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?
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….
It wasn’t the most beautiful day but today’s outing with some young men from Tennessee was a “catching” trip. The catch of the day included speckled trout and bluefish.
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…
The weather has been in the mid to upper 90’s here in Port St. Joe, FL. The heat isn’t hurting the fishing in St. Joe Bay. Yesterday, Aug. 6 we caught more than our limit and put a lot back in the water. It was great fun! Scallop season is right now, so if you’ve…
This is an article I received in April after meeting Mike and Dana while fishing in the canal. Meet Captain Mark Lyle who fishes commercially and offers flat bottom fishing charters in St. Joe Bay. We were sight seeing on the ICW just before Lake Wimico, about 12 miles west of Appalachicola in our dinghy,…
It’s scallop season in Port St. Joe, Florida! This year the season began on July 1 and ends on September 24. It was extended a little this year and the scallops are plentiful. 4 people can have a fun scalloping trip for around $200. Bring your own snorkeling equipment and we’ll find the scallops! Schedule…