Fishing Reports by Capt. John Barker

Bonitas and a Blackfin - A group of friends organized a fun fishing trip before their convention started in Miami Beach. The theme of the morning was to have fun and reconnect. We were on able to find any live bait, so we headed offshore and put out a trolling spread rigged more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Bonitos and Dolphin off Miami - Sometimes it takes hours of emails and text messages to arrange a charter fishing trip. But once in a while, trips are arranged at the spur of the moment. Monday at noon, three Brazilian friends were walking down the dock. They had heard about good more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Hardcore Fun Fishing - Not all charters are about hardcore fishing. On a recent trip, the Blue Waters II was chartered along with other Bayside charter boats for a multi-boat corporate outing. The group being entertained let the crew know they were on board for sun, fun, more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

See Miami Like a Native, Go Fishing - A recent guest aboard the Blue Waters 2 was Marcelo visiting Miami from Brazil. After enjoying the South Beach nightlife, he wanted to spend a day relaxing and enjoying Miami's piscatorial pursuits and ocean vistas. Capt. John eased the Blue Wate more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

A Day in the Life of a Charter Boat Operation - It's a sunny June morning and depart with a fun loving group of Guys in town for a Bachelor party. The live bait at the marker was easy pickings and the guys had fun out fishing each other with the sabiki rigs. After getting our load of livies, Capt more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

I See your Grouper and Raise you a Mutton - The Blue Waters 2 headed out for a morning half day fishing trip. The pilchards and herring bit well at the radar station, but there was no wind or current for kite fishing. So, changing strategy, Captain John took the boat into clear shallow water w more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Live Baiting off Miami Proves Productive - This morning we had a Bachelor Party fishing trip. We ran straight out to the monument buoy as recent trips and morning reports had the bait scarce at other closer spots. Soon after we arrived at the buoy, the guys made quick work of filling our li more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Three Friends Fishing Miami - A group of three friends booked a half day charter on the Blue Waters II just to celebrate the spring weather. The two ladies had never fished and their friend, Michael, was the lone experienced fisherman of the bunch. As unusual, we made a bait s more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Sounding Sailfish - A family of four booked an afternoon of fun aboard the Blue Waters II. The girls took turns catching herring on the bait rods - they had a blast. The four-year-old captured four herring on one rig which made her day. Once the bait fishing was com more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Kingfishing and Sharking - Took a family of three out for a six hour trip. The family really wanted to catch a sailfish but the conditions were tuff with no wind and no current. The crew shifted gears and put live baits in the outriggers and a live herring on the down line. more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami