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Jacksonville Fishing Report for Amelia Island & Mayport
Capt. Dave Sipler
July 26, 2006
Jacksonville - Saltwater Fishing Report
Getting "out of town" during the Greater Jacksonville Kingfish tournament!!!!!!
This report or story is actually off my NEWS page on my web site.
And during the Greater Jax Kingfish tournament, I cannot conduct business so I "get out of town" for two day....here's what I did.
Capt. Dave's news page
On 7/19-7/21 Capt. Dave with his dad as a traveling partner went to Blacklab Marine, in Yarmouth Maine, and met with owner Jay Perrotta. Jay is a dealer/representative of Pacific boats for the East coast.
Capt Dave went to order his new charter boat that will be a customized 26' center console "Alloy Plate" Pacific. The boat will be built at the Pacific companies facilities in Washington. But while in Maine, Jay treated Capt. Dave and his dad to some outstanding seafood, and two days of cruising in a Pacific 23' center console hard top, around the unbelievably beautiful coast line between Portland and Yarmouth. Dotted with literally thousands of rocky islands inhabited with summer cottages, and lighthouses. The weather was awesome. 72 degrees, sunny and no wind. It was kind of a mini vacation for Capt Dave, from the Florida heat and to see an area steeped with Maritime tradition and New England lifestyle. Much of the scenery they saw could have been straight out of a New England postcard collection.
When Capt. Dave's new boat arrives, he will be a Pro Rep for BlackLab Marine, providing not only local Jacksonville charters in his Pacific, but also demo rides for prospective and curious people who want to know more about Marine grade aluminum boats by Pacific, from Georgia, North and South Carolina, and all of Florida.
Plate Alloy boats, are not a new concept. And with a bit of research you'll find that fiberglass boats cannot touch a Plate Alloy built boat if you're looking for toughness, strength, speed, sea-worthiness, and fuel economy. Just look at what the US Coast Guard uses! (photos below are of a Gulf Coast customers 23' hard top and some of the awesome Maine Coast scenery) ***Will be updating these photo's with a boat in the building process soon.
Capt Dave's 26' center console boat will be built with a Florida styling in mind, like the one that says V2600. Open console, no top but with the console pushed a bit forward. It's going to be a "ride" like you have never seen before, around here. And will probably be offering "6-6-6 fishing charters"....6 passengers-6 hours-$600
Go to: www.captdaves.com
****click on "NEWS PAGE" to see photo's of boats and the beautiful Maine Coast.
And hope to have you aboard the ALLOY ANGLER this fall.
Recent report:
I've been doing some Speckled Trout fishing, and have found them and big ones where I'd least expect too.
Fish from 15" to 24" have been caught at high water on some of my sacred spots.
RECENT PICS ARE AT: www.captdaves.com
But mostly I've been taking a lot of kids (and their parents) to Nassua Sound at the tip of Amelia Island. The ACTION has been phenomenal on bull Whiting. 18 inchers which is pretty dang big for a Whiting have not been hard to find. My largest ever caught was 19" and I caught it in October while surf fishing in the evening in south Ponte Vedra Beach, about 15 years ago. Vacationers have had some really good trips with me up in the sound.
There's almost nothing you cannot catch within it's boundries. Blues, Jacks, Shark, Tarpon, Spadefish, Ladyfish, Flounder, Trout, and Pompano are just some of the species we catch in the area. But Redfish have been hard to get.
If I get the right couple of folks I really want to do some Tarpon targeting in the area. I keep seeing them swim by the boat as we move about. So they are there. But lately 5-11 yr. old's are not really the kind of anglers that need to do a Tarpon spacific charter.
This summer so far has been a very dry one. We still need some Rain! Big Time Rain. Not just these 10 minute showers along the coast.
Have done some Chum fishing trips lately too. In the Pogie Pods. And have had no Tarpon, but caught mostly Sharks and got 2 Cobia to 30 pounds, when I went out with a friend.
The heat of the day is intense, so I leave at 6:30am and we're back at 1pm, before the sea breeze or thunderstorms. So don't worry about standing out in the heat of the day all day long. I do this from May till the end of Oct. mostly. Then as fall enters go back to fishing spacific tide times.
It's gonna be pure agony waiting on my new boat to get finished and be delivered, plus I'm selling my present boat. It can also be seen on my RECENT CATCH PAGES, on Catch page 8.
If your looking for Daily Reports in Jax I also have them on my forum. Just click on: DAILY REPORTS to enter and get the meat and potatoes of whats going on.
Capt. Dave Sipler's Sport Fishing
www.captdaves.com
e-mail: [email protected]
904-642-9546
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