I hope everyone had a fantastic 4th of July weekend last week. I count my blessings that I live in a country where I’m free to go fishing for a living and I owe it all to the men and women who have served and are currently serving in the US military. Thank you! Now to the catching….

It’s been a really good week. I had a 6 hour charter and fished the Banana River on Thursday and we had jack, ladyfish, speckled trout, redfish, and jumped a tarpon that looked to be about 60 pounds. All these fish ate the exact same lure, a Saltwater Assassin 4-inch sea shad. These are my “go-to” lures when searching for fish. Most of the fish hit either the Opening Night or Slammin’ Shad color. The tarpon hammered a Cajun Croaker colored lure. Why am I telling you this? Because I’m a pretty good fisherman and conservatively consider myself to be a fairly decent fishing guide. There are a lot of Johnny-come-lately-newest, latest and greatest-lures out there that you can spend a lot of money on. I’ve used these same Assassin sea shad lures for about 35 years because they simply catch fish. If these are the lures that I depend on every single day to help me make my living, then you can probably catch a bunch of fish with them too. The other days I fished the near-coastal waters outside the Port. We had tarpon, shark, redfish, snook, ladyfish, jack, and flounder. Some really solid catching occurred. I’ve got some open dates starting the second week of July.

If you would like to get out and chase some fish with me go to my website finelinefishingcharters.com and pick the trip you would like to take and let’s go catch your next memory.