge.
No big bite ever materialized, we had enough fun for one Labor day. So we headed home.
And as usual, that big STORM (laugh) from just this past Friday didn't do anything to the river, as I hoped it would.
We didn't get enough rain!!
Had huge plans. Get a bunch of live Mullet and fish far from the "hub" of activity, by heading up river at 7am, with Redfish in mind. Not Jumbos, but any ole size.
Looked at about 3 different "mullet capture" areas, and of course because of the wind, spot number 3 adjacent where we were going to fish is the one that had plenty passing by.
-anyone else would have FREAKED!
While on the Mullet castnetting spot, the wind swung the boat around on anchor and the bottom of the boat, was grinding on oysters and rocks......But of course I don't care, it's not like all that is doing any damage, to my NON-FANCY Gelcoated boat ( Laughing while thinking about those 90K bayboats, that aren't bay boats at all really.) But we eventually got out of there. Then, to find out before I could catch my first perfect finger Mullet, my live well pump...... wasn't working.
-the "double fix".
Some how while I was researching & repairing a side console Nav. light and checking the switch panel. I must have had a wire pull off. Now the pump switch won't work. Pretty much needed to keep a live well full of Mullet. A simple fix when I got home took care of all that. Hence, the "double fix".
-What always catches?
So we just fished cut dead Pogies, and the ole stand by of all time. FRESH Jumbo dead shrimp.
(DON'T LEAVE HOME WITH OUT IT!) I even tried GULP. We caught Ladyfish, Croakers, Mangrove Snapper, and a 28" Redfish. ON DEAD SHRIMP.
If anyone ever asked me, "Dave what's your favorite bait?" I certainly wouldn't answer; "A red bellied slash and splash diver with copper spinners." Like some Bass fisherman, or even like some local Redfish tournament dude, would probably answer.
My answer would simply be; Fresh Jumbo dead shrimp and live shrimp. Dead for bottom fishing. Live, for Float-rig fishing and jig-n-shrimp casting. IT CATCHES IT ALL, when others baits fail!!
The cut frozen Pogies we used, were getting devoured instantly off the hook by bait thieves. The Gulp got bites but not many takers. But the shrimp caught 99% of the fish today....and of course the only Redfish!!
The rising tide up river never really gained much strength, which I needed for super success on the spot we fished, plus we really needed those "live" Mullet too.
So we slowly rode back to the "Hub"....and upon arrival we saw 9 boats all on one spot. It's so funny, how boats attract boats, fish don't.
That wasn't for me, so we tried the other side of the river, where we had Catfish, Croakers, and yep, even the "green scourge fish" aka: Bluefish, eat our dead cut Pogies. As we tried for a big Bull Redbass on the flooding tide, fishing about 30 feet on the channel edge.
No big bite ever materialized, we had enough fun for one Labor day. So we headed home.
And as usual, that big STORM (laugh) from just this past Friday didn't do anything to the river, as I hoped it would.
We didn't get enough rain!!
Sunday, September 4, 2016
9/4 - "Take your Gal fishing": Fall Bull Redfish
I think this is my favorite Bull Redfish video (back in Oct. of 2014).......just because of my crew.
Leave your beer drinking buddies at home, and bring your wife, Daughter, Mother or Grandma, because the Gal's make the day. Especially if they are a great sport like Mrs. Traut from Iowa, was.
She was so funny.
Saturday, September 3, 2016
Thursday, September 1, 2016
9/1 - September is a "fall" month, right?
Bye, Bye, AUGUST. (considered a Summer month)
Well the Tropical Storm has done ZERO, here so far.
Could have fished today even. It was S-L-I-C-K calm on the river and I.C.W.
today as I went over the Bridge from my house to the Trailer Tire Shop in Mayport.
LET'S GO.....
This storm thing will be such a memory by Monday. That means time to F-I-S-H, a Fall Month called
SEPTEMBER.
Last year on Sept. 5th at Jetties: Reds, Sharks, Flounder, and....faux sheepshead?
Well the Tropical Storm has done ZERO, here so far.
Could have fished today even. It was S-L-I-C-K calm on the river and I.C.W.
today as I went over the Bridge from my house to the Trailer Tire Shop in Mayport.
LET'S GO.....
This storm thing will be such a memory by Monday. That means time to F-I-S-H, a Fall Month called
SEPTEMBER.
Last year on Sept. 5th at Jetties: Reds, Sharks, Flounder, and....faux sheepshead?
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
8/31 - Been a long time......
Yep, I usually don't go thru this "loosing", till at least October.
But so far, I've re-scheduled two charters already because of this (at this time) no name storm in the Gulf. It's costed me over a GRAND already!!!!!
It's been a long time since I've had so many days kicked out, because of weather.
GUESS SUMMER IS OFFICIALLY OVER FOLKS!
Which can be a good thing, because fishing is so much better from here on out and even if there is storms. Because we need them.
To turn over the water, give us much needed rain, that eventually find it's way into the St. Johns River, make the Trout go nuts (fingers crossed) and the bull Reds hopefully get pushed out into the Ocean at the Jetties and make them so much more pleasant to fish for versus sitting in that screaming tide inside the river.
-can ya just imagine how relieved Louisiana is?
I even love it when the Croakers are knee deep at the Jetties. They are so fun to catch on a vertically jigged micro jig.
In just the past two days.....
I've changed the bow roller on the boat trailer
changed out the trailer winch
fixed and ordered new Nav. side lights
and had a trailer tire fixed
....and SOLD 3 reels, and sent a reel back to the distributor for replacement because it was brand new. and was faulty.
I always have plenty to do, even when I'm not physically fishing. Just keeping everything, Ship-Shape!
SINCE 1996, YOUR FULL-TIME JACKSONVILLE FISHING GUIDE
WWW.CAPTDAVES.COM
But so far, I've re-scheduled two charters already because of this (at this time) no name storm in the Gulf. It's costed me over a GRAND already!!!!!
It's been a long time since I've had so many days kicked out, because of weather.
GUESS SUMMER IS OFFICIALLY OVER FOLKS!
Which can be a good thing, because fishing is so much better from here on out and even if there is storms. Because we need them.
To turn over the water, give us much needed rain, that eventually find it's way into the St. Johns River, make the Trout go nuts (fingers crossed) and the bull Reds hopefully get pushed out into the Ocean at the Jetties and make them so much more pleasant to fish for versus sitting in that screaming tide inside the river.
-can ya just imagine how relieved Louisiana is?
I even love it when the Croakers are knee deep at the Jetties. They are so fun to catch on a vertically jigged micro jig.
I've changed the bow roller on the boat trailer
changed out the trailer winch
fixed and ordered new Nav. side lights
and had a trailer tire fixed
....and SOLD 3 reels, and sent a reel back to the distributor for replacement because it was brand new. and was faulty.
I always have plenty to do, even when I'm not physically fishing. Just keeping everything, Ship-Shape!
SINCE 1996, YOUR FULL-TIME JACKSONVILLE FISHING GUIDE
WWW.CAPTDAVES.COM
Sunday, August 28, 2016
8/27 - Wind-Rain....it's the season folks.
First trip today was a 2 hr. Kids Trip, with Dad and two little shavers (maybe 4 & 5 years old). At 7am we pulled away and went to White Shell and caught a Puffer, Catfish, and Pinfish. Tide was slack. That was the problem, there.
At 9:30, I had Brian and John coming aboard, for a mid-morning till afternoon trip.
SUN-UP AT DOCK
HERE IT COMES!
THE WEAPONRY: New TRUTH S.S. Reels / 30# braid
I anchored up, rigged the first bait, and here it came behind us....like a wall. B-I-G rain!
I asked Brian and John, "wanna sit thru it, or run for cover?"
We ran for cover, which wasn't much cover at all. The "old" Sisters Creek bridge.
And soon there was 10 of us attempting to hide under it. As the current and winds pushed, making it very difficult to grab a dry spot. "We got soaked!"
The rain passed, the sun popped out, so we headed back to the fishing spot.
"What a way to start the day!"
The wind Blew. ENE, and will blow till at least Thursday because of a "Tropical" item in the Caribbean. Which is kinda good. I like it when summer slacks and the transition starts, and it usually happens with storms.
(I just don't want any storms to target Louisiana, this year)
Bull Redbass. While the tide ran right. 24 pounds.
A Redbass, which was coaxed by my obvious jigging the bottom, when it slammed
the piece of cut Pogie in 43' of water. 19 lbs.
We had a Bonnethead Shark after the tide turned and a few nibblers. But that last of the falling tide was the ticket for us.
We left at 3pm, Brian had a plane to catch to get home, and John had a several hr. ride back to Savannah, Ga.
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Sunday morning:
8-10am Kids Trip. "getting the future Junior Anglers started"
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At 9:30, I had Brian and John coming aboard, for a mid-morning till afternoon trip.
SUN-UP AT DOCK
HERE IT COMES!
THE WEAPONRY: New TRUTH S.S. Reels / 30# braid
I anchored up, rigged the first bait, and here it came behind us....like a wall. B-I-G rain!
I asked Brian and John, "wanna sit thru it, or run for cover?"
We ran for cover, which wasn't much cover at all. The "old" Sisters Creek bridge.
And soon there was 10 of us attempting to hide under it. As the current and winds pushed, making it very difficult to grab a dry spot. "We got soaked!"
The rain passed, the sun popped out, so we headed back to the fishing spot.
"What a way to start the day!"
The wind Blew. ENE, and will blow till at least Thursday because of a "Tropical" item in the Caribbean. Which is kinda good. I like it when summer slacks and the transition starts, and it usually happens with storms.
(I just don't want any storms to target Louisiana, this year)
Bull Redbass. While the tide ran right. 24 pounds.
A Redbass, which was coaxed by my obvious jigging the bottom, when it slammed
the piece of cut Pogie in 43' of water. 19 lbs.
We had a Bonnethead Shark after the tide turned and a few nibblers. But that last of the falling tide was the ticket for us.
We left at 3pm, Brian had a plane to catch to get home, and John had a several hr. ride back to Savannah, Ga.
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Sunday morning:
8-10am Kids Trip. "getting the future Junior Anglers started"
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