DO YOU REALIZE, THAT BY DECEMBER EACH YEAR, THE BEST INSHORE FISHING SEASON IS OVER ALREADY?
NO, THE FISHING ISN'T THE BEST IN JACKSONVILLE WHEN IT'S 100 DEGREES, AS VACATIONERS THINK IT IS.
THEY FISH DURING THE HEAT, BUT WANT EVERYTHING ON A SILVER PLATTER. WHEN IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!
THEY STEP OFF MY BOAT, TURN AROUND AND ALWAYS ASK, ''WHEN IS IT THE BEST?? I REPLY, ''WHEN YOU WON'T COME HERE. OCT. THRU APRIL." SO RIGHT NOW, YOU'VE MISSED 1/2 OF IT ALREADY!!!!!!!
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A bit of R&D, St. Johns river out of Mayport Florida. Foggy, breezy, cold and rained too. Common winter weather. (Footage of 1 out of 6 Black Drum.) Just because its winter, doesn't mean you can't fish. TheBEST INSHORE, RIVER , INLET FISHING of the year, isn't when it's 100 degrees outside, as most northerners think. INSHORE FISH, hate the heat as much as I do! http://www.captdaves.com-link**help my YOUTUBE channel out, if you enjoy my video's and reports blog, donate via paypal:https://www.paypal.me/captdaves-link
NEW WINTER RATES All St. Johns River / Inlet / Coastal Fishing Trips: (based on 6 hrs)
2 passengers $350
3 passengers $450
4 passengers $550
(single person’s call for rate)
River / Inlet / Coastal Species:
Redfish, Speckled Trout, Sheepshead, Black Drum, King Mackerel, Barracuda, Chum fishing, Drifting fishing, Shark fishing, “per seasons”
ALL ICE, COOLERS, BAIT, SAFETY GEAR, LICENSES, PROVIDED.
*** If you want to go in the next 3 days do not email me. Call me: 904-642-9546 as soon as possible, 8am-8pm. I may be busy, but I always hear the phone ring. And, tomorrow may be open with perfect weather and tides.
St Johns River Boat Cruise/Sight-Seeing Charter (non-fishing)
$300 FOR TWO HRS. $100 FOR EXTRA HR. (UP TO 6 PERSONS MAX.)
Kids Trip:
$200 Inshore, 2 hour fishing trip.
Up to:
4 passengers, for small kids under 8 years of age that cannot do a longer day.
Went to the JOSFC meeting last night. ''Clam chowder night!'' yum, yum.
I haven't been to my ''Alma Mata'' in months and months. But a cold, rainy night made for a perfect time to attend.
There was a election in October, so the reigns have been passed on, once again.
The club house was packed. And the evenings emphasis was on a raffle to generate funds for a family in need. And indeed the membership stepped up.
Last count was $3000 plus dollars in just a few hours. (that's more than all my bills for 2 months! Wonder if they could hold another raffle for really poor fishing guides named Dave?)
So many faces have changed. But there's still a few folks that were members 25 years ago, in attendance. Not many, but they were there.
Good ole Capt. George Strait (of Miss Mayport & Mayport Princess local party boat fame) was there, to say a few words. ''A few words he did.'' Which was, unlike him. But he did start off with a good joke. I was a bit surprised that it was 10 years ago when he was club president. Wow, does time fly!
One change I noticed and was very surprised about, was the club's President asking everyone to stand, face our U.S. flag, a repeat the Pledge of Allegiance.
As a pro-staff fishing guide now, for FISHBITES.(if you're a local and you don't know what Fishbites (St. Augustine Florida) are, shame, shame, shame, on YOU!)
I'll be posting some deals. And right now it's all about the new Fight Club line of baits.
And just in, HERE'S GREAT IDEA FOR THE FISHERMAN IF NOT YOUR SELF.
4 bags of Fishbites Fightclub lures, two of the Fight Club jig heads and free shipping in 50 states for just $21.99.
Soon, I'll be doing a new Video all about the ""new"" Fight Club line of baits. I have a rigging method and even a species and a area I'm wanting to use them.
GLASS AND ALUMINUM? pontoons?
hmmmmm. I'd like to see this first hand, myself.
real unique?
worth it?
or Disaster? probably less of a Atlantic coastal boat. More of a Gulf coaster boat, in my opinion. interesting though. has a few features that regular glass boats should pick up on.
just a Capt. Dave's fishing report's ''find'', I'd thought I'd share.
ALL GLASS VERSION:
Here's my next "Bay Boat".....really. Isn't a bay boat one that you can beat up on a Oysterbed? Bump a dock you're tying up too? Beach it on a rocky shoreline?
Or is that just the way I'd treat a bay boat? hahahahahaha
I tell everyone IF I wasn't in the people carrying business, this is all I'd have.
TWEAKED of course. But here's the standard model 20 footer of a "mini-me".
what a gorgeous morning it was today.see what you're missing?
besides fishing on a wonderful "weekday" with no one to bother us
MY OFFICE VIEW!!!!
There was "twin" Rainbows as we left the dock, actually.
Had two Channel 12 Local News weather folks on the boat this morning, doing video and interview (of your's truly) for a Feb 2018 Story about the river after Hurricane Irma.
"JETTYWOLF'S HOW-TO"
Sheepshead, the one inshore fish that must yield the least amount of fillet of them all. Love them or hate them. I've never met anyone who says how much they love cleaning them.
With the most rediculous limit of all inshore/coastal regulated fish in the state of Florida at 15 per person at 12 inches. I usually don't have to worry about my customers "limiting out" on them, since not many people are prepared for the light bite of a Sheepshead. Especially when dangling a Fiddler Crab into structure with current!
But there is those days, when we get our fair share, along with a Black Drum or two, or a actual "keeper sized" Redfish. I used to DREAD having to fillet a bunch of Sheepshead, especially.
Hunters, I think you can benefit too.
There's even a special 'FRESH WATER', fish cleaning blade.
Offshore fisherman
Party boat Captains
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I've have sheepshead dorsal fin's stab me between the fingers. Have them twitch and fall off the cutting table, "dorsal fin down" and have their dorsal spines, go right thru my rubber boot and into my foot!!
They maybe fun to catch. But that's where the FUN has always ended for me!
MY LIFE HAS JUST CHANGED!!
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Dexter Serrated edge, high carbon Stainless Steel blades, for your one handed reciprocating saw. Tell Capt. Paul, that Capt Dave sent ya!
EVERY YEAR, EVERY HOLIDAY WEEK, I'LL BE HEADING OUT IN THE MORNING WITH A CREW ABOARD AND AT 8AM, THE PHONE WILL RING AND IT'S SOMEONE ASKING TO GO ON A CHARTER, RIGHT THEN.
MY RESPONSE IS ALWAYS,''ADVANCED RESERVATIONS ONLY, AND I'M ALREADY OUT HEADING TO THE FIRST SPOT.'' NEVER AM I SITTING AT THE DOCK ALL DAY, ICED, BAITED UP WITH A BOAT LOAD OF TACKLE, JUST WAITING FOR THE CELL PHONE TO RING! WITH THAT SAID, IF YOU PLAN ON FISHING ANY OF THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS. RIGHT NOW.....YES, RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME TO RESERVE FOR:
THANKSGIVING WEEK CHRISTMAS
NEW YEARS EVE NEW YEARS DAY EVEN VALENTINES DAY!!!! I'VE SAID THIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR THE PAST 21 YEARS!! WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF CRAZY? DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN EXPECTING A DIFFERENT OUTCOME?? YEP.
every few weeks I do a report for Jax boat club's website.
thought I'd share it with you.
Ez - P'ezy fishing! I love this time of year! Not only are the fish very willing participants in my favorite activity. But, it can also be so "low-tech".
An old mentor of mine was Capt. Fred Morrow. You may have known of him or seen him in his small blue and white boat at the Mayport Jetties with plenty of St. Johns River camouflage on the bottom and sides (aka river tannin stains). His motto was; "Low tech fishing at its’ finest". Which can pretty much sum up this time of year in the river, ICW and at the Jetties.
As a general rule, I never leave the dock without "pounds" of fresh dead shrimp, along with a live well with dozens of live ones too. Lately, I've been doing a lot of jig-n-shrimp fishing. Worked around the Mayport Jetty rocks. Either a ¼, ⅜, or ½ ounce un-painted ball lead heads… and to that, we add a shrimp [hooked, of course, in a certain fashion that I will explain in a later report.] Either pitched up in the jetty rocks or along structure in the river. It’s the "inshore staple".
B-u-t… the 'low tech" thing about it is, we've been catching just about as many fish on dead shrimp and a jig head as we are on the expensive live shrimp. And that's what I love about this time of year. It's, ez-p'ezy!
Here's a day earlier this month where we dropped anchor once all day and stayed hooked up all day on dead shrimp, and various size jig heads.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXT WEDS. I'LL BE DOING A STORY ON CHANNEL 12 NEWS IN JAX ABOUT THE RIVER SALINITY AFTER THE HURRICANE. YES, A BIT LATE BUT MY KIND OF SUBJECT MATTER FOR SURE. I'LL KNOW MORE LATER.
''LIKE A NUCLEAR BOMB, JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN BUILD IT. DOESN'T MEAN THE WORLD NEEDS IT.'' THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I FEEL ABOUT TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING BS ON CARS AND TRUCKS, INFOTAINMENT COMPUTER SCREENS IN A TRUCK DASHBOARD, STUPID 'START-STOP' ENGINE SYSTEMS, AND SMARTPHONES AND ALL THE BULLSHIT APPS. I USED TO ALWAYS SUGGEST THE F.S. TIDE PLANNER BOOK FOR A GREAT FISHERMAN'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT. NOT ANY MORE!!
EVERY SINGLE HOLIDAY WEEK, I'LL BE HEADING OUT IN THE MORNING WITH A CREW ABOARD AND AT 8AM, THE PHONE WILL RING AND IT'S SOMEONE ASKING TO GO ON A CHARTER, RIGHT THEN.
MY RESPONSE IS ALWAYS,''ADVANCED RESERVATIONS ONLY, AND I'M ALREADY OUT HEADING TO THE FIRST SPOT.'' NEVER AM I SITTING AT THE DOCK ALL DAY, ICED, BAITED UP WITH A BOAT LOAD OF TACKLE, JUST WAITING FOR THE CELL PHONE TO RING! WITH THAT SAID, IF YOU PLAN ON FISHING ANY OF THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS. RIGHT NOW.....YES, RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME TO RESERVE FOR:
THANKSGIVING WEEK (you missed this already) CHRISTMAS
NEW YEARS EVE NEW YEARS DAY EVEN VALENTINES DAY!!!!
I'VE SAID THIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR THE PAST 21 YEARS!!
WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF CRAZY? DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN EXPECTING A DIFFERENT OUTCOME??
WEATHER & FISHING I KNOW, YOU'RE WAITING FOR TOUGH FISHING AND 100 DEGREE TEMPS, RIGHT? WELL, WHEN YOU ASK IN JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBERS EXTREME HEAT, WHEN IS THE BEST TIME OF YEAR FOR THE TROUT, REDFISH, BLACK DRUM, & SHEEPSHEAD. I'LL CHUCKLE AS I USUALLY DO AND ANSWER WITH THE STATEMENT I'VE MADE FOR OVER 20 YEARS... ''NOVEMBER THRU APRIL WITH MY FAVORITE BEING NOVEMBER! BUT YOU WON'T COME FISH THEN. IT'S LIKE IT'S AGAINST THE LAW. BECAUSE IT'S THE HOLIDAY SEASON...'' AND GUESS WHAT? I'M ALWAY RIGHT!
Yes, I highly recommend one of these knives for the Angler.
I have been using these for over a year now and these ARE without a doubt, the last fillet knife I'll ever need.
The magic is they do not rust and corrode! As you've seen in my other video's. I use them on my boat. After cleaning fish all I do is wipe them down. And store them.
Yes, you'll still have to sharpen them. They aren't forever sharp. But then again just follow the instructions to sharpen on just one side. (the side that it says so.)
Made in Florida!
Not China like all the rest. Support Floridians, not the Chinese!
- MAYPORT JETTY FISHING. THE ST. JOHNS RIVER INLET, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. LIVE SHRIMP- FRESH DEAD SHRIMP, ON A JIGHEAD...... C-A-T-C-H-E-S F-I-S-H! 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 OZ. BALL HEAD OR OTHER SIMPLE DESIGNS. NO COLOR NEEDED. I PLAYED WITH A SWINGING HOOK DESIGN FOR AWHILE IN 3/8THS OUNCE.
HAD JOHN ABOARD WITH ME, FROM NEBRASKA. THIS WAS ALL BRAND NEW TO HIM. THERE'S NO 10 TON GRANITE BOULDER PILES WITH DEEP CURRENT IN NEBRASKA! HE CAUGHT THE YELLOWMOUTH TROUTS (AKA: WEAKFISH) THAT WERE VERY WILLING.
REDFISH, SHEEPSHEAD, BLACK DRUM, MANGROVE SNAPPERS, SPANISH MACKEREL, JACKS, TARPON.
EVERYONE EATS A SHRIMP, AND EVERYONE EATS A SHRIMP ON A JIGHEAD. I HAVE MY PREFERED TYPES WITH A CERTAIN HOOK SIZE. NO NEED FOR A MONSTER HOOK! I FIND THE EAGLE CLAW GOLD 630 HOOKS STRONG ENOUGH. SIZE HAS TO BE RIGHT FOR "ALL SIZE FISH", IS THE KEY. AND WHEN CASTING INTO SNAG FILLED BOULDERS. THE RIGHT WEIGHT IS KEY ALONG WITH HAVING "A LOT OF JIGS". 20-30LB. SUPER BRAID LINE IS ANOTHER KEY TO SUCCESS. MONO SUCKS!!!! BUT, I DO USE 90% OF THE TIME A 20# SACRIFICIAL LEADER ABOUT 6 FEET LONG. BOOK YOUR TRIP TODAY AND LEARN! GET AHEAD OF THE JACKSONVILLE FISHING 20 YEAR LEARNING CURVE. (FOR THE NEW WEEKEND FISHERMAN)
EVERY SINGLE HOLIDAY WEEK, I'LL BE HEADING OUT IN THE MORNING WITH A CREW ABOARD AND AT 8AM, THE PHONE WILL RING AND IT'S SOMEONE ASKING TO GO ON A CHARTER, RIGHT THEN.
MY RESPONSE IS ALWAYS,''ADVANCED RESERVATIONS ONLY, AND I'M ALREADY OUT HEADING TO THE FIRST SPOT.'' NEVER AM I SITTING AT THE DOCK ALL DAY, ICED, BAITED UP WITH A BOAT LOAD OF TACKLE, JUST WAITING FOR THE CELL PHONE TO RING! WITH THAT SAID, IF YOU PLAN ON FISHING ANY OF THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS. RIGHT NOW.....YES, RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME TO RESERVE FOR:
THANKSGIVING WEEK CHRISTMAS
NEW YEARS EVE NEW YEARS DAY EVEN VALENTINES DAY!!!! I'VE SAID THIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR THE PAST 21 YEARS!! WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF CRAZY? DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN EXPECTING A DIFFERENT OUTCOME?? YEP. E-MAIL DATE, NUMBER OF PERSONS TO CHARTER@CAPTDAVES.COM
Out and about with buddy Nick, aboard my "JETTYWOLF". Getting in a days fishing, (and hoping for some keepers, for dinner) before the weekend cold front with big winds.
Plan was to go light tackle, and either pitch jig & shrimp combo meals, or do some Float-rig Fishing (slip-floats) with live shrimp.
Would have loved to get into the heaps of Black Drum, like I caught in this video just 6 days prior (last week): https://youtu.be/U1kHaqiknTY
But the Croakers were so thick. And the Redfish, were either "TOO SMALL OR TOO BIG"" to be kept for a dinner in the state of Florida.
So, we went at high tide up into a shallow area, hoping for "keeper sized" Speckled Trout, and Black Drum.
We had a good time anyhow. And did box enough Speckled Trout, Yellowmouth Trout (weakfish) and a small but over legal sized Black Drum for us to split, so we could have fish dinners.
Moral of the story here folks is. When you go out on a charter even, "keeper grocery fish??"".....I'm not in charge of what size fish bites!
SURE, we could have filled a cooler with Croakers while we were out there. But that's not what we were looking for.
Follow along, on my Fishing Reports Blog on my website at: www.captdaves.com - "click fishing reports".
WWW.CAPTDAVES.COM - 11/3, WITH AARON, ABOARD THE JETTYWOLF. FISHING MEGA-LIGHT TACKLE, FOR F-U-N! REMEMBER, CHARTERS LIKE THIS IS; ''LESS IS MORE''. BEST DAY IS 2 PEOPLE. AARONS WIFE COULDN'T MAKE IT, SO HE CAME ALONE. JACKSONVILLE'S MAYPORT JETTIES. OUT OF THE MAYPORT BOAT RAMP. ABOARD THE BEST, THE ''JETTYWOLF''. LIGHT TACKLE SPORT FISHING CHARTERS. "HOW TO BOOK A CHARTER"" - https://youtu.be/FdRpidkgAYc ""COOLER / LIVEWELL/ OXYGEN COMBO - https://youtu.be/uMwSdrGh_wI MY DAILY REPORTS BLOG:https://blockurl99.blogspot.com/
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IT'S OFFICIALLY MY FAVORITE MONTH!! (ONE OF THEM AT LEAST) FROM HERE ON OUT TILL LATE APRIL, IT'S ALL ABOUT.... ''INSHORE BONANZA TIME'' I HOPE WE HAVE A COLD WINTER. LAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T AND THE FISHING SUFFERED BIG TIME. ONE MORE ''BULL REDFISH'' SPECIFIC TRIP COMING UP ON SUNDAY. AND AFTER THAT, IF I GET A CREW THAT'S JUST A FEW. I'LL BE BREAKING OUT THE FLOAT-RIG RODS AND THE JIG FISHING TACKLE. WITH MY NEW LIVEWELL / OXYGEN / COOLER COMBO, FULL OF LIVE SHRIMP. RIGHT NOW IS ALL I LIVE FOR, ALL YEAR LONG. AND EACH YEAR , I DISLIKE SUMMER TIME, JUST A LITTLE MORE. ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME, KNOWS THAT. TODAY, ANOTHER COOL GORGEOUS MORNING AND A PILE OF BIG REDBASS UP TO 24 POUNDS.
Mike's mini Spanish Mackerel, heading back south.
''HELP DAD!!''
Rachel looks like a ''natural'' at this.
HAD REGULAR MIKE D. AND HIS SON BRANDON, AND GUEST RACHEL. (RACHEL WAS THE NEWBIE, AND CAUGHT HER LARGEST EVER FISH TODAY. CONGRATS!) -IT'S REAL SIMPLE, AS I ALWAYS SAY;"SEE US IN JACKETS? THAT MEANS IT'S GO-TIME"
