Fishing Reports by Capt. John Barker

A Taste of Summer in Miami - It's a taste of summer fishing in Miami during winter. While plenty of the country has been snowed in, the weather in Miami has been warm and the bite has been spring like. Several trips were spent trolling offshore capturing some wahoo and mahi-ma more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Ladies Day - Some of the best trips we fish are with lady anglers. This group of ladies were repeat guests and wanted some fishing action while unwinding and sampling some tasty wine. On this day there was no current so trolling was on the menu. Diving birds o more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Holidays and Crowds Gone, But it's Still Warm - Lots of families took advantage of the holiday week, warm weather and friendly seas to go fishing. This young man received a 12 fishing rod for Christmas so John the mate rigged the rod with a sabiki rig and small lead. They were rewarded with sev more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Mahi in December - The holidays start our tourist season and the fishing is good. We fished a family reunion with the husband who has a charter boat in Hong Kong!! The day was warm and the offshore waters looked very temping. Taking the offshore tact, the crew was more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Group Fun - The theme of our November charters has seemed to be action and action. We have had family outings and convention trips. The kingfish bite has been good on the planner with a sea witch and bonita strip or just a blue or silver drone 3-1/2 spoon. Th more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Fall Fishing Heats Up - The weather finally broke leaving us fairly calm seas and cooler less humid days. We ran several charter trips this week. There have been frigate birds offshore, but mostly they are over skipjack tunas and a few scattered dolphin. The most activ more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Trolling the Edge - A fun loving group of retired British military guys booked the Blue Waters 2 for a morning half day of fun. The morning started out well with action on the planner and trolling lines. Capt. John ran the depths between 85' to 250' and was rewarded w more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Fishing Heats Up - Fall fishing is about to start, now that Hurricane Matthew has breezed thru our area. We did a few fun fishing trips and captured some larger single dolphins and a nice wahoo mostly on the troll with the traditional lures and ballyhoo baits. more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Kingfish are Biting! - The Blue Waters 2 was one of four boats chartered for a morning convention fishing trip. Captain John knew the kingfish had just shown-up the day before so trolling was on his list. The spread was put out with one planner and one wire line and surfa more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami

Action Fishing - A family booked the Blue Waters 2 for a fun morning on the water. Bundled up guarding a sunburned face, the young man captured the first fish of the day, a summertime bonito. A floury of bonito bites followed on the surface baits and wire line and p more...
Capt. John Barker - Miami