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St Johns River & Inlet Fishing Trip: up to 2 passengers $400, 3 passengers $450, 4 passengers $600.  (Based on 6 hour day)

Multiple boat charters: for large groups up to 5 boats and 20 passengers arranged, 30 days advance notice call for info & pricing

St Johns River Boat Cruise/Charter (non fishing)  Click here for Cruise Rates

Kids Trip: Inshore 2 hour Cruise (St. Johns river, tributaries, Inlet)  Up to: 4 passengers, for small kids under 8 years of age that usually cannot do a longer standard day. To fish a little, boat ride, see local sights of Jacksonville & marine life. $200 - 2 hour trip length. Not available on or near holidays.

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It cost no more to fish with the best. Top quality tackle, roomy and safe, all plate aluminum, high side, 26 foot, Black Lab Center Console boat, powered by a Honda 225 whisper quiet outboard engine. Comfortable cushioned deck chairs provided on request. Read Capt Dave's entertaining fishing reports and forecast. Pictures and comments of your charter will appear in the Fishing Reports blog, usually the next day.  

 

2013 SPRING FORECAST:

March is a transitional time for year. With loosing a hour of sleep, when "springing" your clocks ahead. Local Angler's know this means, change is on it's way! And until it gets really hot, that change means "winds", and arrivals of some seasonal species.

The water will warm steadily. And at this writing, I've already seen a 2 degree warmer change since January.

I'll really be concentrating on keeping tabs on where and what size are the Speckled Sea Trout. And as we get closer to summer will follow their track up river, as bait and shrimp migrate into the St. Johns River once again. I target Weakfish too. Locally known as "yellowmouth trout", can school up tight and be a lot of fun. At the same time we're doing all this we can run into Pompano, Redfish, and Sheepshead, all at the same time. So hang on!

Late April into May is a big month for giant Redfish. Bottom fishing with live Mullet (baitfish, not haircut) is the ticket. These fish are usually over size (over legal keeping size). We don't talk about them using "inches" but rather "pounds". And a 40 pounder, isn't uncommon.

Same goes for a Redfishes ugly cousin, the Black Drum. These fish will reach to 100 pounds, but in all reality. I'd just as soon catch them 2-12 pounds for best eating.

Small Bluefish, Jack Crevalle, and Ladyfish, are three of those warmer water inshore species that seem to show up overnight. For the avid angler with good casting abilities. We'll start to see some Tripletails show up, along riplines and crab trap buoys.

Let's talk HOLIDAYS...Spring Breaks, and TPC time. If you know you're going to be in the area. And you want to do some fishing. Give me a call, before you leave your residence. Let's get you booked and have those details taken care of already.

My "KIDS TRIPS". Two hours just perfect for the kids. Usually best for kids 10 and under, especially if there's multiples. Max. is 4 persons total. It's the best thing going, that's for sure. And I do a huge amount of them all year long.