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Trout, Reds, and Triple Tail
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Spring is of course in full swing and the fishing has been really good. The trout never left the rivers again this year and seem to be in every nook and turn on the creeks and sound. Most are averaging around 15 to 18 inches which is a huge difference than the usual 11 to 14 inch fish we are use to. We have been getting them on Fish Bites Shrimp on a jig head and on lead eye toad flies. The Red fish are fat, with the creeks, flats, and just about every spot in the rivers teeming with glass minnows, mullet, shrimp, and crabs. They have the golden coral buffet every where they look. Fishing with Scott Leffler from TX a few days ago we had a 10 pound red fish before the sun even started to show above the shy line and 2 more after that that we both over 10 pounds. We headed out on the beach to see about getting a triple tail on fly and were met with over 20 boats and not many fish. He cast at 2 fish and got the cold shoulder so we switched to the catch every thing fly, the toad. He cast at the 3rd fish we saw and it ate. It ended up being a 6 pounder. The tide was about to turn to start out and we headed back inshore to look for floaters. By now the sea breeze had started to blow and our first spot had white caps on it. We moved to another spot and 3 fish popped up right infront of the boat. We were moving fast with the wind and I put the powerpole down as Scott L. made a quick cast infront of the fish. One of the fish slammed the fly and was off toward TX. This fish meant business and after a run that took over 200 feet of backing I questioned if we would land him or if he would cut the leader on one of the oyster beds that litter the bottom. At the end Scott L. won the battle and was rewarded with a beautiful copper fish that was as tough as they get. The fish went over 11 pounds. We hit 1 more flat as the sky got dark and the rain threated to come our way. As we putted up even with no sun we could see the fish moving in and out of the grass. One fish went air born after the fly as the fine came tight and another slammed it as it fell from a blade of grass what a day!!!!
Tight Lines and Happy Fish
Scott
 
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For Sale Ranger Banshee
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Won in the Jacksonville IFA this certificate entitles the owner to 1 Ranger Banshee, 1 Yamaha 40-hp 4 Stroke, 1 Loadmaster trailer, 1 6 ft Power Pole, 1 Minn Kota Trolling Motor, and 1 Humminbird Electronics. Retail with all equipment around 23K. The certificate can be upgraded to another Ranger like the Banshee Extreme through a dealer like Mosquito Lagoon Outfitters. It is good through Oct. 12, 2008 and if the boat is ordered after July 1st you will get a 2009 boat. Ranger Has changed the Banshee deck and it now has a more finished deck cap. Asking 15,500.00 OBO. Order the boat the way you want it. Contact Captain Scott Owens at 912-270-7300 or Captain Rob Aldridge at 904-403-6136 for more information.
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Waters clear and fish are poppin
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Here are a few we got on plugs and fly in the last few days. The weather has been great and the winds calm.
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Bulls on the beach
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Well its spring and the bull redfish are cruising the beach with the menhaden pods. Cruising the beach at first light can produce a pot of gold if your lucky. Here are a few we got on monday.
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Seeing double as fishing heats up with rising water tempatures
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Fishing has really been on fire and early morning topwater poppers have been taking a lot of trout and even some redfish. As the sun starts to rise the trout seem to vanish and the redfish start to show themselves along with some monster black drum. Now that the crabs are out and the shrimp are starting to show up everywhere the fish are really tailing hard at low water. We have had a lot of rain and the rivers are almost gold and the fish are really copper in color. We took 2 bul redfish 1 about 25 pounds and the other 18 on the beach last monday so after my trip I ran the beach looking for pods of fish. The menhaden pods are up and down the beach and pelicans are diving every where. Summer is just around the corner.
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Great days on the water
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Well the pictures say it all we have had some awsome days on the water. The fish are happy and the water is clear. Winds are light and the sun has been shining. Gary and his wife were a blast to fish and we didnt stop laughing all day. We had lots of cookie cutter reds in the 8 to 9 pound range and 2 over 10 pounds. I also fished yesterday down in Amelia Fl. and will have some great shots soon to post so check back.
Scott
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Redfish in the rain
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Here are a couple of fish we caught on wednesday in the sun and thursday in the rain!
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Great times
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Well the shrimp and small glass minnows have shown up all aver the flats. The mullet are running for there lives and the Flies are getting slammed. Here are some great shots of will and Frank with some nice reds.
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February Report
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So far February has been really good. I have had several trout trips both bait and artificial. The trout are thick and I am glad to see it. We fished way up into some creeks 3 days in a row and caught well over 50 each day with several small redfish as well. Most of the trout are in the 14 to 17 inch range but we have boated several over 3 pounds as well. If the weather holds out for just a few more weeks and water temps start to climb I think we should have another banner year for inshore fishing.
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Breaking Records Lots of Pics
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Well last Monday Jim and I fished together as we have for the past 3 years and had a great day on the water setting Jims personal best redfish at just over 10 pounds. On Wednesday we teamed back up and headed out. It was outgoing tide about 5 hours before low and we had great conditions. After about 45 min. Jim laid a perfect cast on a cruising school of fish and pulled a huge 12.5 pounder out of the school beating his biggest from 2 days before. This fish put Jim over 100 feet into his backing which is something redfish just don’t generally do. The fight went on for over 15 min when we finally got a good look at the huge 12.5 pounder
As the day went on we landed another fish just under 12 and I told Jim that I have never had a client catch 3 fish on fly in a half day trip. Jim caught several fish that just didn’t make it. They were 6-9 pounds but no 10s. Then it happened Jim made another perfect cast and a fish slammed the fly. After about 10 min. we landed another huge fish which weighed 11 pounds. We celebrated with a cold water and as soon as Jim stood back on the bow the fish run us over. Jim cast and another red slammed the fly. Who would have known another fish over 10!!! Jim calmly commented and said well if we are going to set new records we might as well make sure they stick a while. I smiled and agreed. After about 4 and a half hours we not only caught 5 fish over 10 pounds we also beat a record of most fish caught on fly in a half day trip. Way to go Jim!!!
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3 pigs Tuesday 1/8
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Here are 3 nice fish client Chris Webber got today on fly.
 
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Big Success on fly
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Well it was perfect yesterday with clear waters like the keys and sight fishing redfish. Jim and I had a great day.
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stripers report
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Went out with Rob and Satilla River Keeper Gordon Rogers for some stripers. Here is what we found.
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Great start for the New Year
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A great friend, client and former boat builder Steve Cone brought his 2 boys down from Wilmington NC. His sons James Allen 10 and Steven 13 were so fun to watch fish. Steven which is 13 years old can cast a fly with the best of adults and caught 1 nice redfish and managed to break off 2 others and have the hook putt on 3 more as the day went on. He did a great job in landing his first redfish on fly. James Allen at 10 can cast around 30 feet with an 8wt. He has a perfect cast and will soon have the strength and knowledge to be deadly on the water. He had 2 fish eat and lost both one due to the captain.(oops) This trip was the high light on my 2007 year and it reminds me that fly casting is so simple a 10 year old can do it with a little practice. This was New Years Eve.
On New Year’s Day the winds were forecast to gust to 30. We met at 8am and I was prepared to do battle with the boys and their dad. Loaded with 3 quarts of live shrimp and spinning rods we headed off into the windy morning to a small creek where we should be out of the wind. As we arrived the first rod in the water was slammed and a redfish about 17 inches fought his way to the boat. To make a long story short 10 hours went by in no time as we managed 20+ redfish and about 30 trout. What a day and what a way to start the New Year. The 2 days the boys and Steve Sr. spent with me were great fun I don’t get many kids there age fly fishing on the skiff and it really brought back memories of me and my day some 20+ years ago.
Happy New Year
Scott
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New Ambush from Gordon Boats
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After wet testing the Ambush I can say that I was quite amazed at its stability and all around performance. I have been on many "micro" skiffs and find myself a lot of the time more worried about falling out than fishing. Here is what I found while testing the 17’7” skiff. It was rigged with a 25hp Tohatsu 4 stroke. There were 2 of us on board with a combined weight of no less than 425 pounds. As we idled out of the Oak Hill boat ramp and made the turn into the northern part of the lagoon. The boat bolted to a plain and we were off. It blasted through chop like its big brothers the 16 and 18 Waterman. As we ran across inches of water and got a feel for the skiff we cut several turns at around 90 degrees. The Ambush turns sharp and responds fast. As we came to a stop off a point we stood up and began to move around the skiff. Rob and I were amazed at its performance and now it was time to see how it would fish. Walking down the gunnels of this skiff is no problem. The deck is 58 inches and at the water line it sits 50.5 inches. It tracked straight and true in water to skinny for any respectable redfish to swim in. Over all I think the Guys at Gordon Boatworks have outdone themselves again. With a price point starting at around 18k it’s thousands less than other skiffs in its class. If you are a serious about shallow water fishing and would like to test drive the Ambush give the guys at the shop a call. Ask for Tom or Bobby which can be reached at (386) 345-1338. While at the shop make sure to take a tour and see the quality they put into every skiff.
Ambush specs.
17'7"
Beam to waterline 50 1/2"
Beam on the deck 58"
Weight =305 lbs.
Max HP 40hp
Draft A: 11 Gallons of fuel, 25hp = 2 3/4"
Draft B: 11 Gallons of fuel, 25hp, two people equalling 410 lbs = 3 3/4"
Tight Lines
Capt. Scott
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To our troops over seas
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Over the past year I have be honored to take several groups of military men and women out fishing. I have gotten calls on 2 different occasions from Iraq telling me to keep the fishing reports coming. It wasn’t long after I got another call from Andrew Mcdonald who was going to make it home around thanksgiving and he wanted to go fishing with his family. On Oct. 20 I met Andrew and his family at the dock to find out that Andrew was home after his 3rd tour in Iraq. Soon after that I got a call from a young man who was in the Army named Lawrence and he set up a fishing trip for he and 4 of his friends. He and 3 of his friends were about the leave for their 3rd tour and I sit here 2 days before Christmas I find myself thinking how fortunate I and other Americans are to be able to kiss our loved ones, walk down our streets, and go fishing. Lawrence if you and the boys are following my reports like you said you would then I would like to say thank for everything you are doing to keep Americans FREE. I know that if it were not for all the, fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, friends, and loved ones over in Iraq and Afghanistan that I would not be able to do these things. Please be safe.
Thank You & Merry Christmas
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its just been the best weather and fishing all year
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Its slow the week or s before Christmas every year but the last 2 weeks have been the best conditions all year. The water is so clear and it is some of the best sight fishing Ive seen in months for singles and doubles laid up on the flats and corners of creeks. I think casting at a single fish and watching it eat is about as good as scratching off a lotto ticket for a mill. I could use the cast but it would just bring problems and I have yet to catch a redfish that caused me problems in life.
this pool was full of tailing redfish and even trout. The tide was so low that the fish were trapped and we had to stay in the creek so we would not get stuck.
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Miami and Everglades Trip
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Here was the schedule
5am-5pm fish
5pm---- Meeting with Johnny Walker Black Label and the boys
No Really we fished and fished and had a great time here are a few pictures.
 
AND MAYBE THAT LAST BEER WAS A BAD IDEA. NAH
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its been a while
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Went fun fishing today and here were the results. Enjoy 
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big ol boy
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This lucky guy caught the biggest red I have seen on a flood tailing ever. Congratulations. 15 pounds of fish in 12 inches with his tail 12 + inches out of the water. What A sight!!!! He mesured over 36 inches which is all my
deck ruler went to. Time for a new ruler.
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Snooking in Palm Coast
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Caught a few snook down in Palm Coast Fl last week
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redfish from the past few weeks
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here are a few redfish from the past few weeks
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Jessica's first redfish in the grass
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This was my girlfriends first redfish in the grass today. Great job!!!!
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Tailers in the grass
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Here are a few pictures of tailing redfish from today
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Tarpon Tarpon Tarpon
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Well David Reese came down and caught the first tarpon of the year back on june 10th and as of now he has caught the last on Sep. 24th. All in all we ended up with around 35 tarpon landed this year with one around 160 pounds. Congrats David
 
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Its hear the all new Gordon 18
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Tom and the guys at Gordon boats have really raised the bar. Thanks for building the finest flats boat around!!! The finish work and quality is as you know flawless. keep it up!!!! I had my old side console for almost 3 years and it was the best boat I have ever owned and after going through this one WOW have you guys gone above and beyond. It is truly a work of art and a fishing machine. |
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80+ redfish 20+ trout 15+black drum and flounder in 2 days
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Well I have been on the road fishing but before I left I had Terry Stevens who reps Sufix, Quantum, Strike King Lures, and other fine outdoor products which I proudly promote and use. We headed out the first morning to a special flat which holds lots of redfish and black drum. As I turned the motor off and poled onto the flat I saw tails everywhere. Some red and blue and some grey and blue. Terry locked onto a school of fish and made a perfect cast to the front of the school. As he did I grabbed a rod and cast to the side of the school. Next thing I knew we were both hooked up to big redfish. As the day progressed we catch black drum up to 12 pounds and redfish to 13 pounds. As the tide began to cover the oysters I put on a Strike King spinner bait called a Redfish Magic. Working the grass line I was able to catch several trout to 3 pounds while Terry also caught severel trout on a Zulu jerk bait. The next day we caught over 50 redfish from 7:30am to 10:30am on a small flat that was so full of redfish that we caught them on every cast. Later the same day we worked the inter coastal with spinner bait to score redfish, trout, and, flounder. We must have had more than a dozen slams (redfish, trout, and, flounder)that second day. What a 2 day run we had and we got to test some new rods and reels by quantum which did the job with no problems at all. Look for the super light line of rods from quantum. They are awesome rods.
Scott
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pickin creek!!!
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We threw everything I had at a large school of fish yesterday morning as Roger Mast and I scratch our heads I decited to start up a creek where it seemed the fish were headed. As we rounded the first bend I saw a large fish roll some popcorn shrimp alng the bank. As Roger pitched a Gulp around the oysters I started to do the same and all of a sudden was hooked up. The creek was littered with small redfish in the 10 to 12 inch range. Thats when Roger hooked up and a fish that at first seemed small started heading around the corner as the drag on the Quantum Cabo said you better start after thi fish. I jumped up on the platform and started to pole further up the creek and as I rounded the corner there they were a large mound of oysters ready to assist you know who in breaking us off. I told roger to tighten the drag and pull. As he did and we manadged to dodge the razor sharp oysters and a few min. later land the beautyful 30 inch 9.5 pounder who had made his way into a creek just as wide as my waterman. Great times!!!
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Backs and tails
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Well John and I had some crazy fish this morning when the tide turned the fish got shallow and I mean shallow we had 20+ fish with there at least 3 to 4 inches of their backs out of the water. Here are the picks we had black drum triple tail and trout as well!!!!!!
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Fishing report for inshore and near shore
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The Tarpon have shown up and large numbers are being caught. I have been so busy inshore fishing for redfish that I hav net been but a few times. We had a great afternoon last week when I took Scott and his buddy out for an afternoon of shark fishing and ended up jumping 2 fish 150++ pounds. We went 2 for 5 on Sunday landing one fish that was in the 130 pound range and on Wednesday we jumped a big fish on fly using a large toad fly in green and yellow. The bait and fish seem to be everywhere and I will make it a point to go after them with fly next week with friend Pat Dunn. I will post an update as soon as I can.
The inshore fishing has been HOT trout and redfish are still all over. The redfish are big and I heard from a fellow captain that the bulls were 200 feet off Jekyll beach Monday and he caught 4 or 5. Here are some picture enjoy.
 
 
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Missing TARPON oh who cares with the inshore bite we have going on!!!
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Well the title tells it all. The Tarpon are around but not many. Instead we are catching huge trout and redfish and the bite seems to just be getting better.
Scott
WOW
 
This was only from 2 trips and I have been running about 7 days a week. I will try to keep everyone up to speed as to what is going on. Right now BIG TROUt and HUGE redfish!!
Until next time
scott
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7/7 report 100 tails were waiting for Ben Lyons and John as the sun came up
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As day light broke and we idled down the flat I cut the motor to start to pole when I saw the gold backs and tails of a large school of fish. As we got our eyes focused on the school we realized that we were looking at about 100+ tails. We tied on a tan and gold fly and presented it to the front of the school after 4 or 5 casts the fish didn’t seem to even look at it. We decided to change to a black and purple toad and on the first cast a 10 pound fish slammed the fly. I got a new 6wt TCR Sage last month and have not been able to break it in until today and did we ever break it in. We ended up with 2 more fish over 10 pounds and 5 more 8 pounds and up. We also lost 2 others after they ran off into the backing and the hook pulled. What a day we had the fishing was great and the company even better. I look forward to fishing with you guys again.
Scott
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June was on fire
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Well June has come to an end and WOW what a month. I had several clients set personal bests with redfish and trout and the trout bite is still on fire. It is July 5 and I had the pleasure to fish with David Ike and his 2 great sons this morning and they caught over 60 trout several flounder, ladyfish, sharks, jacks, and a few small redfish. Both boys got there first slam catching trout, flounder, and reds on the same day. Early morning low water has produced many redfish and several over 15 pounds. Fishing creek mouths and drop offs has proven to produce flounder and trout. Big trout are still around and we seem to catch most early at low tide on topwater plugs. Tarpon are around and seem to be where the bait is and not in there usual places out on the beach. That can change over night though with a shift of the wind which can move bait over night. Look for bait pods and Schools of jacks on the 3 to 5 pound range frequent the bars beach side on the top and bottom of the tides and triple tail are still floating off jekyll island. I have had my best luck on the last of the incoming and first of the outgoing tide. On the fly try a small floating toad fly with a foam body instead on yarn and boat or artificials work best when used under a popping cork. As for the rest of July I plan on keeping it as hot as the weather. Fish On!!!!
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Fathers day special
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Well I took it easy on sunday (fathers day) even know I am not a father unless you count my dog Mason who I consider my son. Anyway we spent the afternoon playing ball and fishing at the satilla and after some must needed rain well all I can say is that the river is looking much better and its alive again. Flowing slow but flowing once again. I had several bream pop the fly and got a nice large mouth to eat. The water is cleaner with less algae. The bass were pushing small bait fish onto the banks and after casting had a great eat where all I saw was mouth and lips but I missed him. I cast several time back but nothing. I worked my way down the river and didn't have much luck so on the way back I dropped the popper back where the bass was and bam he ate it. Its great to catch a large mouth on a 4wt and the more I go the more I learn. They are easier to target than I thought. Anyway Mason got to swim and play ball and I got my biggest large mouth out of the Satilla. Enjoy
    
 
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Just having fun!!!
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We are now starting to get a break from mother nature on the wind. It has been 5 to 10 for the past 4 days and the outlook for the rest of the week is for the same. We just came off some of the biggest flood tides I have ever seen and things will soon start to settle down and the water will start to clear over the next few days. The triple tail are still all over the beaches and tarpon are hear as well. We had 13 triple tail on a hald day last week. WHAT A DAY. The trout bite is hot and will contuinue to be good at least for the next month or so. If you like screaming drags and bent rods the big spinner sharks and black tips are covered up behind the shrimp boats. As for fishing you cant catch um sitting in front of the computed so call now and lets go get-um.
Link to the first tarpon of the year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzag0FqXsUI
See you on the water
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Its summer
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Well I got to break a great sweat this week and enjoyed every min. of it. We have had some great days of fishing with just about everything from tarpon to trout. Here are a few more pictures and remember you cant catchem sittin on the cauch.
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They are here Tarpon that is
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I booked a tarpon trip about 3 months ago and new it would be hit or miss as it would be early season. On Monday a week before the trip no one had seen or tried to catch any tarpon. The bait was no where to be found and the wind was still blowing. Everything changed though on Wednesday when the winds let up and I headed on an afternoon trout trip across St Andrews sound in search of some trout. On the way in I saw what I thought was a tarpon free jump in the middle of the sound. The next day I was fishing the beach and had a small school of fish roll past the boat so I knew that they were here. We left the dock at 10am low tide and headed out. After catching bait we started south looking for schools of rolling fish. It didnt take long to find what I was looking for turns and gullson the sky line. As I headed east offshore I started to see schools of bait getting slammed and soon saw a tarpon roll. We anchored up and set the lines out. With in 5 min. we had a fish crush a free swimming bait and jump 3 time before comming off. Soon after we had around 50 to 60 pound black tip and brown nose sharks lite up our drags for the next 20 or 30 min. then it happened again this time a bottom bait and we were hooked up to a fish that we know was what we were after. How because it about jumped in the boat after making a quick run at it. THe rest of the day was filled with schools of bait being hurled into the air as hungry tarpon and sharks followed them by the boat. We ended up 3 for 7 and it was the first day anyone had been out for the silver king. It looks like we are going to have another great year of tarpon fishing here in the Golden Isles.
Bow to the beast and come see what its all about.
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Thanks David I also had a great time!!
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Captain Scott!
As someone who has lived and worked on St. Simons Island for over 15 years, I find myself in a wonderful position to be able to charter a fishing trip at will with whomever I want and do so on a regular basis.
I have taken charters with numerous Captains but NONE have compared to the outstanding experience I had with you on the water yesterday. From your quick response to my email request right down to your knowladge of the area and fish you provided the ultimate charter fishing day. My out of towns friend could not stop talking about how many trout and redfish they caught and how you took the time to teach them so much in such a short time. They will as I be back!
I'm not sure how people who are not from this area are able to find out about you, but I can assure them that YOU should be their first choice when planning a day on the waters of southeast Georgia or northern Florida.
It is obvious how much you love and respect the water and I look forward to wetting a hook with you many more times in the future.
Life is good,
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May pictures and reports (lots of pictures)
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Fishing in may has been great with lots of big trout and reds. We have 20+ redfish days and when we are able to find the trout they are in the 1 to 5 pound range. We have been using several patterns and a larger fly seems to work best. Colors have not seemed to make a difference. Most of the trout have been deep and we have been throughing DOA and Gulps for them. The flood tides brought lots of fish as well and will continue to produce great fishing until fall. early morning top water has been great as well. Triple tail are pleantyful on the beaches and I have seen 20+++ pound fish caught although I have only managed to land a 17 pounder that was taken on fly by gary stevenson 2 weeks ago. The big sharks have show up and are ready to eat any fly in their path. If the conditions are right shots at tarpon are also just a few weeks out. Tight lines.
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After a week of subtropical storm Andrea it was great to be back on the water
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Well after a week of 25 to 40 knt winds it was great to feel the breeze and sunshine out on the water again. I had friend and client John Ferguson and his brother in law out this morning for a few hours and got both of them their fish redfish on fly. Congrats boys!!! We started out about 8:30am working a flat and found a nice school of fish rolling and rubbing the bottom to scratch off those nasty parisites that have to be driving them up the wall. You can see them all over one fish. Tight Lines
 
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its time to relax and have some fun
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The fish are starting to bed and they are eating poppers early in the morning and late in the afternoon. This is a great way to spend the day and catch bream, sunfish, red breast, blue gill, war mouth, large mouth bass, catfish, gar, and more. St. Croix 4wt fly rods make it lots of fun and this action will last through summer. Call if you are interested in heading out for a great time at the Satilla River.
Enjoy
Scott
New beds waiting for new life
All smiles
Casting the cover
Griff smiling big
Having fun
oh big boy
Griffin working the ledge
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Trout Triple Tail and Reds
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Weather you want to look for a floating triple tail on the beach, pop corks for trout, or sight cast redfish now is the time to do it all. I have been fishing full day trips that we have been able to catch lots of trout up to 5 pounds on the high outgoing early in the morning until the sun gets up to see floating triple tail. Then we head out to find the floating fish for several hours and as the tide drops we head in to sight fish for redfish on the flats. It is an exciting time of year as summer closes in on us. The bait is all over the beaches and the pellicans are diving non stop along the beaches and inshore. Here are some pics from this week. One is friend and fellow Captain Mark with 2 triple tail over 20 pounds
WOW
Tight Lines
Scott
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April 10th-20th report
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Well its been windy but fishing has been great. We are starting to see lots of triple tail on the beaches and have even had shots at a few in the grass at high tide. We are still catching BIG fish on the flats and the bulls are on the beaches and willing to eat a fly on a calm day when we can work the bars ocean side. The flood tides the past week were good and there are a lot of fat happy fish around. I am starting to see the big shrimp on the flats which means early morning and late afternoon lows will be awsome and top water poppers and gurglers will produce some really fast action. We are also seeing pleanty of trout around and will continue to see more and more as the white shrimp move in. Cumberland beach will start to hold trout, blues, jacks, and ladyfish and the tarpon are right around the corner.
Thanks for making spring such a fun and busy time guys and gals
Scott
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April 4th report and great time fishing with Davis
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Well this is a great follow up to yesterdays post where I vented on everyone but this is why. Today I fished a very young but very mature 15 year old named Davis Fraker. It was a pleasure fishing with this great young angler who tought himself how to fly fish and has been fishing fresh water rivers around the Atlanta area. He was a great caster, had a great eye for seeing fish and most importantly listen to what I had to share with him. We started out fishing the grass edge on a small flat where we saw fish as soon as we started polling down the flat. What was bad was that he saw the first 2 fish before I did. Once we got settled down he caught his biggest fish ever on fly which was a 7+ pound red which he sight cast perfectly. The winds started blowing so we moved to another flat where we saw fish but got blown out by the sea breeze. Once again I moved back to the flat I saw the guy killing all the fish and guess who was on there way there as I motored up to the flat and staked off. If you guessed a 25ft killer you got it. This guy pratically raced me to the flat and then he through out his anchor 30 feet from my boat. I held my breath and moved down the flat further. We found the fish and started catching them with in 10 min. and as they started to run past my boat tward the killer I stomped my foot to run them back the other way. It worked he sat there for 3+hour and only caught 1 fish which he had to through back. We ended up with 5 or 6 fish landed and another 4 that ate and came off durring the fight. Back to the killer please get some manners dude at least when a fellow guide with a flats boat came to the flat he called me to see where he could come in with out messing us up. We all should work together on the water but dont expect any acts of kindness from me when you over kill fish and try to ancor 30 feet from boat.
Thanks Davis for the great day and I know I will see you soon.
Scott
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april 3rd report PLEASE READ
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Had a great day with Bill and his some fly fishing. The day started out with great weather but by 2 the sea breeze was gusting to 15+ which made casting a pain.
I went to a flat I enjoy fishing and really got steamed when there was a 25ft T Top boat with 6 corks flying everywhere. I counted 20+ redfish that went in the cooler!!!!  A certain charter boat captain should be shot. I cant believe a guy who makes his living off the fish and waters around here would abuse this vital resourse. Would CCA or DNR please do something about our limits on fish. 5 redfish per person x 6 or 7 hillbillies means 30 or 40 dead redfish which have never reproduced. Oh wait what about trout 15 trout x 6 or 7 hillbillies means 100 trout dead. Sounds like a lot well multiply that x 2 thats 200 fillets who in the hell is going to eat 200 fish fillets? I have seen this more than one time and am tired of it.
I have seen several schools of redfish wiped out because of overfishing. I am tired of catching small 10 to 14 inch trout! Some people blame it on the bait guys but I dont think it is just them. I have a close friend who is one of the finest fishing guides around and he kills his share of trout but he and I were talking a month or so ago and he said something that shocked me. He lets all redfish go. He said you could blind fold him and drive him to any spot of a river and with in 20 or 30 min he would be catching trout. I believe him because I have seen him do it.
but redfsih he says are a different story and they are! We need to educate these people who feel that unless they show up to the dock with a cooler full of fish they dont catch fish. Its not about oooos and ahhhhs its about the future. Please educate our youth and others who feel free to kill our kids fishing futures. At this point with all the development, bad habitat managment, and over fishing I pray that I will have a job as a guide in 5 years. Its a shame to ruin such a great fishery. 
Thanks
Bill for the great memeries I lock them away to remember in the future.
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From Mark Rhoades
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Scott,
I wanted to send you a personal note to thank you for the terrific guiding that you provided my father-in-law and I the week of March 19, 2007. Your experience and knowledge of the waterways and the species was outstanding. You obviously care a great deal not only about providing a world class experience for your client, but also about the conservation of the ecosystem and habitat. It was a true pleasure to hook into my first salt water fish ever, and on a fly to boot. I know it wasn't the largest ever but perhaps one of the most appreciated, thanks again. I would recommend your services to anyone, what an experience!
Attached are photos of Percy and I with our respective fish.
Mark Rhoades, AICP
City Planning Manager
City of Berkeley, CA
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March Madness is on with great weather 3/28/08 report
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Frank fished with me for the past 2 days and WOW at the redfish madness. The first day was filled with tailing fish and huge black drum and the second day was even better!!! We fished down south the first day and the water was so clear we were about to see large schools of redfish all day. We also had schools of black drum by the 100s following the mudline from the boat as we polled the flat. My guess was a free meal was turned up by the boat. Anyway on to the second day. The second day we fished up north and it was foggy as hell and 54 degrees but the wind was not even moving the water so that was a huge plus. We pulled up to the flat and the fish were everywhere. They were all ove the shrimp and the birds were over the reds. It was like October only its March!!!  Anyway we got ready and moved in on a large school of fish and on the first cast we had an eat. This went on solid for about 6 hours!!!!! 
Great times I even caugh a few!!
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March has been really good and really bad
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Sorry for the lack of reports!  I have been slammed with full day trips and not had the chance to update what is going on. The end of February was very exciting and we had lots of big fish on the fly and light tackle but Feb. was also windy and cold which made fishing tough. We have had 2 cold fronts move through the area in the first 2 weeks of March but now the weather is finally settling down and the fish are starting to bite We have had some serious low tides (some of the lowest I have seen) and the fish have been slightly off there normal patterns but once we find them they will eat. The really low tide make them move off into a little deeper water and they tend to be a little shy. In the last week it has been either really good or really bad as the title of the post tells. We have however been able to land several fish over 15 pounds and lots of 10++ pounders as well. they have been feeding more on the slack low and first of the incoming. Today 3/27 ws the nicest day I have fished in a long time and the fish were acting like it. First thing this morning the fish were schooled up and feeding with there backs and tails high out of the water. We watch the fish for at least an hour feeding as it was quite a sight. There were about 100 + tails and backs bobing around as the tide fell. They were happy fish and we ended up with one over 10 pounds and a few smaller. We also saw a school of black drum that some must have went 30+ pounds it was crazy. Have a look at the pics and enjoy. I will start doing reports at least 3 or 4 times a week so check back soon.
Have fun and remeber be nice and make a friend on the water we all live on this little planet and life is to short to be an ass.
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going off all day with Rivers and Glen Manager Ben Austin (Pictures)
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I had the pleasure of having Ben Austin who manages Rivers and Glen fly shop in Augusta Ga. down to fish on Monday. He came down on sunday and after a great italian dinner and a few beers 6am came quick. We headed out and were in fish as soon as we go on the flat. They were very spooky and we had to be on our A game. The sun was shining and the winds were 10knts or less. We had a tuff start but ended the day with lots of fish 2 of which went 11 and 14 pounds. All the fish were caught on 6 weights with toad and wabler patterns. If you get to Augusta make sure you stop in and see Ben they have a great shop with lots of goodies.
Enjoy
Capt Scott
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windy early morning full of fish and fun!!
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Well its still blowing 15 to 20 but we made it out this morning for some action at about 6:30am and were covered up by fish as soon as we could see. We had 3 schools of fish working the flat and each was the size of a half acre lot. We manadged to get several fish hooked up and broke 1 off. Greg Donoghue (below) fought the wind and landed this red at about 7am along with others. We have some great tides this week so give me a call and lets go fishing.
Scott
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sorry for no reports I have been slammed
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Fishing has been great and the trout and pleantyful still in deeper water around bridges and docks. It has been some what windy so the flats have been blown out until the last few days. We managed to get a few reds on Sunday and Monday but they were very spooky and didnt like our offering. We tried everything in the box and finally got fish to eat a 2 inch gulp on a small TBS jig head. We are also still catching lots of black drum on the flats and creeks.
Until next time
fish hard and be nice to everyone on the water and off it pays off in the long run
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1/31/07 redport
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I headed out with Scott Ford on Wednesday for an afternoon of fly fishing. The sky was blue but the wind was blowing 15kts out of the north north east. Fishing was tough although we saw several big schools of fish. Scott managed to get this 6 pound red to eat a crab patteren and had another black drum on. We had a great day and made the best of the wind.
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Fly Fish Georgia Tee shirts on Sale Now
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Please email me if you are interested. The shirts will be 12.50 which includes shipping for short sleeve and 20.00 for long sleeve. Sizes avalable are Medium, Large and XL. Payment can be made with visa or Master Card.
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