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Orlando Flats Fishing Report 1/27/12

The past several days the fishing in Mosquito Lagoon has been about as good as it gets. The month overall has been up and down with some fantastic sight fishing and some days when the fish were few and far between. The warm and calm weather as of late has certainly been to the angler's advantage as the fish have been happy and tailing. The dead calm days have made the fish easy to spot but they are also easily spooked by unnatural noises. I saw hundreds of fish spooked by squeaky shoes on the…See More

Blog post by Capt Chris M yesterday

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South Indian River Fishing Report 1/22

January 22, 2012Inshore:Here we are in the middle of winter and the weather is more like springtime this year. As the warm, mild conditions continue, the fishing has continued to be fantastic out on the water. A wide variety of fish are being caught both offshore and inshore by anglers. It's been a wonderful and productive month!I had the pleasure of fishing Laine Pruitt for the Treasure Coast Casters tournament this week. Laine caught a lot of fish this trip. He turned in a sea trout, two…See More

Blog post by Captain Charlie Conner Monday

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Ft Lauderdale fishing Lady Pamela 2

January 14,2012Today, the Hyatt family from Pennsylvania joined us for an afternoon of fishing. They had just flown in this morning and said it was 20 degrees where they just came from and were loving the 65 degrees here in Ft. Lauderdale. The Hyatts had never been deep sea fishing before so they decided they would try their luck deep sea fishing on the Lady Pamela II.We left the dock around 2:00 pm and went right to an anchored freighter where we had previously caught tinker mackerels. After…See More

Discussion posted by David Ide Jan 21

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LADY PAMELA 2 SAILFISH TOURNAMENT WIN

January 7, 2012 The Lady Pamela II Sportfishing Team has kicked off the 2012 South Florida billfish tournament season with a first place in the inaugural Coconut Grove “No Rule's Sailfish Tournament”. My crew and I had made a last minute decision to fish this tournament on Thursday, so we spent all day Friday, the day before the tournament, fishing for bait. We loaded the bait wells with 20 dozen threadfin herring and 10 dozen goggleyes then ran from Ft. Lauderdale to Miami BeachMarina,…See More

Discussion posted by David Ide Jan 19

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Giant Black Drum and Redfish action w/ Florida Fishing Adventures

Welcome to the Nature Coast home of phenomenal fishing and wonderful January weather. That’s right! January is spoiling us during this early start of the New Year with weather that normally is synonymous with late March and early April. How can you beat high 70’s, NO Humidity, and World Class Fishing? I tell you…See More

Blog post by Capt. Kyle Messier Jan 18

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Videos posted by Capt Chris M Jan 18

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Grouper to 32 inches reluctantly released!

After two days of windy, rough, unusually cold weather, thanks to a strong cold-front, I finally got back out fishing on Wednesday morning, 1-4-12. It was still a chilly 35 degrees first thing that morning, and seas were residually rough offshore, so Andy Oliver and Pat O’Neil opted to leave later in the morning and to fish the bay, rather than the gulf. We fished Estero Bay, down toward Wiggins Pass, using live shrimp. The guys caught a 17-inch black drum and a 14 1/2-inch sheepshead, both of…See More

Blog post by Captain Dave Hanson Jan 16

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Fishing Fort Lauderdale

January 5, 2011I usually run the Lady Pamela IV, operating the boat from the flybridge, but today, I was aboard the Lady Pamela I and worked the cockpit, while Keith ran the boat. We fished with Glenda and her husband on a six-hour, 10am4pm charter, and we needed to catch Glenda a fish. We picked a few live baits up at the local Lauderdale Marina on the way out, and went trolling for the first two hours. I was confident that we would catch something cool today because the last 4 days of fishing…See More

Discussion posted by David Ide Jan 14

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Mosquito Lagoon Florida Redfish Jan 2012/Daytona/NewSmyrna/Orlando

Another fun year of fishing has begun here on Mosquito Lagoon Florida. So far this January 2012 has seen great weather conditions with cool mornings and some fairly warm days, schooling Redfish have been great fun sight fishing targets, casting select size live shrimp to the visible waking and pushing fish on the shallow flats. Most of these Reds are in the slot size up to 27” with a few fish over the slot being caught also. Winter pattern has most all the fish bunched up together which makes…See More

Discussion posted by Capt. Michael Savedow Jan 12

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South Indian River Fishing Report 1/8

January 8, 2012Inshore:January has been very mild so far. The first cold front of the year cooled things off a little, but not enough to stop the fish from biting. The river has been alive with good reports of catches lately. We have had lots of fun out on the water so far this month!The mackerel bite was hot most of the week around the turning basin in Fort Pierce. We had several days of 40 plus good size mackerel using just about anything shiny on the high tides. Lots of action and great…See More

Blog post by Captain Charlie Conner Jan 8

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captain John commented on Capt. Matt Thomas's video

WOW what a fish

Biggest Permit I've Ever Seen!!!

Jan 5

Videos posted by Capt. Matt Thomas Jan 5

Year End Fishing Report for 2011 - Mega-Bite Inshore Charters. Pensacola Fishing Reports

Well its been a long time since I've posted, sorry, I had major PC problems and also I've been fishing a lot. Here is a report from the last week of fishing. If you would like to see past reports please visit my website.http://www.gulfcoastangling.com/2011reports.htmReport Jan. 1st - 2012Well, another year has come and gone, and as good as the fishing was in 2011, I’m already eager to see what the New Year brings. I was on the…See More

Blog post by Capt. John Rivers Jan 5

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Florida Fishing Adventures January Fishing Report!!

Happy New Year!! As much as I hate to see the Awesome fishing of 2011 go, I honestly can’t wait for the future fishing adventures that are in store for us during 2012. And if the weather is any indicator at how well our fishing year is going to be, folks we may be in store for another record breaking year. The…See More

Blog post by Capt. Kyle Messier Jan 3

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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Great Fishing Inshore & Near-shore

Monday morning, 12/19, I fished in the backwaters of Estero Bay with Larry Baumgartner, his son Chris, granddaughter, Madeline, and family friend, Walt Barney. The tide was a little on the low side, but we made the most of it, and were able to catch a 19 ½ inch pompano and three keeper sheepshead to 15 inches. The group released seventeen smaller sheepshead, a few crevalle jacks, a 24-inch snook, and a six-pound stingray. We used live shrimp for everything. It was still choppy well offshore on…See More

Blog post by Captain Dave Hanson Jan 2

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Kona Hawaii fishing report - Dec. wrap-up

Kona Hawaii fishing report – Dec. 2011 wrap-up . I was really hoping that the striped marlin bite would be better this month and while there are a few being caught right now and with more frequently than last month, it’s not really enough of a bite to call it a “run” yet. It’s still early in the season for them though so I remain hopeful that the bite will get better from here. The blue marlin bite has been fairly average for this time of year so there’s one, two or a few being caught daily.…See More

Discussion posted by Capt. Jeff Rogers Dec 31, 2011

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Fishing Fort Lauderdale Lady Pamela 2

December 20, 2011Today we had an all day eight hour swordfishing trip. The seas were running 4-6 feet so we had to troll on the way to the swordfishing grounds. For the first two plus hours we never got a bite, and Eric and his father were looking disappointed, but we were sure we were going to catch them some fish. At about 5 hours into the trip, and about 11 miles offshore, we found a piece of bamboo floating in the water, and it was alive. Every few years you find a tree or other floating…See More

Discussion posted by David Ide Dec 27, 2011

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South Indian River Fishing Forecast - January

December 26, 2011Inshore:January Fishing ForecastThe past several years, January has been a cold month around the Treasure Coast. Hopefully this will be a mild winter and you won’t have to worry about the water temperatures as much this year. Fishing in deeper water will provide you with better results on most days. Working your lures and baits much slower will also give you more success. Fish tend to become lethargic in cold water and are slow in moving to strike at a bait. Finding water that…See More

Blog post by Captain Charlie Conner Dec 26, 2011

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Daytona Beach/NewSmyrna/Mosquito Lagoon/Florida Redfish

Here it is the 3rd week of December and we are still having 75 to 80 degree days, the warm weather has kept our fishing pattern in a late fall transition pattern with winter cold water not quite here yet. We do have small schools of quality Redfish up to 28 or more inches and loose knit groups near mullet schools. Seatrout catching has been good during this closed season month, the open season starts again on New Years Day. We have had some great sight fishing for Reds on the calm mornings…See More

Discussion posted by Capt. Michael Savedow Dec 25, 2011

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Lady Pamela 2 Fishing Charters

December 9 and 10, 2011The wreck fishing has started to pick up over the last few days as the water temperature has cooled to below 78 F. We have been using live bonitos, otherwise known as “bullets”, as our primary baits for deep-dropping on the wrecks. It is no doubt one of the best types of live bait for wreck fishing. We have been seeing cobia, wahoo, amberjacks, black grouper, gag grouper, and a few big Warsaw grouper. We have even seen a few goliath groupers as well. The wrecks that we…See More

Discussion posted by David Ide Dec 23, 2011

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Orlando Flats Fishing Report 1/27/12

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Posted by Capt Chris M on January 27, 2012 at 11:33am

South Indian River Fishing Report 1/22

January 22, 2012

Inshore:

Here we are in the middle of winter and the weather is more like springtime this year. As the warm, mild conditions continue, the fishing has continued to be fantastic out on the water. A wide variety of fish are being caught both offshore and inshore by anglers. It's been a wonderful and productive month!

I had the pleasure of fishing Laine Pruitt for the Treasure Coast Casters tournament this week. Laine caught a lot of fish this trip. He…

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Posted by Captain Charlie Conner on January 22, 2012 at 7:38pm

Giant Black Drum and Redfish action w/ Florida Fishing Adventures

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Posted by Capt. Kyle Messier on January 18, 2012 at 6:09pm

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Grouper to 32 inches reluctantly released!

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Posted by Captain Dave Hanson on January 16, 2012 at 10:32am

South Indian River Fishing Report 1/8

January 8, 2012

Inshore:

January has been very mild so far. The first cold front of the year cooled things off a little, but not enough to stop the fish from biting. The river has been alive with good reports of catches lately. We have had lots of fun out on the water so far this month!

The mackerel bite was hot most of the week around the turning basin in Fort Pierce. We had several days of 40 plus good size mackerel using just about anything shiny on the high tides.…

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Posted by Captain Charlie Conner on January 8, 2012 at 6:32pm