Fishing Reports by Capt. James Howard

Sticking the Big Flat One!!! - One of the things about Flounder gigging is you never know when you might roll up on that monster flat fish… There are always plenty of Flounder to choose from but this time of year most of them will be on the smaller size. I try to pick thru them more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

When the Big Dog's Play! - Fishing July 27th in the creeks with Jack Ward and his second cousin Josh it was a work the edges chunk and wind kind of day… After trying some float fishing the first hour and catching only one Trout and about 15 Mangrove Snapper's it was time to more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Bonus Fish!! - Fishing Thursday July 25th with Pete Heist and his son in law Wes Pickens we started off float fishing with live shrimp in 20 foot of water in the river. Well we stayed there for almost 3 solid hours with the corks going down every drift… At first more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Got to Go Gigging!!! - The tide was right and the water was clean for a little 3am to day break gigging trip this past Wednesday morning July the 16th. No charter that morning so I was going Flounder gigging no matter what… I go alone a lot of times even though I pref more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

All About the Kid's - Fishing with Ken Magee and his son Blake yesterday the 16th it was all about just catching some fish mainly for Blake. Ken had told me when he booked the trip that he didn't care what we fished for he just wanted his son to catch a few… After the more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

A Trip to Remember! - You could not ask for anything more on an inshore charter than what I did fishing July 8th With Rob Schroeder and his group… We started off 2 minutes from the dock throwing plastics at a school of 3lb Blue fish. The birds were all over that acti more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Got To Love Kids! - Classic Red fish bite yesterday July 7th with Greg his friend Kyle and Kyle's father. We started off float fishing in the river in about 20 foot of water looking for some Trout. There were a few there but the 3 pound Jacks made it hard to get a shr more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

The Flounder Gigging is On!! - Well I went on my first gigging trip this year Saturday night July the 5th. Flounder gigging is very addictive once you have done it a few times. The tide wasn't exactly right and I could not find anybody to go but I had to do it…. Going solo is a more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

A Little Rain Never Hurts!! - Soon as we left the dock heading west Tuesday morning July the 2nd I slowed down and told my client Craig Gladue from Augusta Georgia we should put the rain gear on… You could see the heavy rain about 2 miles away and that was exactly where we wer more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Grinding Away!!! - The larger Trout have been hard to come by for me lately. Usually if we don't get a lot rain this time of year the Trout will move up the river with all the salt water. We have had enough rain I think. Also some of my spots up river are not producing more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville