Fishing Reports by Capt. Chad Starling

Team Buck Rogers Jacksonville Offshore Report - 6-12-09 - WHAT A DAY!!! and I mean what a day. Let me tell you what I mean. Wednesday was like glass, Thursday was like glass. The forecast was the same for Fri but was it like glass? NOPE! It wasn't that bad though; we made 35 mph out to 48 miles and put our more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Team Buck Rogers Offshore Report - Jacksonville, FL - 5-30-09 PM - This was part two of a two part Saturday. The ocean had layed down from the morning so it was a nice ride back out to the SE. I knew the dirty water was out to BR so I decided to head for HG to see if the clean water was a little farther out. The w more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Team Buck Rogers Offshore Report 04-21-09 - After all the winds and canceled days due to the wind lately, I was so glad to be offshore again! The ocean started nasty but ended nicely before the day was out. We had a day to remember today. We limited out on red snapper up to 10 1/2 pounds (seve more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Team Buck Rogers Offshore Report 04-05-09 - The ocean was a lake this morning. There was only about a 1-2 foot swell and it stayed that way all day with a slight breeze from the south. Absolutely gorgeous! I like it when the weather man screws up in my favor. it still doesn't even out though. more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Team Buck Rogers Offshore Report 04-02-09 - St. Augustine, FL - What does a man have to do to get a break in the weather? Well after watching the wind over the past couple weeks and the storms over the past couple days; and seeing the 90% rain chance for today, my hopes of today being my window were dwindling fas more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Team Buck Rogers Jacksonville Offshore 03-14-09 - Today was pretty nasty but I had a tough crew who wanted to catch some fish. The winds were bad, the waves were bad and it was so foggy you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Well you could see your hand but you getmy point! The fog stayed more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Sales Tax on Fishing Charters? - Attention everyone!!! This is a lot to read, but it is very much worth it. I'm sending this to you so that you know what's going on in the fishing industry. Please make time to read it. As it stands right now there is a sales tax exemption i more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Jacksonville Offshore Charter Report - We beat the cold front today and went offshore. The water temperature was really cold so we had to go out to 25 miles before I was happy with the water temp. Even at 25 miles it was only 60 degrees. We found seabass every where we went but we kept mo more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Jacksonville Offshore Fishing Report - You'll hear no complaints from me on the weather today for a change. It was absolutely beautiful. We headed offshore wide open, fished all day, and headed in wide open. You couldn't ask for a more beautiful day! We caught several snapper but we had t more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Atlantic Offshore Fishermen Please Read!! - Let me begin with a quick recap: Recently the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) collected some information that grouper and vermillion snapper in the South Atlantic waters (which is our fishery) is being overfished (this is hogwash!) more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville