See you in a while -
Went Fly fishing for tarpon off Bayport today... We had a few feeding tarpon in our area but did not hook up. My client did catch shallow water grouper and a mixed bag of shallow water fish on a Tarpon Fly.
Heading for a vacation ... see you soon. more... Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach
2014-05-16 12:35 PM
Hernando County - Between my holiday and the wind ... I have only what I have heard. Spanish Mackeral, sharks and Cobia and many more reef fish are in thirty foot of water. Tons of gag grouper everywhere that we can not catch & keep ... but if you do and get caught... more... Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach
2014-04-26 9:46 AM
Spring fishing in Hernando Beach Florida - Well fishing is blossoming into spring, a little different this year. The cold fronts have the fish a little messed up as the sun warms the water in the daytime and the cold night's cools the water allowing major confusion to the fish. I was chatting more... Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach
2014-04-11 7:25 AM
Stormey weather - Well we have had some foul weather here for a while. I had a trip and discovered very muddy cloudy water. The temperature of the water was 69 degrees when I left the channel and when I returned it was 74 degrees. The cloudy water cleared by the end o more... Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach
2014-03-30 9:56 AM
Spring fishing in Hernando Beach Florida - Fishing the nature coast of Florida has had its ups and down. Many cold fronts have affected the fishing here. We were on a big Spanish mackerel bite then they slowed down. The mackerel drove the sea trout into hiding. We caught sea trout but only th more... Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach
2014-03-13 9:13 AM
Spring on the Nature Coast - Mother Nature is confused this year. Seems we are not the only one fighting with cold fronts. The fish are confused with the water temperature changes. I was fishing in Crystal River last week and the fishing was wonderful but Sunday the water temper more... Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach
Cold & windy - Well I guess the ground hog was right. Winter is still trying to hold on all over the country. Florida has its up and downs putting up with some cold weather in the Nature Coast area. I just returned from Miami attending the Miami Boat show. Words ca more... Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach
2014-01-30 1:09 PM
Say good-by to January - Well here we are the end of January. It is almost time to come out of hibernation. I am truly sorry for the weak fishing report as many of you know I am not a fan of cold weather. I sit around and play my guitar, repair my fishing tackle and make more... Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach