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The last two weeks has seen a mix of trips, some bass fishing and a few crappie fishing trips. With all trips being done on Johns Lakes, with one day on Clermont Chain. Johns Lake had been a mixed bag of tricks, one day you were just slamming bass, and the next you had to [...]

Sunday morning, 1/13, I fished Estero Bay from Wiggins Pass to Barefoot Beach with Kip & Lisa Price and their two sons, Aden, eight, and Cooper, four. We were a little worried about the rain that was predicted for Sunday, but as it turned out, we stayed dry all morning. Our mission was to let [...]

JANUARY 17, 2008 INSHORE -  The first part of the week was not so bad just a little windy but you could still fish.  The trout action seems to be the best in 4 to 6 feet of water — just off the edge of the flats.  A live shrimp fished on a 1/4 ounce jig head worked [...]

January 17, 2008 February Forecast INSHORE: As another front has come whisking through the Treasure Coast, it’s the first week in a long time that I haven’t been on the water.  Catching up on a few things around the house and anxiously waiting for my Mother and Brother to arrive from West Virginia…..yep, I’m a hillbilly from long [...]

Monday, 1/7, I fished with Ed and Margie Bock in 30 feet out of New Pass with live shrimp. We caught a mess of nice sheepshead to 17 inches and kept a half dozen of those. We also caught two keeper mangrove snapper, a pair of 14 inch triggerfish and grunts. We released a 15 [...]

Last week, the coldest weather of the season came through the area causing the water temperature to drop twenty degrees in twenty-four hours. High winds and cold made for unpleasant fishing conditions so I stayed off the water. This week, however, was the complete opposite. For the most part, it was sunny, warm, and calm. [...]

  JANUARY 11, 2008 INSHORE - The inshore fishing has still been on the slow side with everyone looking for the fish that are hiding.  Most of the catch and release snook and the trout are coming from the deeper holes, channel and cuts  and they have been taking live greenie’s or shrimp.  For the artificial’s it [...]

January 10, 2008 INSHORE: The Treasure Coast was rewarded this week with fantastic weather for fishing!  Light winds and warm sunny days beckoned anglers to venture out on the water.  It looked like summertime out there.  Hope you enjoyed the nice days and had a chance to get out fishing.  Fishing was great over the weekend and [...]

Week Ending December 31st The last two weeks of December saw us out on Johns Lake a lot. Water temps were running mid 60’s to low 70’s in this time frame, and bass showed sporadic schooling action in various areas of the lake. Typical bass in the schools have been running right at 2 pounds, with [...]

Monday, 12/31/07, I headed back out to federal waters, where two days earlier I had encountered a hot kingfish bite. On Monday, though, we didn’t get any kings. But I still had a good morning of fishing with Dan Brady, Peter Strazz, Andrew and Jim Bramlett and Tom Giordano. We released a 10 pound bonito, [...]

JANURARY 4, 2008   INSHORE - The inshore fishing was good before the cold front and hopefully will pick right back up when it warms up this weekend.  With trout season opening on the 1st you can look for good action in the deeper cuts and channels like the Moorings Flats and the Harbor Branch Channel.  Try [...]

        Last week I was out of town and did not fish. Upon returning to the water on Monday of this week, I discovered the water had risen allowing the fish to spread out again. During three trips this week, we saw fish every day but did not see near as many redfish tailing as [...]

Christmas-eve morning, 12/24, I fished Estero Bay with Vince and Jenny Tomlinson and Katie and Mike. We caught a nice variety of fish on live shrimp. We released eleven spotted sea trout (currently out-of-season), cravalle jack, small sheepshead and ladyfish. We kept a half dozen mangrove snapper that all measured around the twelve-inch mark, along [...]

Happy New Year!  December 27, 2007  INSHORE:  It’s hard to believe that another year has come and gone so fast.  Lots of great fishing memories from 2007 and hopes for a fantastic fishing 2008.  I appreciate everyone that I had the privilege to have on the boat this past year.   Thank you!  It looks like we will have [...]

December 27, 2007   Inshore - The inshore fishing over the holiday was pretty good for most of the week.  I got good reports of catch and release trout and snook action around the flats and they were chasing the schools of glass minnows.  The fish were on the flats to both the north and south in [...]

Henry Froese and son, Bradley, from Ontario had planned to fish with me on Monday, but the weather front that passed through at the beginning of the week put a stop on those plans, due to seas of 7-12 feet offshore. We rescheduled for Friday. Friday morning, it rained early but passed through quickly, and [...]

Week Ending December 15th The past two weeks has seen some good bass fishing in the Orlando area. Butler Chain we finally started spotting some bait fish pods, although small and scattered, they are showing up. We had several runs out on Butler and with cooler weather, the water temperatures were finally dropping into the 60’s. [...]

December 21, 2007 INSHORE - The weather this week has been better for the inshore fishing and I had a lot of catch and release trout and snook reported.  Most of the trout have been caught in 3 to 5 feet of water and both to the north and south in the river.  Most of the [...]

HAPPY HOLIDAYS from Captain Charlie December 20, 2007 INSHORE: With the Holidays already here, I want to take a few minutes and wish everyone a wonderful Holiday Season from myself and my wife, Eva.  We thank all of you for making this a year full of great fishing adventures and memories.  We made a lot of new friends and [...]

MiamiHerald.com, FL - Dec 13, 2007 out of Miami reports excellent action along the shorelines and flats from Shark River north to Lostman’s River and then into Whitewater Bay. Large tarpon have been eating small, live ladyfish under floats in six to 10 feet of water on the outside of the Gulf shorelines; and along the shores, snook, [...]