Fishing Reports by Capt. John Barker

Blue Marlin and Dolphin Too - A father and son team booked the Blue Waters 2 for several all-day fishing charters. The dolphin bite was consistent about 14 miles offshore with large patches of Sargassum weed. On the second day, John Anthony put a sea witch on a bonita strip a more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Bonitos of Summer - Recently we had families from Colombia and Spain booked the Blue Waters 2 for a morning of action fishing. The sunrise was spectacular as the group set out. The reports of the dolphin action were negative so Captain John had the mate put out a spread more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Flurry of Dolphin Activity - A visiting family from Romania, via Boston, booked the boat for a morning excursion on the waters of Miami, FL. The father wanted the children to experience some deep sea fishing action. Capt. John started on the third reef with planner, wire line more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Fishing Celebration - Any boat can take you fishing: let us celebrate your occasion for fishing - whether it's for a birthday party, reunion, new clients, bachelor party or more. This day's charter was a birthday party for friends reuniting during vacation. The chocolate more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Couples Retreat - Wahoo! - The Blue Waters 2 was one of several boats booked on a half-day trip with 3 couples. The offshore bite was good for dolphin, but the fish were too small to keep. So, the crew kept trolling the outskirts of the weed lines hoping to pick up a larger f more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Birds Help Find Action Offshore - A ladies only half-day fishing trip took place recently. The two young ladies had never seen a live saltwater fish before. It happened to be one of those week days when there were very few boats out on the water. Captain John spotted some diving bir more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Father and Son Fishing - A father son all-day fishing trip started with a stop at the bait boat. After loading up on bait, Captain John ran out to 300 ft. to check the conditions. The current was slow to nil, so he decided troll south to start the day. The planner and the more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Sailfish on Your Bucket List? - A family from the Ohio area combined a visit to their family in Coral Gables with a two day fishing trip on the Blue Waters 2. The first day was a warm up with a few remoras and shark bites, but no sailfish. The second day, Capt. John trolled to an more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Sailfish Trifecta - Early Sunday morning three anglers set out on the Blue Waters 2 in search of offshore fishing success. Captain John stopped at the bent range marker for live bait. With some effort, the guys were able to quill two dozen herring using sabiki rigs. more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Cobia on the Bottom - The Blue Waters 2 set out on an afternoon convention trip. Captain John took a spin offshore but the conditions weren't good. The weedlines were gone and the was an absence of birds and current. So plan two was to set up and live bait in about 150' more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami