Cobs!! Not corn on the Cob
Posted on 24 April 2010 | No responses
I have not had corn on the cob lately neither have I caught any Cobia but thats about to change. As of today the cobia in numbers are still around the Cape (90 miles south) and yes there a few early straglers around Ponce Inlet the Water temp here is around 67_ If the temp reaches 72 the Rays and bait will appear overnight. Pay attention to water temp up dates and dont believe every fishing report you hear from all these experts. 70 degress is the temp we need. Have patients they will appear soon. If you see the Cobia on the Rays or free swimming take a minute to look the fish over dont toss a bait at undersize fish with stripes 98 percent there not big enough so leave them alone.last year fishermen were giving reports of 30 fish afternoons most were small and they dont recover from the stress!! Look at it like you are deer hunting you cant shoot fawns.Have fun use your eyes keep a big fat one and put on the grill!!
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Give me a call and lets catch some
Capt. Dennis (904) 501-8898
When the Red Red comes bobbin along!
Posted on 5 March 2010 | No responses
Things are looking up Iam going fishing tommorow. If you look over the trees we might be seeing a glimps of Spring. Its supposed to be our last night of chilly temps in St. Augustine FLORIDA !! thats right warm sunny FLA. and it won’t come soon enough. Iam picking my charter up at 9:00 just in case its too cold!! Really the weather looks good and hopefully it will stay. The lower tide back in the creeks have produced some nice Redfish this week they seem to be thawing out after a cold brutal Winter and wanting to eat a bit. I don’t think they will be real active but its close.Using chunks of shrimp, or Blurps(salt water assassians) and Gulps worked slowly just might work. Also Trout seasons open again and reports tell me their trying to bite too! Well things are looking up springs coming over the trees.Give me a call and lets go fishin.
Capt.Dennis
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where is global warming!!
Posted on 19 February 2010 | No responses
Its Feb 19th and I have had it with this cold winter! Its been so cold here in north Fl my fingers are to cold to even think about writing a blog about fishing. Since the first of the year we have had 40 nights of below freezing temps and its not done yet! Ihave lived in Fl all my life and never have i seen a winter like this. Lots of snook have died trout also along with bait fish and even catfish.I know yall are saying quit your whining but this is Florida and its not suppose to happen. I talk to lots of guides all over the state and they all feel the same. Not only the cold but with increased Fed regulations hitting our industry from all directions and the terrible economy effecting all of us and I know all of you are hurting from either the cold weather or loss of jobs I pray for all of us eyeryday that we come out of this financial mess and some how people can find jobs again and take care of your familys. And when all that happens Ill be ready& waiting to take you fishing! Right now ill settle for of a blast of good old Global Warming. And maybe it will come in March.
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Stay Warm
DG
Its not Winter yet!
Posted on 13 December 2009 | No responses
It was cold for a day here and there and then it rained good yesterday for the past year i have been working in the fishing dept.at Gander mountain in St. Augustine usually late in the afternoon so if I get a charter I can get it in. I get to meet alot of people and most are craving about info,types of tackle and my favorite lures to use.But alot are people who never have fished or when younger fished but for reasons gave it up. there are lots of women that come in to buy stuff for their men and some want to learn about fishing just to get out and do it. there is so much interest in gaining knowledge about fishing its great even little kids too. The economy hurt us in the charter business this year many of us had to get part time jobs others quit all together I hope for all of us no matter what your profession is has a better year next year. Iknow Iam looking forward to it. You know I have realized that teaching others to fish at Gander Imight be growing a whole new crop of fishing charter clients! And guess what the fish dont know about the slow economy. The little cold snap has grouped up the Trout a bit and at low tides the Redfish have been biting in the mud flats far back in the creeks pitching Gulps and live shrimp have worked well. The Blue fish have arrived and they are everywhere, Flounder and Black Drum have been active.In the surf Whiting and Pompano have been hot. Give me a call and lets go fishing its not Winter yet. dg…
Happy Thanksgiving
Posted on 25 November 2009 | No responses
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you and all the troops serving overseas.Fishing has been great the trout have been starting to group up in the arrival of colder water.We have been catching them on artificals and live shrimp look for them around oyster shell bars and deep drops off the ICW. The Redfish have been biting good at the last of the out going tide try the same areas as the Trout also check the larger docks in deeper water on the slack tide. Along with the Redfish there also have been some fat Black Drum. Offshore the Snapper have been hot if you can get out also 60 plus miles to the southeast the Sailfish have been hot. The action is Hot call me and lets go fishin!
Thanks DG
Lets go Fishin!
Posted on 5 November 2009 | No responses
Fall finally arrived the full Moon was on 11/02 and brought high tides and high winds with it. Trout are trying to bite with the water temp around 74 a few degree drop should group them up and be easier to locate. Top water action has been good early for Trout along with a few Redfish.Flounder have been abundent along with some Pompano. There is still alot of bait around and will get easier to find the more we get away from the big moon. Fishing has been good and will get better every day.Give me a call and lets set a trip up? Capt. Dennis
Have a good labor day. Inshore fishing has been good Redfish have been abundent in most of the creeks around St. Augustine live bait and artificals have been productive.Early morning has produced some nice Trout and a few Snook look for these fish around structure (docks,rocks,and trees).The tides have been real high with the current full moon look for them to subside abit in the coming days. The Mullet run has started look for schools of Tarpon feeding on them at the inlet later this month. Pompano are still around and may I add they are still my top two fish to eat besides Scamp Grouper. Ill try to keep up with fishing reports more often. Thanks dg
Posted on 5 September 2009 | No responses
Fishing report 8/7/09
Posted on 7 August 2009 | No responses
The West wind has done it again the water temp along the Beach and in the waterway has dropped into the mid 70,s and thats a big drop from the mid 80,s in August. But this has not been a ban thing. Along the coast from St. Augustine south to Matanzas inlet the Manta Rays have showed up again and yes they have Cobia with them.Most fish i have seen and heard of have been smaller but that wont matter to the weekend anglers franticly trying to capture these desireable fish.The Tarpon have slowed cause of the drop of the water temp, their are plenty of Shrimpers out and lots of Sharks around them but few Tarpon this will improve if we get a wind shift (east) and the temp rises. Inshore another suprise Pompano have returned we are catching them in shallow water using light jigs tipped with a small live shrimp. We are cruising around on the trolling motor looking for skipping Pompano and fishing that area most fish are about14 t0 18 inches mixed in with Jacks. Also the Redfish have been biting good along with Flounder. Further offshore kingfish have been spotty but should pick up. Give us a call and lets go fishin. DG
fishing report 7/25/09
Posted on 25 July 2009 | No responses
Well it finally happened fishing with a party last week we caught and released a Whopping 80 inch long by 46 inch around Tarpon using the formula lxg divided by 800 squared it turned out at 210.6#s. This fish was awsome it jumped 7 times a father and son had to team up to fight it and after 2 and a half hours the Capt. had to finish it! It really was a tough Tarpon we caught on a7.6 ft star rod along with a Shimano Spheros spinning reel (12000) loaded with 65# Power-Pro braid attached to 6 ft of Triplefish 80# florocarbon leader. I also used a 8ought circle hook. I think we drank a gallon of Gator ade and water during the grueling 3 hr battle. In 2004 we released a 194 # Tarpon this one was tougher and a little heavier I dont think these people want any part of a animal like that again! For me it took 30 yrs to catch a 200 # class fish after resting for a day or two I think iam up to challenge another one !! If you think your up to doing this call me I cant promise a 200# fish but who knows !
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Capt. Dennis
fishing report 7/14/09
Posted on 14 July 2009 | No responses
This morning some boats headed offshore a few cruised down the beach and I stayed Inshore. I had two brothers on a 4 hr Inshore charter.We picked up some nice live Shrimp and some Mud Minnows (killey fish) the tide still had about an hour to fall before its ebb (lowest) and I wanted to catch the last of it at one of the many docks that pepper the waterway through St. Augustine. Also my trolling motor decided to die on me so we decided to anchor off our chosen dock. After explaining how to work this dock and telling them to back off their casts a little (because the dock was right in front of us) We started hooking up on some fish. We were rigged with spinning gear coupled with 10# power -pro line and 1/4 ounce lead head jigs tipped with live shrimp hooked through the tail. After a short battle Jim landed a fat 21 1nch Redfish as the tide trickled to low tide these fish were grouped up around the pilings of the dock ambushing any critter that would swim or crawl by it! We stayed there about an hour we caught 14 Redfish to 23 inches and also some fat Mango snapper some were keepers (above 10 inches) and a couple of Flounder. This time of the summer just about any dock that holds bait will usually hold fish. I find that the first of the incoming tide or the last of the low tide is the best times to try these docks. After that we cruised to the inlet used the same rigs except tipped them with 3 inch little plastic fishies (silver-Black) the Ladyfish Spanish Mackeral and Bluefish were feeding on the first of incominr tide they were feeding on small ribbonfish and 3 inch Pompenettes we just driffted the area on this shallow flat west of the inlet I had them casting at the many surface striking fish retriveing the plastic lure quickley this produced some great action we kept two fat spanish for the grill. Listening to the radio they said the bait was easy to find on the beach but most boats went out from between 10t0 13 miles to find the groups of kingfish.I guess i should take the trolling motor in to get it fixed tommorow unless someone calls for a fishing trip? Call me(904) 810-2455 and lets go fishing also the water temp was 82 degrees off the beach today. Dg