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Signs of spring are near!! Despite some inconsistent weather these past few weeks things are starting to shape up nicely both offshore and in. African pompanos are being caught in 100+ feet of water using both live and dead baits on big structures s

Today we caught Mangrove Snapper Pinfish Grouper Seatrout Flounder Redfish Ladyfish Jack Crevalle Bonnethead Shark and Needlefish - and almost the Kitchen Sink!  I had met Jon Beall and  his son Brian up at Old Town Bait and Tackle and aft

Offshore fishing remains strong with several wahoo mutton snapper and yellowtail snapper being reported this past week. Mangrove snapper bite has been fantastic as well on the nearshore wrecks as well as Sarasota Bay. Permit reports have slowed down

 I had a couple of days off and had been talking to Carol about how we have been catching MangroveSnapper so she put in to take a fun fishing trip. We fished an incoming tide and it was a bit slow although we did catch a couple of small Seatrou

Wintertime fishing is in full swing! Some inconsistent weather has made it difficult to get offshore but there have been a few weather windows making it possible. Anglers getting out to the 130-140′ range of water are seeing some very nice red

 I was back to work today fishing with Darrell Holcomb and his brother-in-law Jim meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We had a high tide that was just starting out when we arrived at Seymore's Pointe and began fishing wit

I’ve been fishing the Key Largo area the last few weeks targeting Mahi and Yellowtails along with fishing some really cool reefs in 15-25ft. The common way of catching Yellowtails is to chum in 50 to 90 ft. It’s very productive for the Y

 I wrapped my week up today fishing with Bob Kossman and Larry Westfall before they head north forthe summer. This was a a Share-A-Trip - contact me if you'd like to be added to the list. We met down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp with a weather

  After fishing today my guests and I came up with a new service that I could add Relationship Building!  I had met Russ and Denise Kesel early this morning up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park boat ramp and they had along with them their son No

 If you've ever boated more than few times then you've probably lost a hat along the way. I had met Frank and Joanne Wytiaz down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early this morning and we headed up the intercoastal then up the Nassau to ou

I had two families today and the morning trip was with Mike and his 9 year old son Jackson.  The goal was to keep the rods bend and make sure Jackson caught some fish and he sure did.  He kept busy fighting jacks and snappers and had a bla

 I wrapped my week up today - 8 trips in the last 7 days - fishing with Rick Astor and his son Eric - meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. We had a book end kind of day catching fish early then late to make  good day of fishing

 We had a fairly clear morning today when I met Paul Genn and his fishing buddy Mike out at theGoffinsville Park boat ramp. There were some clouds off to the east that obscured the sunrise but we had a beautiful moonset off to the west. We made

  We head a really nice day this morning- there was just a slight breeze and we had a cloud cover for the whole day. The rain showers stayed off to the north of us and it made for a very pleasant day of fishing. I had met Paul Genn and his fish

On The Water…with Captain Alan. Between cold fronts anglers aboard the Magic have been experiencing some excellent fishing.  Sheephead Snook Mangrove Snapper Grouper Bluefish to 5lbs and Pompano are all being caught

 Boy what a beautiful morning we had today!  I met Tatum Nolan and her NEW fiancé Victor Jelici down at Sawpit Creek early and we made our way around to Sawpit bridge with slip floats and live shrimp to no avail. I have fished with Ta

I was back to work today this time fishing with Steve and Carron Frost after meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We made a short run up the Nassau River and stopped to fish a large marsh run out with jigs and live shrimp. The tide

 Our weather pattern has been holding the last few weeks...great early morning sometimes even overcast like today with just a slight breeze then some sunshine then the heat comes on by about 10am.  And the fish bite has been similar. I met

  Even though the temperature gets up into the low 80's by afternoon the mornings have a little cool nip in the air. It was the same when I met Bob and Kathy Miller down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early this morning.  We made the 15

 We kicked the week off fishing down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp today when I met Doug Mackle and new residents Scott and Sandy Winstead for a half day of fishing. It was slightly overcast and we had a breeze of 8mph blowing which made for a good