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Hello all this past weekends group charter wanted to get back early on Palm Sunday so we changed up the departure time and got underway at noon instead of 10pm. This would change up the trips timing for night fishing as it really only gives us 1 full

For the highly anticipated Season Opener Extravaganza guests and crew enjoyed beautiful blue skies the whole trip and the first night out was excellent! The area between the Madison Swanson Banks and the Steamboat Lumps is called the ‘

Good morning everyone. The changing weather pattern continues to shuffle deck as far as fishing goes but there have been some bright spots. There have been scattered Dolphin offshore as the Last Mango charter boat caught quite a few yesterday and Ki

Local clients Maria and Elissa booked me for a half day after almost a year of them working way too much.  They always like to fish for dinner trade fish for mangos with their neighbor.  LOL  The first few spots proved slow with small

This trip started off with a bumpy ride out with winds that laid down slowly but nicely just in time for some fishing action. The 1st night started really well with a steady pick of Mango’s and some big B-liners. Daylight brought a hot Red and

    I hope everyone has had a wonderful week! From our previous email and posts sent we ended up needing to move our trip to 3/8/2023 due to weather. We ended up going out with a full boat! While it was a sunny trip we had a pretty bumpy ri

Four 6-8 ounce fresh yellowtail (or snapper) filets 1 large yellow onion sliced thin for onion rings ½ cup panko bread crumbs 1 ½ cups flour 1 tablespoon Black Caesar’s Blackening Spice 2 eggs beaten Vegetable oil for frying In a lar

An incredible day offshore Crystal River with Bill and Fred and these guys did outstanding. I began the day filling the live well from my pin fish trap and running to some shallow rocks. The shallow grouper bite was a bit slow with one keeper coming

Beautiful weather greeted the Gulfstar as it headed into the crystal waters of the Gulf of Mexico in search of some Tuna. The 1st night saw a decent pick of fish but the much wanted Tuna evaded the dropped lines. After a few moves the elbow’s w

Well folks I have to admit November weather has been highly disappointing. As I've mentioned before November weather is usually absolutely perfect but so far this month it's been pretty tough with high winds cloud cover and all around diffic

Capt. Mike Anderson and Capt. Billy Nobles/Reel Animals Fishing Team Report August 30 2013 “Snapper snapper snapper; man they are everywhere.! It doesn’t matter if you’re fishing out of a 76 foot offshore boat or an 8 foot canoe they

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Another fantastic day on the rock piles with Dan and Rick out of the Plantation on Crystal River and we had a great time. I met the team at the dock at 8am and we headed West. I mad the run to some shallow rock piles in 12ft of water anchored up and

September has proved to be a great month for sword fishing so far. Great friends James “Mango” and his wife Whitney chartered the Local Knowledge for a Daytime swordfish trip on the 4th. There were quite a few mahi mahi … Continue r

  We have lots of new items in the ships store including a new Tommy Bahama mens' line womens' Tommy Bahama apparel Guy Harvey handbags Igloo tote coolers Costa and Smith sunglasses.  There are three brand new t-shirt des

 I wrapped my week up fishing with the Portfleet's Tim and Lori and their daughter Danielle. After meeting them early this morning down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp we ran up the Nassau River to make our first stop at Spanish Drop on a tid

Capt. Mike Anderson and Capt. Billy Nobles/Reel Animals Fishing Team Report March 21 2015 March madness indeed it’s more like mango snapper madness. It’s that time of year when the huge bait schools arrive just offshore in the Gulf of Mex

I simply love these kabobs!  The swordfish grilled with the smokiness of the pancetta and the sweetness but not too sweetness of the orange butter. The grilled fish and fresh grilled vegetables go amazingly well together.  I have suggested

The mangrove snapper size limit in Florida state Gulf waters is 10 inches total length measured from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail with the tail fins pinched together. The daily bag limit is 5 fish per person. There is no closed season.