Fishing Reports by Capt. James Howard

Got to Go Gigging!!! - The tide was right and the water was clean for a little 3am to day break gigging trip this past Wednesday morning July the 16th. No charter that morning so I was going Flounder gigging no matter what… I go alone a lot of times even though I pref more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

All About the Kid's - Fishing with Ken Magee and his son Blake yesterday the 16th it was all about just catching some fish mainly for Blake. Ken had told me when he booked the trip that he didn't care what we fished for he just wanted his son to catch a few… After the more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

A Trip to Remember! - You could not ask for anything more on an inshore charter than what I did fishing July 8th With Rob Schroeder and his group… We started off 2 minutes from the dock throwing plastics at a school of 3lb Blue fish. The birds were all over that acti more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Got To Love Kids! - Classic Red fish bite yesterday July 7th with Greg his friend Kyle and Kyle's father. We started off float fishing in the river in about 20 foot of water looking for some Trout. There were a few there but the 3 pound Jacks made it hard to get a shr more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

The Flounder Gigging is On!! - Well I went on my first gigging trip this year Saturday night July the 5th. Flounder gigging is very addictive once you have done it a few times. The tide wasn't exactly right and I could not find anybody to go but I had to do it…. Going solo is a more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

A Little Rain Never Hurts!! - Soon as we left the dock heading west Tuesday morning July the 2nd I slowed down and told my client Craig Gladue from Augusta Georgia we should put the rain gear on… You could see the heavy rain about 2 miles away and that was exactly where we wer more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Grinding Away!!! - The larger Trout have been hard to come by for me lately. Usually if we don't get a lot rain this time of year the Trout will move up the river with all the salt water. We have had enough rain I think. Also some of my spots up river are not producing more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

All's Well That Ends Well!!! - Just off the full moon and fishing behind and during 2 Redfish tournaments in a row you would know my clients wanted to catch Redfish on the 4 hour trip this past Sunday morning June the 22nd… There was no talking them out of it. They said if they more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Just Like it Should Be!! - We are certainly in the typical Florida weather pattern for this time of year. Warm temperatures light West to Southwest wind flow and a chance of a thunder storm every afternoon. The fishing the last two days has been good as far as the number of more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Plenty of Pole Bending!!! - Fishing Tuesday June the 10th with a regular client Jack Ward things were a little different…… The size of the Trout at some of my good spots had gone down to a lot of 14 to 17 inch fish which are still good fish but not the 3 to 5 pound ones I ha more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville