7/27 - EPIC ''COULD HAVE BEEN'' DAY....

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STARTED THE DAY JIGGING UP ''GREENIES'' BY JIGGING UP DOZENS. AT THE END OF THE NORTH JETTY.

EASILY ONE OF MY FAVORITE BAITFISH. LIKE THESE WAY MORE THAN ANY ''POGY''.  STRONGER, LIVE LONGER, SPEEDIER, FLASHIER!

TRIED STANDING UP IN THE BOAT WHILE AT END OF N. JETTY.....ABOUT IMPOSSIBLE. IT WAS ''SLOP CHOPPY'' TO THE MAX.

TOOK OFF TOWARD SOUTHEAST HOLE AREA AND DROPPED BAITS IN 38' OF WATER ON DOWNRIGGER AND ONE BEHIND THE BOAT 100 FEET ON SURFACE, FOR A KINGFISH.....???

SHRIMP BOATS WERE ALL OVER TO THE SOUTH, BUT WANTED TO NOT GET FAR AWAY, BECAUSE AFTER THE TIDE STARTED TO FALL GOOD, HAD PLANS TO FEED SOME BIG REDFISH A GREENIE OR TWO.

NO BITES TROLLING AFTER A HOUR OR SO.

RAN, BACK TO INLET AND DOWN RIVER AND GOT ON A SPOT, AND DROPPED GREENIES OUT JUST OFF THE BOTTOM, USING A LIGHT WEIGHT IN CURRENT. WHICH HELD THEM OFF THE STRUCTURE BELOW.

INSTANTLY........TWO BIG BULL REDFISH HOOKED UP. 

LOST BOTH!!!!

BREAK-OFF'S, AND PULLED HOOKS.

NOT SURE IF MY ''CREW OF JUST TWO GUYS''. WERE REALLY PREPARED FOR A REAL LIGHT TACKLE ASS0HANDING!  A RARITY IN THE SUMMER TO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH 4 PEOPLE. SO I WAS VERY VERY HAPPY!!
BUT NOT HAPPY WITH THE LOST FISH.  BUT, I'M NOT FISHING. MY CREW IS. ALL I CAN DO IS ''COACH''. 

AS WE SAT THERE, ENDED UP LOOSING 5 MORE BULL REDS AT LEAST AND THE SMALLEST ONE, WAS THE ONLY ONE MY GUYS GOT TO THE BOAT!

31 INCHES 10 POUNDS.

WOW.....COULD HAVE BEEN QUITE EPIC. IF ALL WERE BROUGHT TO THE BOAT.

7/24: FISHED IN THE RAIN ALL DAY, TODAY!

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YEP, BIG PLANS TODAY. 4 GUYS. 

-KINGFISH?
-SHRIMP BOAT SHARKIN ?
-LIVE BAITING BULL REDFISH IN RIVER?

MORE LIKE BEING RAINED ON 90% OF THE DAY.
ALL WE DID WAS CATCH SOME SHARKS.
AND BARELY WAS ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO, WE ENDED UP BAGGIN' IT AT NOON WHEN IT REALLY BECAME TORRENTIAL.

I WAS SOAKED TO MY FRUIT OF THE LOOM'S, MY LEATHER SHOES WERE FULL OF WATER, THE INSIDE OF MY TRUCK WAS SOAKED....AND IT WON'T BE THE LAST TIME, EITHER.

NO PHOTOS, NO REAL REPORT.

BUT

HERE'S A OLDIE BUT GOODIE ''JETTYWOLF MOMENT'' VIDEO. THAT NO ONE WOULD EVER SEE, IF I DIDN'T RESURRECT IT FROM MY ''VAST'' ARCHIVES. 

https://youtu.be/4nApgQpcLKU

7/23 - oldie and still a goodie ❗❗❗❗

OLDIE BUT GOODIE 👍 Mayport Jetties - "MARCH" yet another Solo Super Day.

Why even today, people just don't ''get it''.....

Summer is N-O-T,
where its at when it comes to light tackle inshore fishing in Jacksonville ❗❗❗
(either is a WEEKEND)

NOTICE NO CROWDS❓

Just a few ''creepers'', getting closer to me, Ya know why?

L-O-O-K MOM 👀 ...PLASTIC BAIT too.

https://youtu.be/Pzb_W_3KyKg

https://www.captdaves.com - ask me when is the B-E-S-T.

7/20 - LAST DAY.....till next year❓❓

https://www.captdaves.com -  book your date here, call today. 📞📞📞





PER STATE OF FLORIDA.....LUNACY WEEKENDS:

''SO CALLED RED SNAPPER WEEKENDS'' I CALL IT ''THROWN A BONE WEEKENDS''

WAS UP AT 3AM

WAS AT BOAT RAMP AT 4AM ❗❗❗❗

CHARTER CUSTOMERS WERE TO SHOW UP AT 7AM.......yeah, I like my usually parking spot. and best docking spot. 

Jigged up ''threadfin herring'' GREENIES, AT THE TIP OF NORTH JETTY.

Headed straight to the south rip line......full moon still.......falling tide in the morning.

Fished Greenies on a dead ''slow'' troll along color change.

had 16 year old boy, throwing up lower intestine.....and it was CALM in my book!

it was Saturday morning, just AFTER A TWO DAY KING MACKEREL TOURNAMENT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY!!   more Summer LUNACY!

caught only one small shark, ''slow trolling''

decided to run to my ''usual'' offshore spots where we've caught BIG triggerfish, a approx. 500 pound TIGER SHARK, short and keeper Cobia, a 100's of Barracuda's before (video proof on my YOUTUBE CHANNEL)  

Didn't have my ''MARKER JUG'', on the boat. So, I had to use my GPS, constantly, while drifting to re-locate the spots constantly. Pain in the azz.

My 3 customers, who never fished, had to LEARN FAST how to, as time was of the essence.

Got boarded by the USCG out there.....Y-E-S, BIG BROTHER WON'T EVEN LET YOU FISH FOR SNAPPER WITHOUT A BIT OF ''we're watching Y-O-U'' .

I of course get ''boarded constantly''.....and had my GOLD, good as GOLD, safety inspection paper from 2 weeks ago from a boarding in the river. So. it went fast. PLUS, the Coasties went and got the kid on my boat some sea-sick pills back at the ship that was following around the small ''rib'' boat they were using to go from boat to boat in. 

Tried to save my LIVE BAITS all day for more tries for Kingfish on the slow troll.......but decided to get a B-I-G-G-E-R Snapper, which would come off live Greenie INSTEAD of dead Pogie cut bait.

And yes it did.....LARGEST  snapper was 8 pounds.

FORGOT, how bottom fishing with just 2-3 people on the boat, on the drift keeps me ''steppin & fetchin'' constantly.  

And the boats a utter mess by the time its all over. (unlike float-rig fishing inshore which is very clean fishing) 

My crew really had fun.....''maybe not the boy Eric.''

 

7/19 - IT'S H-O-T......🌞🌞🌞

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 -SUMMER IS 1/2 OVER THIS SUNDAY! 
 -NO MORE SNAPPER LUNACY WEEKENDS 
 -NO MORE KINGFISH TOURNAMENTS 

LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. 

SAME PLACE.....BUT MONTHS LATER

 

THIS IS WHEN MY ''DIE-HARDS'' SHOW UP!

7/18 - YOU MISSING IT?

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"JETTYWOLF LIVE"   7/17/2019  

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GOT REALLY, REALLY LUCKY.........naw, not really. It's all my Ebay shopping savviness at work. As a experienced buyer of  NON-MSRP items, 💲 ''ITS HOW I'VE STAYED IN BUSINESS FOR 23 YEARS''💲

Really happy with this purchase. Seller was superior!

I've owned PENN downriggers before.
''It's the only thing I ever liked about Penn tackle.''

I've trolled so much I blew up one engine twice, and another once. Back in the 2 stroker days. (all from a lack of oil going to where its supposed to go) I used to be a dead Cigar minnow trolling fool.
fast, covering loads of ground, putting limits of King Mackerel in the boat in a matter of hours on the local reefs.

NOT ANY MORE!  My 4-stroke Mercury 15 EFI kicker just hums along, nicely, slow trolling for hours. Saving my 250 Suzuki, and burning teaspoons of fuel per hour ⛽⛽

These days, I'll just pull live baits going so slow with my kicker motor that ''WE MAY END UP IN YESTERDAY!'' 👍

Not into long rough runs offshore. Just a way to bag a KINGFISH  or two thru out the summer, on the inshore reefs, rip lines and outside local inlets.

RECENT VIDEOS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK-ee3q-bFR1qObPhmrgajwYtJSiLLkyH

OFFSHORE AND SHARKIN PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK-ee3q-bFR01xfQ7IPegllOqkfvAlKrJ

7/16 - DOWNRIGGER RE-TRY ❓❓

https://www.captdaves.com: 


Sold both mine years ago....swore off trolling, except for turnin' & burning with planers for Spaniards at jetties. 


B-U-T, couldn't pass this up. 
Vintage PENN, long boom, rod holder, swivel base ''old style'', and gimbal mount $150, coming today, lets see if it'll work this week.


Super S-L-O-W trolling into yesterday with live baits. (live croakers?? versus pogies??) 


with my Merc 15 pro kicker. 

CAN WE GET ANOTHER BIG ''BEACH KING?''

7/13 - more SUMMER DAZE....

YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/captdavessportfishing
WEBSITE: http://www.captdaves.com


LOADS OF JACKS, AND LADYFISH....AND BLUEFISH? IN JULY? WHILE FLOAT-RIG FISHING.
-NO TROUT
-NO REDS

BUT A LOT OF ACTION AND ''FREE BAIT''. (CAUGHT ON BIG CHUNK OF CUT BLUEFISH)

FOR THIS AT END OF DAY.

ANOTHER 22 POUNDER...(just one, which was hard enough to get)

for rob and friends from N. Georgia.


HERE'S THE 22 POUNDER FROM A FEW DAYS AGO, FROM ACROSS THE RIVER FROM THIS AREA.

7/09 - summer daze.....

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"JETTYWOLF LIVE" - 7/9-7/10

it's HOT, but the ocean doesn't care about us. One day it's dead flat at the inlet, the next day its rough as a cob!  That's why I can easily slip right back into the river.

Capt. Dave's 'summer specialty', 2 hour Kids fishing trips max 4 persons,for little kids under 10 years of age. 
SEE HIGH-LIGHT HERE ON JACKSONVILLE'S FIRST COAST LIVING, TV SHOW: https://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/news/local/first-coast-living/fun-fishing-tour-for-the-kids-fcl-july-10/77-0f381bea-b234-4063-90bc-6d026560cdcf

Coastal Shark Fishing, run & gun behind local shrimp boats. Coastal king mackerel fishing.

SPECIALTY FOR 2 ANGLERS: FLOAT-RIG FISHING & LIVE CROAKER FISHING FOR TROPHY SPECKLED SEA TROUT AND BULL REDFISH - BEST DAY, JUST 2 PERSONS. 

AFTERNOON LUNCH TRIPS ON WEEKDAYS,  ALSO OFFERED, VIA EXCELLENT LOCAL ''FISH CAMP'
RESTAURANT: 

 ''SEE HERE''   
https://local.google.com/place?id=5768175036187185403&use=posts&lpsid=3743418266890884856

CALL TO RESERVE YOUR DATE
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7/12 - P-L-A-N ❗❗❗

AFTER 23 YEARS, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SUMMER CROWD.

NO PLANNING, IS THE GENERAL RULE.

ABOUT EVER SINGLE CALL IS FOR ''RIGHT NOW''
NO MATTER WHAT TIME OF DAY IT IS!

ABOUT EVERY SINGLE CALL IS FOR 4-8 PEOPLE.

''I'LL STATE IT AGAIN'', I'M NOT A INSHORE 'PARTY BOAT''!


LESS IS MORE,2 MAYBE 3 PERSONS!
INSHORE FISHING IS NOT A GROUP AFFAIR.

7/9 - WITH ALEX OF ''FIRST COAST LIVING'', ON CHANNEL 12

SEE SEGMENT ABOUT MY 2 HOUR ''SUMMER KIDS FISHING TRIPS''
ON CHANNEL 12's   ''FIRST COAST LIVING'' SHOW.



HERE:
 https://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/news/local/first-coast-living/fun-fishing-tour-for-the-kids-fcl-july-10/77-0f381bea-b234-4063-90bc-6d026560cdcf

HER FIRST EVER FISH!!
SHE CAUGHT 3 CROAKERS IN MINUTES.
JUST LIKE ALL THE KIDS I TAKE.

7/11 - KIDS FISHING TRIPS, SHIPS, BULL REDFISH...Summer happenings.

HTTPS://WWW.CAPTDAVES.COM - JAX FISHING CHARTERS SINCE 1996

more kids and croakers....so many EZ croakers I believe they're getting bored easily.

so today we did a bit of a river tour after a quick 20 croakers at the jetties.

the ''route of all evil'', in the St. Johns River 

(as Anglers we all know that)

1st on the scene!! at B&M bait and tackle.....before they even open the doors at 5am or even 6am

22 pound BULL REDFISH, on a 8 inch live Croaker 

with Joe and Lucy, visiting from the Cech Republic on Weds. the 10th

VIDEO COMING SOON! 

7/10 - lots of CROAKERS and Kids....on Jax TV show

https://www.captdaves.com 

IT'S A EPIC CROAKER SUMMER SO FAR. PROBABLY MORE NUMEROUS THAN ''POGIES''.  AND VERY EZ FOR THE KIDS TO CATCH BY B-I-G NUMBERS.

ON NUMEROUS 2 HOUR KIDS TRIPS PER WEEK.


MY FAMOUS ''CAPT DAVES 2 HR. KIDS FISHING TRIPS''
WAS HIGH-LIGHTED ON A JACKSONVILLE'S TV SHOW,

''FIRST COAST LIVING'', ON CHANNEL 12 AT 11AM AND AGAIN AT 2PM WEDNESDAY JULY 11TH.

TOOK ALEX AND A CAMERA MAN OUT ON THE JETTYWOLF, TO TALK ''BRIEFLY'  ABOUT MY TRIPS.

HOST ALEX, CAUGHT HER FIRST EVER FISH...SEVERAL OF THEM. SHE SAID, SHE WAS LIKE A 27 YEAR OLD KID!

OF COURSE, I LIKE THE SMALLEST CROAKERS. AND LIKE PUTTING THEM WHERE THEY DON'T BELONG!!!

AND THAT'S USUALLY IN SHALLOW WATER. WHERE A ''GATOR'' SPECKLED TROUT LURKS.

JUST LIKE THIS CATCH BY REGULAR CUSTOMER ''TRAVELER BOB'' FROM N.C. WITH TWIN GATORS CAUGHT ON LIVE CROAKERS.

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7/7 - lots of R&D, and expense. Making the Jettywolf PERFECT👍

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IS THE MERC 15 PRO-KICKER NOW PERFECT ❓❓❓

"JETTYWOLF LIVE" - keep AMERICA great!!  7/4/2019

OH THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF GETTING A STEERING TIE ROD ON MY MERCURY 15 PRO-KICKER OUTBOARD MOTOR CONNECTED TO MY SEA STAR HYDRAULIC STEERING ON MY MAIN 250 SUZUKI.

I GUESS, I WAS ASKING FOR SOMETHING VERY UNCONVENTIONAL (????) BECAUSE THERE'S NO REAL WAY OF JUST 'HOOKING UP'' ANY STEERING ROD TO THE MERC 15, WITHOUT ''CREATIVE ENGINEERING'' aka: MACGYVERING IT❗❗❗

CAN'T SAY THAT THERE'S JUST A EZ WAY TO TAKE '''''ANY'''' PANTHER TIE BAR SYSTEM, AND JUST HOOK IT UP.

THE ENTIRE SAGA:

MERCURY 15hp PRO KICKER equals ''GET BACK''....to the dock!
https://youtu.be/hrC8RU3ew34

MERCURY PRO-KICKER - Phase 2 explained
https://youtu.be/dOELIsPNlfI

MERCURY 15 hp PRO-KICKER phase 3 'UN-BOXING
https://youtu.be/BDqykldi1n0

PANTHER SWIM PLATFORM KICKER MOUNT, phase 4 install Mercury 15 Pro-KICKER   https://youtu.be/zu3YdNgW6n8

MERCURY Pro Kicker 15 hp installation & test - PHASE 5 'DONE'\
https://youtu.be/cGY1XcI-P8s

MERCURY 15hp PRO-KICKER-AGM BATTERY & CHARGER
https://youtu.be/z5_p9i5uRD4

KICKER MOTOR COWLING COVER, MERCURY PRO-KICKER
https://youtu.be/zx5AXSO73lU

7/5 - RECENT VIDEOS.....6.29-6/30

https://www.captdaves.com -  SUMMER KIDS TRIPS, HUGELY POPULAR, FOR UNDER 10-12 YEARS OLD.

BRING YOUR GAL FISHING!!!!
CALL FOR 2 PERSON RATE
904-642-9546

(weekdays are best)

2 HR. KIDS FISHING TRIPS, MAX 4 PERSON.
$250, ADD 3RD HOUR FOR $50.

ADVANCED RESERVATION, WITH $100 DEPOSIT.

6/21 - OMG THE WEST WIND❗❗❗❗❗❗❗☠

HTTPS://WWW.CAPTDAVES.COM -JACKSONVILLE FISHING CHARTERS

EVERYDAY, EVERY CALL ''PRACTICALLY'' ALL SUMMER IS 4 PEOPLE. WHY???
ITS NOT LIKE THAT IN THE WINTER.

WITH 2-3 WITH VERY LOW EXPERIENCE, USUALLY. 
I USUALLY WON'T BE TREKKING UP RIVER WITH 4, TO FLOAT-RIG FISH.

TODAY, ADD IN 20 KNOT WINDS FROM THE WNW, AND YOU HAVE BRUTAL CONDITIONS!

STARTED OUT AT THE SHRIMP BOATS, ABOUT 2 MILES OUT. SHARK FISHING.

HAD SEVERAL SMALLER 30 POUNDERS, SPEEDY, BUT NOT HEAVY WEIGHTS.

THEN A BBBIG BOY! AND IT DUMPED THE SPOOL SOMETHING FIERCE.

MY BOY ON THE ROD, WAS BRUTALIZED, HE WAS OFFICIALLY BUTT - KICKED!

THEN, AFTER 30 MINUTES WE LOST IT, TO A PULLED HOOK. DAMMIT.

WENT BACK IN THE RIVER TO SIT IN THE WICKED WIND AND FISH SHRIMP AND CUT BAIT.
ZERO BULL REDS.....BUT WE DID CATCH AND PUT IN THE FISH BOX SOME .........

ENORMOUS WHITING.

BIGGER THAN KEEPER SIZE SPECKLED TROUT.

15+ INCHES. 

NOW DATS SOME BULL '''WHITING''!

IF WE COULD HAVE HAD 25 OR 30 OF THESE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A ''MESS''.
BUT ONLY A DOZEN.

THEY WERE EATING ''SHARK BAIT''......PIECES OF CUT BOSTON MACKEREL.

GUESS WHEN WHITING GET THAT BIG, THEY ARE REAL MEAT EATERS.

DIDN'T GET THE BULL REDFISH I WANTED. BUT IT WAS A FUN, BUT IT WAS A WINDY ROUGH AZZ DAY.

REMEMBER FOLKS

BEST DAYS EVER, ARE JUST TWO PEOPLE
NOT FOUR!
WHY ALMOST EVERY TRIP IS 4 IN THE SUMMER ALWAYS AMAZES ME.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO MONDAY. HAVE A HUSBAND AND WIFE, THAT'S ALL
AND WE'RE GOING TROUT FISHING!

6/18 - departing at 7am....''there's a reason''

https://www.captdaves.com/fishing-charters/


- if you have to sleep in, do it another day!

7am to 1pm, charters based on 6 hrs. if you want to fish less hrs. it's up to you.  One rate, simply based on day, and number of persons. (max. 4)

here's my ride home on 6/17, just five minutes from the dock, of what's ''usually in store'' after 1pm.

here's a video example: in March...summer is worse.

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6/15 - With the TROUT SNOB

https://www.captdaves.com - 23 years worth 

OUT 'SNOBing IT.

TROUT FISHING ALL DAY. ONE PERSON, AARON, A REGULAR. AND IT WAS GREAT.

THIS IS A CHARTER FOR TWO ADULTS IN THE SUMMER, WITH RIGHT TIDE.      NOT 4 PERSONS, OR WITH KIDS.

LIGHT TACKLE ''HUNTING''.....THIS TIME OF YEAR.

6/13 - LUCKY KIDS

https://www.captdaves.com/rates/ - all about charter rates


-back to back to back......2 hour KIDS TRIPS, Sunday (fathers day) & Monday, too. A lot of lucky kids out there. When I was a little 'dirt munchkin', I got a hand-line at the 'community' lake.