Fishing Reports by Capt. James Howard

It's Great To Live in North Florida! - You name it we caught it Saturday June the 7th as far as inshore goes…. Fishing with John Smith from Maitland Florida Saturday it was a perfect morning. Not only was the weather great but with only one person I was invited to fish along and I usua more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Mission Accomplished!!! - Some times everything works out just like you want it to on a charter. That is exactly what happened this past Monday June the 2nd…. With Kerry Varkonda his wife and daughter onboard they were looking for two things. The first was to catch a big T more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Same Old Song!!!!!! - Same old song for Memorial Day with the Trout bite except add an extra 500 boats to the river and just about anywhere you wanted to go. It's a good thing most of them are pleasure boaters!!!!! The extra traffic didn't seem to bother the Trout that more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Fighting the Front!!! - Well fighting a front the last few days has made the fishing very tuff. I guess a front this late really affects the fish. And you know what comes after the front the HIGH WINDS…… The last 3 days I have had to do a lot of running to just boat a fe more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Off the Charts Fishing Right Now! - Well the winds have stayed fairly stiff this past week but the fishing has been off the charts for me and my clients. I had 3 trips the past week which all produced great results and very HAPPY clients……. I'm going to combine some photos from al more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Looking for Quality on the Slow Days - The last few days have been quite the challenge. With a front working it's way down to Florida we have had some very high wind to deal with this past week. I have been a little spoiled the last few weeks with the fish really starting to feed good an more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Times Have Changed but Fishing Remains the Same! - As much as things have changed in the last 40 years they have also stayed the same as far as fishing in Jacksonville Florida. My father taught me a lot about fishing as I was growing up. He was an avid Trout fisherman that could catch Nice Trout almo more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

The Trout are in Town!! - Looks like the Trout have finally showed up to stay for a while. I was able to slip a little me time in this past Wednesday to check out some of my good Trout spots before my charters started up this week and next. I worked 2 areas throwing suspen more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Seeing RED!!! - Who needs Trout when the Redfish are on fire? The 26th and 27th were all about the color RED……. On Saturday fishing with Glenn Cooper and his friend Ben we started off float fishing for Trout. The Trout bite just wasn't steady. After 2 spots and more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

One of Those Days - Sunday the 20th was one of those trips you whish all your clients could have….. We started off with great weather and I had a group of guys from up north that could fish and loved the water. I had a game plan to float fish for Trout on the high more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville