Banana River Fishing

Shooting Spanish Fly TV show on the Banana River

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:57:13 +0000

I wasn’t going to make a post about this because the credit belongs to Jose Wejebe, Derek Redwine, and his son Alden. BUT, it was such an awesome experience that I have to share it with you. Last year, I was invited to run the camera boat for the filming of an episode of “Spanish Fly” that was to be filmed right here on the waters of the Banana River where I guide and fish for fun regularly. What an experience this was! I never knew just what it took to put together a 30 minute TV show. Trust me when I tell you that Mother Nature DOES NOT cooperate when there is a camera on the boat. We could not even get out of the residential canals for the first 2 days because of the wind. Also, Jose, who is a little bit more in shape than I am, poles a flats skiff like its an Olympic event. So for me to keep up with him was quite a chore in itself. To make a long story short, we pulled it off. Many different species of fish were caught, and with the help from Merritt Island native Antanas, we wrapped up the show with a nice over-slot redfish. I had a great time, would do it again in a heartbeat, but I don’t want my own TV show. Too much like work.

Break for lunch.

Relaxing after catching nice redfish!

Hanging out with Jose Wejebe.

Quick picture with SF camera crew.

Redfishing with friends

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:51:56 +0000

My old roommate had never fished inshore before, but after watching so many episodes of (insert fishing show name here) he wanted to go catch a redfish. So with that being the goal, we set set off to mark a species off his list. We didn’t have to search too long before we saw reds blasting bait on a sandbar. These fish weren’t just eating, they were in a full blown frenzy! All you could see were bronze colored backs, 4 inches out of the water, and small mullet running for their lives. One properly placed Berkley Gulp Shrimp on a jig sealed the deal. Luckily I had another friend on the boat who was equally interested in our goal, and allowed me to get hooked up as well.

Pair of hungry redfish

Space Coast redfish

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:01:50 +0000

I love to sight fish for redfish on the Banana River. Here’s a picture of my clients from Alabama with a pair of decent red drum. As the weather cools off here in central Florida the redfishing should continue to heat up.

Clients with a pair of redfish.

Banana River Sea Trout

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:38:45 +0000

Blind casts pay off. Many times fan casting a flat we are sight fishing on produces great results. Here’s a nice spotted sea trout this junior angler caught on a Gulp! jig combo. The Banana River has a large population of sea trout and I love to fish for them. As the weather cools off big trout will start populating the flats and often will eat large top water plugs and live baits. Give me a call if you would like to go chase them.

Nice Banana River Sea Trout

Tripletail off Port Canaveral, Florida

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:17:30 +0000

The fall brings good numbers of large tripletail migrating by Port Canaveral, Florida. Many times they can be found floating under debris, sargassum weedlines or local buoys and channel markers. Tripletail often fall victim to live shrimp, finger mullet or small jigs. Here’s Paul with a nice Cape Canaveral tripletail.

Space Coast Tripletail

Port Canaveral flounder fishing

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:33:08 +0000

Certain times of the year flounder fishing in and around Port Canaveral can be on fire, give me a call to see if they are biting. I really enjoy fishing Port Canaveral and off the beach because you never know what you might catch.

Kyle with a nice pair of flounder!

Flounder offshore Port Canaveral, Florida.

Banana River Redfish

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:25:42 +0000

Here’s one of my charters Tony with a nice Banana River redfish he had to muscle out of the mangroves.

Tony with a nice redfish!

Big Sea Trout

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:14:44 +0000

On a recent fishing trip in Sykes Creek Aaron got this nice big sea trout fishing a Mangrove Shoreline with an artificial bait we also caught a few snook, redfish and some more trout.

Aaron with a big sea trout

Redfishing charter with kids

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:03:11 +0000

Pair of Red Drum for the boys

Some days everything just works out on the Banana River. Slick calm conditions, great anglers and chewing fish. We found a nice school of redfish and Henry and John took full advantage of the good fishing. Between the two of them they caught 9 redfish in an hour. I consider that good fishing and it’s always rewarding to get some great kids and their grandfather out on the water. MAKING MEMORIES.

Here’s a series of pictures from their charter.

Henry with his first redfish of the day.

Got another one on!

Double header redfish

Sykes Creek evening cruise

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:45:41 +0000

Yup…this is why I don’t watch TV in the evenings. A beautiful sunset cruise on Sykes creek. If you got the time I have the ride, I would rather be on the water then the couch. Since we live on the water I can usually squeeze in a late evening fishing trip or boat cruise. I charge by the hour depending on what kind of trip you want. Give me a call.

A Sykes Creek Sunset.

Sykes Creek sunset cruise