Fishing Reports by Capt. James Howard

Dealing With the Dirty Water! - Lots and lots of dirty fresh water still flushing thru or river system from all the rain a few weeks ago has made the fishing very tuff. And you know it has made the gigging not even worth going. I went gigging 2 weeks ago and worked hard to get o more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Family Day... - Time to take the wife fishing! Sometimes it gets a little old watching people on your boat catch fish scratch that. It never gets old watching your clients catch fish but it is sure nice to have the pole in your hands sometimes. After 2 or 3 cha more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Great Weather and Great Fishing... - The weather has been beautiful for the past week. Despite the 15 inches of rain we got the fish have settled right back in. All the fresh water did move them around some but they are still chewing. On a trip late last week it was business as usual more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Back to Normal!!! - All the rain and high winds last week didn't seem to change the fishing to much. On a trip this past Friday with Jon Fredricks and his son Eric it was a nice mix of fish… We mostly float fished live shrimp in the river. About the only thing we d more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Big Blow!!! - Looks like the boat will stay on the hill for a few days this week. We have a North Easter beating down on us for the next 4 days with winds from 25 to 40 knots. That's too much wind even for inshore… The big Reds in the creek are chewing crab b more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Flounder Starting to Show Up.... - The Flounder seem to be in. Not a lot of big fish yet but there are a few nice ones around. Most of the spring Flounder are in the 2 to 3 pound range. On my first gigging charter of the year a few weeks ago we stuck 10 Flounder and a small Sheepshead more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Plenty of Action... - Well the heat has been on as far as the temperature and you know this is just the start of a long hot summer… But the fish like the warmer water and feed a lot more than they do when the water is cold. The Reds will really start feeding almost e more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

One of Those Days!!! - My charter last Tuesday April the 21st was short and not to sweet!!! Short meaning how long the bite lasted before it was off to running from one spot to another trying to get the fish fired up… Some days are just plain SLOW no matter who you ar more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Trout ,Trout and More Trout... - Despite dealing with some high winds over the last few weeks the Trout bite is not slowing down. I guess we are getting March winds in April… My father always told me that fish didn't know the wind was blowing but it makes it hard to fish sometime more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Waiting on the Weather!!! - I lost 2 days of fishing last week due to very high winds but was able to get back in the water mid week. Fishing with Emily and Lance from south Texas on April the 8th it was all about the Trout. Having a high tide early that morning it was not i more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville