Fishing Reports by Capt. Chad Starling

Monster Amberjack - The bottom fishing outside 40 miles has been phenomenal. We've been catching good stringers of vermilion snapper, triggerfish, red porgy, amberjack,some dolphin, and some grouper. Check out Jerome Currelly with a 75lb amberjack he caught on a recent more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Jacksonville Offshore Fishing Report - May 12, 2018 - Saturday May 12th, 2018 greeted us with a southeast breeze of about 10kts, seas of about 3 feet, mainly a swell from the southeast. We headed out on a 12hr offshore fishing charter, first stop was 46 miles. We fished from 46-56 miles catching a varie more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Shark Fishing is Phenomenal - The shark fishing in Jacksonville is as good as I've ever seen it. It's hard to not get a bite on a bait in the water. We've been following the shrimp boats and drifting baits in their prop wash. That's all it takes. Big Black Tip sharks and Black No more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Bottom Fishing Offshore Jacksonville - On Sunday, May 6th, the ocean was actually kind to us. It's been so windy this year that we've not been able to hunt fish the way we would like to this time of year. It's almost like we have been stuck doing what the ocean let's us do, and it's tough more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Insane Black Sea Bass Bite in Jacksonville - Saturday morning the ocean was very nice despite the hard winds we had on Friday. We headed out and the fishing started off pretty tough. I made the decision to head out about 9 more miles and the fish bit really well. We ended up with 31 nice black more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Red Snapper Fishing Frenzy - On Friday, we headed offshore to take what the ocean offered us. We started out fishing for black sea bass with pretty good results. We also played with the butterfly jig manufactured by Reeldiculous Fishing. We were catching a wide variety of crazy more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Red Snapper Fest - On Wednesday, I had the pleasure of taking a mother and her two sons on an offshore charter. You usually see a dad taking his boys fishing, so it was really refreshing to see the mother doing it. It's actually not something you see often! I thought i more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Jacksonville Bluewater Charter Report - Jan 20th, 2018 - The wind has really been hindering the offshore fishing the past few weeks. We had a small window this past week where we were able to make it offshore. We decided to take advantage of the great weather and stretch out to 60 miles. I noticed the wate more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Jacksonville Offshore Fishing Charter Report - Dec 17th, 2017 - The last few days have been gorgeous offshore. There's a variety of fish to chase this time of year from Cobia, Wahoo, Black Fin Tuna, Black Sea Bass, Vermilion Snapper, Triggerfish, Red Porgy, Red Snapper, and Grouper. Sunday's trip yielded some cob more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Jacksonville Offshore Charter - November 2017 - As the temps begin to cool, so do our water temps. The cooler water temps begins to send the pelagics like kingfish, sharks, amberjack, barracuda, sailfish, etc. further offshore and to the South for warmer waters. As these guys depart our nearshore more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville