Member since: January 22, 2018
Capt. Jim is a professional saltwater fishing guide based out of Rockledge, Florida.
Well, the red snapper season dates have been announced and may I just say what a joke they are again this year. Captain Justin and I usually do not participate in the red snapper season in Atlantic federal waters (which consists of two whole days of fishing again this year🤣).
Our tripletail bite has been really good this week here at Fineline Fishing Charters. Captain Justin and I have been catching these fish off floating weeds in the Canaveral area.
Our snook bite has been strong again this past week along the Space Coast. We’re getting good numbers of slot and over-slot fish. The best live baits are big shrimp, croakers and menhaden fished near residential docks, spoil islands, and mangrove covered shorelines.
It’s late spring and the tarpon have shown up in force in our local rivers and lagoons. They are about three weeks early this year compared to our normal migration of these fish that show up each year.
It’s been a windy couple of weeks on the Space Coast. Here at Fineline Fishing Charters we have been working hard to get our anglers on “the bite.” Perseverance pays big dividends because we have found a good group of 30 to 80 pound class tarpon that are VERY cooperative.
It’s been a hit or miss week for us here at Fineline Fishing Charters. Heavy winds and some rain have really kept us on our toes on the days we’ve been on the water which have been few and far between due to cancellations.
It’s been a little bit windy this past week here on the Space Coast, so our options were to hide from the wind and fish along leeward edges of our coastal lagoons. Fishing near mangrove covered shorelines can be challenging for novice anglers, so here are a few of the things that I look for when we’re trying to put my fishing charter clients on a good bite.
This past week brought a lot of windy days for us so we didn’t fish the near-coastal waters at all. The Indian and Banana River lagoons were full of speckled trout and black drum though.
We’ve had some unsettled weather over the past few days, but the tripletail bite has still been pretty good when we have had a chance to get out and look for them. Live shrimp rigged on an Assassin jig head, or free lined to these fish are the best way to target them. As we progress into the spring and summer months these fish will show up around floating debris more and more.
We’ve had a solid snook bite again this week along the Space Coast. These fish are becoming a staple for us on our fishing trips during the springtime of the year. Although you can get snook to strike artificial lures on occasion, live offerings are much more reliable to get these fish to strike.
“If you want to!”
Red Snapper soon is just around the corner with dates soon to be announced…
Capt. Jim Ross says he catches mangrove snapper like this one with light leaders and small hooks, which will get you more bites on the mangroves than standard bottom tackle.
Beating the storm, hitting that black drum bite!
The black drum bite is still booming in the Lagoon!
Big barracuda caught with Capt. Jim Ross
