Member since: January 22, 2018
Capt. Jim is a professional saltwater fishing guide based out of Rockledge, Florida.
I made a social media post on my Fineline Fishing Charters account earlier this week stating that we were experiencing the best fishing of the year. I’m sticking by this statement because the bite has been absolutely fantastic and should continue to be for the next 4 to 5 weeks.
Spring flats fishing is heating up over the last few days. The water in the Indian River Lagoon has warmed from 72 degrees up to just over 80 degrees over this time.
Big snook are just one of the species that we are catching at Fineline Fishing Charters right now. This one was the largest of the week at 37 inches and 24 inches in girth. That’s a chunky fish my friends!
Spring break is in full effect here on the Space Coast, and the families have come out of the woodwork to go catch fish with me over the last two weeks.
Well Gang, it’s been an interesting few weeks since my last Spacefish report. Obviously, when you have winds out of every possible direction in such a short period of time, it doesn’t give you much chance of establishing a pattern in the lagoons or along the near-coastal coastal waters. Along the beach, tripletail were good off and on, and cobia would pop-up on a few of the calmer days off of Playalinda Beach and also off of Satellite Beach.
Hey gang, it’s been an interesting few weeks as you all know with the weather the way it has been. Now that we’ve turned the corner on winter and we’re heading solidly into our spring season, you can expect the winds to pick up for the next 4 to 6-weeks.
Resilience is one trademark of big black drum. These fish can handle colder temperatures better than many of the other gamefish species that we target in the wintertime here on the Space Coast.
Ok gang, every year there are certain events that happen that I try to predict in advance, but often even us so-called “professionals” don’t get it exactly right. Obviously, my crystal ball isn’t 100 percent correct all of the time. Maybe it needs a tune up. Lol!
Near-shore action remains strong out of Sebastian and Port Canaveral this week. We’ve been catching really good numbers of tripletail that are averaging 8 to 15 pounds.
“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
