Fishing Reports by Capt. James Howard

Fishing Hard!!! - The weather was decent last week until Friday. Now we are in what looks like a 5 or 6 day North Easter. Wind 15 to 25 and lot's of rain to go along with it. We really don't need more RAIN!!! I had several trips last week ending on Thursday Septemb more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

The Changes are on the Way!!! - We have had some very nice weather this past week and plenty of heat and humidity to go along with it… The water is still stained from the 28 inches of rain we got over a month ago due to Tropical storm Fay. Yes we are still dealing with the aft more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Getting Past the Storms!!! - Well it looks like Ike is going to leave North Florida alone. With all the storms the last several weeks possibly affecting the east coast of Florida not many people have been calling to book fishing trips… I had a trip with Phil Baker this past S more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

After the Storm - Storms, Storms and more Storms! Things are still out of whack in Jacksonville Florida due to Fay last week. The water is very dirty and the tides are way above normal. I did have 2 charters this week that were pretty tuff. We did catch quite a few fi more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Back to Normal!!! - Not any fishing this past week due to Tropical Storm Fay! That was one storm that just wouldn't go away. We got plenty of rain and wind in Jacksonville Florida that's for sure… Things are settled back down now and it looks like a great week ahea more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Feed Before the Front - Mike Schildgen his daughter Noel her friend Shannon and Mike's niece Abbie and myself took off early Tuesday morning August the 12th looking for a good morning of fishing… Well that's exactly what we got! The trip was originally set up for Wednesd more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Non Stop Action! - August the 10th with Greg Archambault and his son Phillip we left the dock just before dawn headed to one of my favorite Trout spot's. Float rigs and live shrimp usually are the ticket. The only thing wrong was that we could not get a shrimp in th more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Sticking the Big Flat One!!! - One of the things about Flounder gigging is you never know when you might roll up on that monster flat fish… There are always plenty of Flounder to choose from but this time of year most of them will be on the smaller size. I try to pick thru them more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

When the Big Dog's Play! - Fishing July 27th in the creeks with Jack Ward and his second cousin Josh it was a work the edges chunk and wind kind of day… After trying some float fishing the first hour and catching only one Trout and about 15 Mangrove Snapper's it was time to more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Bonus Fish!! - Fishing Thursday July 25th with Pete Heist and his son in law Wes Pickens we started off float fishing with live shrimp in 20 foot of water in the river. Well we stayed there for almost 3 solid hours with the corks going down every drift… At first more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville