12/27 - COULD IT HAVE BEEN ANY MORE D-E-A-D, Nope.

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REALLY GREAT TO HAVE MIKE M. BACK IN THE BOAT. HE ALWAYS SAID, ''WHEN MY BOYS GET OLDER, I'M BRINGING THEM''

WELL, I BELIEVE THEY WERE 13 & 16. AND WERE GREAT TO HAVE ABOARD.

THE ORIGINAL DAY WE WERE GONNA GO WAS ON 12/26, BUT THE ''WEATHER GUESSERS'', SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE 15 KTS FROM THE NW, AND BURNING C-O-L-D.

AS IT TURNED OUT, THE WEATHER GUESSERS WERE WRONG. AND 12/26 WASN'T THAT BAD AT ALL.

SO WE SHOVED OFF AT 7AM ON SUNDAY INSTEAD. IT WAS COLD, 30 DEGREES AND VERY LIGHT WINDS, AND SUNNY.

MIKE SAID, HE'D LIKE TO TRY FOR SHEEPSHEAD.

BEING THERE'S NO FIDDLER CRABS IN THE COLD WEATHER. I OPTED FOR $20 WORTH OF BLUE CRABS TO USE, AND BROKE OUT THE CLEAVER AND CHUNKED THEM INTO PIECES.

WE MADE A LONG RUN TO A FAITHFUL SHEEPSHEAD SPOT......

AND NEVER HAD A SHEEPSHEAD!!!!!  ONLY TOADFISH.  I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

THEN WE WENT TO A AREA WHERE I'VE BEEN CATCHING BLACK DRUM AND SHEEPSHEAD.

OH, WE HAD DRUM ALRIGHT. TWO 10 INCHERS!

AND MORE TOADFISH. WE STILL HAD PLENTY OF CRABS, AND IT DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER IF THEY WERE PURE GOLD. NO ONE WANTED THEM, BECAUSE NO ONE WAS THERE?

OKAY, ON TO A SPECKLED TROUT SPOT, A GOOD ONE....''THAT HASN'T PRODUCED MUCH, BUT IT WAS CLOSE TO USE.''

HOURS, OF FLOAT-RIGGING LIVE SHRIMP. HARDLY A BITE, SHRIMP DYING OF BOREDOM. A MANGROVE SNAPPER......

THEN FINALLY, A B-I-G 5 POUND SPECKLED TROUT.

VIDEO COMING....BUT NOT ALL VERY EVENTFUL.

OUR TIDE DIED OFF LIKE A LIGHT SWITCH, SO N-E-X-T ? BECAUSE WE STILL HAD A WELL FULL OF SHRIMP.

WENT TO WHAT SHOULD BE A YELLOWMOUTH TROUT SPOT. IT WAS A CATFISH SPOT, WITH ONE BLUEFISH. TOSSING KNOCKER-RIG 1/2 OZ. EGGS WITH A SHRIMP PINNED ON.

DIDN'T GO TO THE JETTIES, SHOULD I HAVE?  MAYBE. BUT LAST TIME I WAS THERE IT WAS PRETTY DEAD ALSO.

NEXT UP:  A 1/2 DAY ON TUESDAY.

YOU CAN'T TELL ME THE COLD DID THIS. I'VE HAD DAYS COLDER, WHERE IT WAS A BANNER DAY.  PROOF IS ALL OVER MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL:

https://www.youtube.com/c/captdavessportfishing

  

 

12/24 - MERRY CHRISTMAS, and or HAPPY HOLIDAY❗

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MERRY CHRISTMAS, and or HAPPY HOLIDAY❗

YESTERDAYS ''BIG FISH'',CAUGHT BY A DEAD SERIOUS LOCAL 10 YEAR OLD ''ANGLER'', WHO REMINDED ME....OF ''ME''. 

HE WAS ALL BUSINESS. NO FOOLING AROUND. A 100% PLEASURE TO HAVE ABOARD THE JETTYWOLF.

THANK GOODNESS WE HAD HIM. WE STRUGGLED ALL DAY TO GET INTO TROUT, SHEEPSHEAD OR BLACK DRUM.  THIS WAS HIS FIRST SHEEPSHEAD EVER.

WOW...WHAT A WACKO ENDING TO 2020. 

ON THE 21st, I BOOKED A TRIP FOR 2 PEOPLE AT 10AM IN THE MORNING WHILE GOING TO THE BAIT SHOP TO DO A BAIT CHECK.

''THEY WERE FROM CALIFORNIA''   

I RECEIVED THEIR $100 DEPOSIT, HAD A FUN CONVERSATION WITH THEM. 

AND GENERALLY WAS EXCITED, BECAUSE IT WAS TO BE A GLORIOUS WEATHER DAY. COLD IN THE MORNING, BUT LIGHT WINDS AND LOTS OF SUN  🌞😎

SENT THEM A CONFIRMATION E-MAIL, WHEN I GOT HOME. WAS AT THE BAIT SHOP THE NEXT MORNING, BEFORE THEY OPENED. AND AT THE RAMP AND IN THE WATER AT 6:10am. 

OH...IT WAS NICE. COLD BUT NICE. 7am CAME AND WENT, OUR DEPARTURE TIME.  I CALLED THEM 3 TIMES! THE 3rd TIME LEFT A MESSAGE.

NO CALL BACK, NOTHING!

THE 1st '''NO SHOW''' I'VE HAD IN 10 YEARS❗❗❗

IT'S KINDA FUNNY HOW I GET TREATED.  A PRIVATE, PERSONAL FISHING CHARTER IS JUST THAT, A PERSONAL SERVICE.

YOU AND I ARE GOING TO SPEND THE WHOLE DAY TOGETHER.  I'M NOT SAYING WE'LL BECOME LIFE LONG BUDDIES, PEN PALS OR ANYTHING.

ALTHOUGH, I DO HAVE CUSTOMERS THAT FEEL LIKE FAMILY TO ME.

I THINK ABOUT THEM OFTEN, AND PAST CUSTOMERS THAT MOVED AWAY, THAT I STILL TALK TOO. 

THE CONCLUSION IS...I FELT VERY DISRESPECTED. AND FROM HERE ON OUT WILL DO A 1/2 UP FRONT, THAN 24 HOUR NOTICE DEPOSIT, MAKING ANY CALLS/BOOKING LESS THAN A 24 HOUR NOTICE, A MORE ''SKIN IN THE GAME'' SITUATION.   THANKS TO PEOPLE LIKE THIS!

TILL THE ''SPRING SEASON'', OR MAYBE NOT, I'LL SEE. 

 ALL CHARTERS WILL BE 6 HR DAYS.  THAT'S HOW I ALWAYS DID IT IN THE PAST.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ''FISH'' FOR 6 HRS. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO OR CAN'T. BUT THAT IS WHAT YOUR DAY WILL BE BASED ON.

TOO MANY TIMES, THE WEATHER, THE TIDES, THE ''WHAT-EVER'', JUST ISN'T WORKING WITH US. AND 4 HRS. IS GONE IN A FLASH, AND IT'S A STRUGGLE.

WE NEED MORE TIME❗❗  BECAUSE, YOU MAY HAVE A EXPECTATION. BUT ONLY WANTED TO FISH THE LEAST COST TYPE OF DAY.

I'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN 3 TIMES THIS MONTH ALREADY. BUT WE NEEDED MORE TIME.....''BECAUSE YOU PICKED THE DAY, NOT ME'' 

SO, I HAVE NOW ROUNDED OFF EVERYTHING, TO A 6 HR. DAY. THE WAY I'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST. AND ANYTHING AFTER 6 HRS. IS $100 A HOUR, AFTERWARDS.  

MAX. 4 PERSONS.  A ONE PERSON TRIP? CALL ME FOR RATE.

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ON ANOTHER TOPIC

I KNOW MOST OF MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL SUBSCRIBERS ''DON'T FANCY'' THE TOPIC.

BUT IT'S ONE THAT I HAVE INTEREST IN AND THAT IS KNIVES.

MY BUDDY ''OROWOCK'' AND YOUTUBE SUPPORTER SENT ME THIS FOR CHRISTMAS❗❗❗❗❗

SO, NEEDLESS TO SAY. THERE WILL BE SOME KNIFE SHARPENING VIDEOS COMING SOON TO MY CHANNEL!  

HAVING THE SHARPEST FILLET KNIVES, EDC KINIVES, MY BOAT CLEAVERS, AND MORE WILL BE A  🔪'HOT TOPIC'🔪 FOR ME.

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12/19 - NOT a great day!! (UPDATED ammo shortages❓)

 WOW......10am and not a decent fish in the boat❗❗❗❗❗

it was cold, it was windy as hell, we float-rigged, we bottom fished, we cast jig-n-shrimp, we even went to the jetties. We did have a handful of small specks at the jetties and a 10 inch black drum and a few cigar sized whiting.

AND NOW AS I WRITE THIS....SUNDAY IS CALM AND WARM. Y-E-S, THIS IS MY FISHING LIFE.    ''I DON'T PICK'EM!''

But as we sat there with WAVES busting over the rocks, hanging on anchor by a thread and a hope, getting covered in salt spray, barely being able to stand straight as the boat bobbed all over...

It was JETTYWOLF fishing at it's finest, (NOT from a lack of trying) with not much going on.

So, Marcos my one crew member for the day from Minnesota didn't seem to mind the weather at all. 

I was about at my "wits end!"

With the tide finally slowing we went back up in the river at 1pm and I said, ""this is it...doo or die!""

I wanted him to at least have a fish fry, for him and his wife and who every else. He said he'd like to have some fish to eat.

We pulled up on the spot, and it was 

game on!

Speckled Trout, and Yellowmouth Trout...almost every cast!

Most of the Specks were short, that's why I love me some good ole Yellers.

So tired of the specks always being 14 7/8ths inch long. And we didn't have all the damn bait stealers we had earlier this morning.

59 degree water and the shit fish are still on the rampage in that river.

Holy smokes it gets old, just feeding pinfish after pinfish. 

I got myself another fish bag just like the other one I have. It came super fast and is a bit different. But that doesn't matter. It's almost identical.

If you've kept up and wanted to learn what I do to conserve space and weight, you'll subscribe-comment and join the team on my YOUTUBE CHANNEL:

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Pressed this one into service❗

Cause we quit catching these (again) and headed in because Marcos had to go.

So, now I re-scheduled Sunday and Tuesday for weather issues, and because one customer wants it warm, no wind, and hopes to fish fiddler crabs for Sheepshead...""and there is NO fiddlers to be had at the bait shop""".

We could use Blue Crab, but what a mess and costly that would be.

NEXT UP is a Family trip 3 adults and a 10 year old on Weds.

IF I DON'T POST OR TALK TO ANYONE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL, AND THANKS FOR STOPPING BY MY REPORTS BLOG.

12/16 - great day....till the RAIN! (with video & history update)

 It LOOKED LIKE THIS ALL DAY LONG, TODAY...

WE WENT IN THE RIVER, PITCHED MY ''KNOCKER-RIGS'' WITH LIVE SHRIMP AND WACKED THE SPECKLED TROUT AND YELLOWMOUTH TROUT PRETTY DAMN GOOD. ABOUT 10 EACH, WITH ONLY 1 THROWBACK SPECKLED TROUT.

THEN, WE BOTTOM FISHED FOR BLACK DRUM, AND I CAUGHT A SHORT ONE, JUST A ''BABY'', WE ALSO HAD SOME CROAKERS, AND 

MORE YELLOWMOUTH TROUT aka: Weakfish.

THEN, CAME THE COLD BUCKETS OF RAIN, ALL THE WAY BACK, THEN THRU CLEANING FISH AND EVEN HARDER AS I WENT HOME. A FREE COLD BOAT WASH. EVERYTHING GOT DRENCHED. 

I TOOK THE FLOAT-RIG RODS, BUT WE NEVER FISHED THEM. HAVE I LOST MY PASSION FOR FLOAT-RIG FISHING?  I ALMOST FEEL LIKE I HAVE.

THE DAMN BAIT STEALERS, REALLY KEEP ME FROM DOING IT.

VIDEO FORTH COMING, SOME FROM TODAY, AND MY NEWEST FISH BAG WILL BE HERE TOMORROW.  EXPLAINED IN THIS VIDEO, BELOW.

HAVE TWO MORE GUYS I'D LIKE TO GET OUT THIS WEEK.  MAYBE FRIDAY.

BACK IN THE DAY, THIS WAS ''COMMON PLACE'' IN THE WINTER, WHEN IT CAME TO WEAKFISH, aka: yellowmouth trout.

(customer with a 5 pound Jetty Weakfish)

**my largest ever was 7.5#'s on a 52mr MirrOlure at the jetties, in late March. 

Common enough, I don't even have any photos of it. I was solo fishing. Doing some LURE R&D. Thought it was a big Redfish it pulled so hard.

Back in those days, you could only keep 4 Weakfish per person over 14''....now they are 100 pounds!!! per person, no size limit. In Duval County.

https://myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/recreational/weakfish/

oh how I pine for the ole days! (WHICH REALLY WASN'T THAT LONG AGO)

my Dad with his largest Jetty ''speck'' at 4 pounds

mix of ''specks & weakfish'' to 5 pounds, on my ole ''FOR REELIN'' boat. 

JACKSONVILLE SPORT FISHING COASTAL CHARTERS SINCE 1996

(reserve at least a week ahead of time.)

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C'mon man....

-sniff this you treasonous bastard!

12/13 - The JETTYWOLF just joined RUMBLE, the non-Google Video platform!

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I'LL KNOW MORE, THE MORE ''I'' LEARN ABOUT THIS PLATFORM, THAT SUPPOSEDLY ISN'T RUN THE SAME AS LIBERAL YOUTUBE.

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12/13 - ''IT'S A FESTIVAS MIRACLE''....BREAK OUT THE POLE OF STRENGTH❗❗

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'WAS IT A FESTIVAS MIRACLE''

MANY, MANY VIDEOS ON UGLY STIKS AND TACKLE, LURES, REELS, RODS AND MORE: 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK-ee3q-bFR1KbO87Xy5S_hzfU77kPrgp

NON-UGLY STIK, CHEAP OKUMA

SNAPPED LIKE A TWIG ON BIG SHARK

SMOKING BULL REDFISH ON UGLY STIK

DOUBLE-HEADER MONSTERS, NEED UGLY's

UGLY STIK JIGGING ROD & JIGGING MASTER

REEL, WILL CATCH ANYTHING I EVER HOOK!

EVEN PLASTIC DUCKS FLOATING

DOWN THE ST. JOHNS RIVER!!

AND TRIGGERFISH, ON MICRO-JIG

12/12 - FLASH BACK SATURDAY...the weathers perfect today and YOU are missing it❗❗❗

OCTOBER.....''FLASH BACK',

THE FUN, GOOD TIMES, THE GOOD ECONOMY.

WILL I BE HERE THIS TIME NEXT YEAR?

WINTER FAVORITE, BECAUSE WE CAN KEEP THESE!

NOW, REALITY - PHASE 1 ''DISARM''

YES, ''REVOLUTION''

UN-ELECTED OFFICIALS RUNNING THIS COUNTRY, 

THEY WANT POWER OVER YOU, SOOOO BADLY!

12/10 - trying to help out a few YOUTUBE subscribers

 JACKSONVILLE COASTAL CHARTERS SINCE 1996 - www.captdaves.com

https://youtu.be/p3jlCnOKk50

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