Fishing Reports by Capt. James Howard

Greta Time of Year! - It has been a great week weather wise and fishing wise. I have had several trips that were good… Still looking for some of those larger Trout but the Flounder bite has been great. Lots of nice fish and few big ones mixed in. I have also been catch more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Keeping the Faith!!! - Fishing with Joe Tanner and his friend Patrick who were in town for the Florida Georgia game on Friday the 31st it was hit and run… We started off in the creeks trying to get the Red fish to eat and that just wasn't going to work… Besides the wind more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Break Out the Cold Weather Gear!!! - Windy and COOOOLD!!! That's the conditions in North Florida right now. I will say that after this first true cold snap the fish should really start feeding… The big Trout are not in full swing yet in the areas I usually catch them but the conditio more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Taking What You Can Get! - I was able to slip in a gigging trip and a fishing trip before the blow started this past Saturday. We did actually have some low tides for a change. I think the full moon helped as far as the low tide… The water is still very dirty so the gigging more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Grinding Away! - There were plenty of Flounder to be caught last week. I know several people that had there limit including my self on one trip but not a lot of big fish like you would expect… On one trip we had 11 Flounder and I bet we didn't have a fish over 2.5 more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Great Time of Year!!! - The Flounder gigging has been very tough since Tropical Storm Fay came thru 6 weeks ago. The water is still not very clean and the tides are not getting low like they should… I have done a few trips and it has been hard to find clean enough water more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Fishing the Monster High Tides!!! - The big blow last week kept me from doing 2 of the 3 trips I had booked. That is the way it goes some times… It was bad enough that our tides had been running way above normal but the North Easter pilled it on even more. Tides 4 to 5 foot above no more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Fishing Hard!!! - The weather was decent last week until Friday. Now we are in what looks like a 5 or 6 day North Easter. Wind 15 to 25 and lot's of rain to go along with it. We really don't need more RAIN!!! I had several trips last week ending on Thursday Septemb more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

The Changes are on the Way!!! - We have had some very nice weather this past week and plenty of heat and humidity to go along with it… The water is still stained from the 28 inches of rain we got over a month ago due to Tropical storm Fay. Yes we are still dealing with the aft more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Getting Past the Storms!!! - Well it looks like Ike is going to leave North Florida alone. With all the storms the last several weeks possibly affecting the east coast of Florida not many people have been calling to book fishing trips… I had a trip with Phil Baker this past S more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville