Monday morning, 2/23/15, I headed offshore 22 miles west of New Pass to fish with long-time customer, Kari Vilamaa and his friend George. The guys caught twenty nice lane snapper to 15 inches, three 14-inch porgies, and a few good-sized grunts. They released ten red grouper
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With the weekly cold front’s rolling through our water temperatures have dropped into the 50’s. This big change from nearly 70 the early part of last week have the fish confused, it’s like a migration every week from warm water refuges to the flat’s. Deep holes not exposed to
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March has arrived on the Treasure Coast and, traditionally, we can expect windy conditions along with some rain clouds. It might dictate where and when you can get on the water, but at least we aren't cutting holes in the ice to fish! Water temperatures will continue to rise
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Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Sunday, 2/15, I headed 19 miles offshore with Alec Bayer, his uncle, Bob Snyder, Bob’s son, Zack Snyder, and friends, Buck Bachura and Cameron Kovach. Winds were calm at first, and seas nicer than they had been but, by
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Hi everyone it's Capt. Brian Brown with your Feburary fishing report for the Big O - Lake Okeechobee. The lake is still high sitting around the 14.75 mark most of the month. They begining to release higher volumes of water in an effort to get the lake down to 12.5 before the
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Winter fishing patterns finally came to East Central Florida by late December into February 2015 with water temperatures dropping to mid even lower 50’s, crystal clear water on the flats of Mosquito Lagoon, beautiful dark green color in the deeper spots, schooling Redfish and
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Coldest weather of the year has driven temperatures down into the thirtiesfor a few nights this week and it's cold! I woke up thinking they movedFlorida and didn't notify me.... Water temperatures will also plummetinto the fifties for several days until the sun can get things
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Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "I don’t generally fish on Sundays but, having canceled several trips, due to rough conditions, I offered the calmer conditions on Sunday to the anglers who had been forced to cancel a trip that had been scheduled for Friday.
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Well, ol' man winter has taken over the weather on the Treasure Coast this week. Looking ahead at the forecast isn't a pretty site. I guess I will be digging out the long johns for a few days... Lots of windy days ahead will challenge any angler's fishing skills and as the
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The month of February can be an "iffy" time for fishing lake Okeechobee. What this means is that if the weather is cold and windy, lending itself to cool water temperatures and rough lake conditions Bass fishing can become very tough. However "if" the weather
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Capt.Rich Knox longtime fishing guide and fishing charter captain on the West Central Florida Gulf Coast including New Port Richey, Tarpon Springs, Clearwater and Tampa Bay reports with the weekly cold fronts rolling through has dropped the water temperatures into the mid-50’s
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Monday, 2/2/15, brought a cold front, right on the heels of a previous front. It was raining by early in the day, and winds and seas kicked up to small craft advisory levels—not a happy way to begin a new month of fishing!
Shark fishing has continued to provide some awesome action and excitement. We have seen a big influx of the offshore sandbar sharks lately. These species of shark are normally the annoying large sharks that are known to eat ½ your kingfish many times while offshore. I’m not
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As winters go here in Central Florida, we certainly can't complain about the weather we've experienced thus far. Other than the some rain and the extreme wind we experienced last week, gorgeous fishing conditions have prevailed and
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Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Saturday, 1/24, brought rain and gusty winds. I canceled my planned fishing trip and remained in port. We had more of the same, plus some rain squalls on Monday, 1/26, which canceled out that day’s trip also. Tuesday,
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It’s never easy to take a look back at what was going through the minds of the Classic Fisherman especially trying to figure out why they used certain baits in the 2015 event. If you look at the weather and try to just take apart presentations from that point of view, one would... read more
If you’re looking for a long standing old timer bait that has produced for years nothing fits better into that class of great baits better than jerk baits do. It has been around for years and has evolved as one of the best cold water baits ever produced. It’s been such a prolific... read more
The deepest snow since Bill Clinton roamed the White House pounded Kentucky this week, leaving in its wake stranded cars, sore backs from shoveling snow and grumbling citizens.
It seems remote now, but in just a couple of weeks, we’ll be slipping on short sleeve... read more
One thing I notice every day when I am fishing with most anglers is that they fish their bait the same way cast after cast. Most experienced anglers are constantly adjusting their retrieve and making a change as to how they present it until they find a bite. Customers ask me... read more
There is a saying in fishing that goes “the best time to go fishing is when you can.”
With the frenetic pace and busy schedules of modern life, the saying is true more than ever. However, if you only have a few weekends each spring to fish, the experience yields more stress... read more
As spring approaches and the fishing continues to get better the thought that enters my mind every year is will my body hold up allowing me to fish every day. Eight hours on the water day in and out requires me to try to strengthen parts of my body every year to hold up under... read more
My father was a whiz with boat engines. It seemed as though he could fix almost any mechanical problems without involving factory parts. Back in the old days, you just couldn’t stop what you were doing just to run out to the... read more
Although the price of a gallon of gas is lower than at any time in recent memory, not many folks have extra money to burn.
This is especially true for non-essential things such as fishing reels, shotguns, hunting clothing or fishing waders. Adult commitments such... read more
NORMA JEAN II
The Norma Jean II is a one of our local shrimp boats and it is moored at Sasser’s Docks located on Turner Creek. The captains and first mates also known as strikers are so friendly! They are... read more
Now that we have arrived into the February time frame finding fish is all about understanding what takes place as the fish migrate toward the spawn. The first thing one must understand is that this time of year the bass become a by-product of their biological clock; in other... read more
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