2023 Welcome to Summer!

8 lb., 26″ Redfish – Caught 6/25/2023
Summer started with rainy days but the past couple of days have been calm and pretty in St. Joe Bay.
Time to schedule your trip?
Summer started with rainy days but the past couple of days have been calm and pretty in St. Joe Bay.
Time to schedule your trip?
Recently, Captain Mark had the pleasure of taking Mark Olis, a writer for Grand View Outdoors, on a fishing trip. Mr. Olis called it “The Hunt for Speckled Trout” and the complete article can be read here: The Hunt for Speckled Trout An excerpt, A local fisherman was telling me about Lyle’s fishing expertise and…
Tropical Storm Karen is currently churning in the Gulf of Mexico and we are on storm watch until Wednesday, 10/9/13 as is stands now. The current path will certainly affect our area with possible heavy rainfall. Normally we would tell you to stay up to date with NOAA.gov but that website is currently closed for…
Spring is here and the fishing is good.  Red fish bite year round but go to deep holes when the weather cools. Trout and sheephead begin biting when the water begins warming. Mackerel move with the water temperature and flounder will move off shore. We went out yesterday and had a great day! Pictures coming…
Don’t forget that scallop season ends on 9/24/2013 so there isn’t much time to get yours. There is a slight chance of rain on Thursday and Friday increasing to 50% on Saturday so the season may end sooner than expected because of the weather. Give us a call to see if you can schedule a…
Scallop season is July 1 to September 10 unless extended. It has been extended each of the past two years so we’ll have to wait to see. Scalloping is done in shallow water (less than 3 feet) and is a lot of fun, at least picking them from the water is fun. Shucking them, not…
Scallop season is reopened from August 28, 2024 – September 24, 2024 unless changed by the FWC. You can view the regulations at MYFWC.com. On a recent trip to Port St. Joe, I took a visitor from Texas on his first ever scalloping adventure. It lasted several hours but we didn’t get near our quota….