Fishing Reports by Capt. John Barker

September Fishing - The good news is that the Blue Waters 2 is fine and back in business at Bayside Marketplace in Miami. The fishing report below is the last trip we fished before tying up for hurricane Irma. As stated above, the pictures tell the story of a fun six more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Family Challenge - A family joined the Blue Waters 2 for the 5 hour morning special. The father told Captain John that he hoped they would catch some fish. The father had fished in Maui all day and not seen a fish. Hearing this, John started trolling the 150-200' de more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

The Team Gives Back - It was our pleasure to donate a fishing trip to the Overseas Fishing group. This fine organization works to connect veterans and active duty service members with soothing activities. We set out early one Monday morning. The report had been dolphin more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Summer Fishing Special - The best treat in the world is getting offshore in the early morning, finding the birds diving, and catching dolphin and tunas under those birds. To this end, the Blue Waters 2 is giving an extra hour free for the morning trips. This offer helps ca more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Honeymooner's Week - Two different honeymoon couples fished with us this week. The bite has been about four miles offshore - mahi-mahi under birds and out of scattered weed patches. These fish are streaming to the south - the best way of catching the fish was more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Lots of Action over the Reef - Some super anglers took pictures that tell the story of an early morning action filled trip on the Blue Waters 2. The first fish was on when the sun was just breaking the horizon. The anglers wanted action so on the troll we went. During the next more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

First Timer Luck - We got a call from Chris - he wanted to come to Miami for the weekend just to go deep sea fishing for the first time. We found out it was his birthday weekend, so we surprised him with a chocolate chip cookie cake! The ocean was calm and no c more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

April Fun Fishing - We fished a morning convention trip with visitors from Calif. The action was good with a husband and wife team catching matching mahi-mahi. These were the first fish they had ever captured! The other folks on the charter got into the blackfin and more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Slow Trolling Live Baits - April has arrived with warm temps and good action. On several trips, the blackfin tunas have been very active in 180 to 250 ft. right off the Miami sea buoy. Several days the wind was too light for the kite so live baits were put in the outriggers more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Sailfish Galore - Sailfish Galore Finally, a good cold front to move the bait and fish. We took a fun loving father and son team out fishing for a 5 hour trip. The west northwest wind was about 20 knots but the ocean was comfortable. The first stop was at the rad more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami