Fished my first charter in a while. We had a great day, catching and releasing over twenty fat red snapper that would have easily eclipsed the 20 in minimum size limit. In addition, we caught a 25 lb and 35 lb cobia. We decided to spend some of the afternoon sight fishing for cobia. We…
Went south to chase kingfish again. At least this time the fish were more cooperative! I fished three nights out of Jupiter Inlet and caught my limit each night. Then, I fished a couple days out of Fort Pierce. I caught a limit one day and the next day, I caught about half a limit…
Being in the slow season for charter fishing combined with the snapper closure and the seasonal grouper closure, I decided to follow the kingfish south. I fished the Northeast Grounds between Sebastian and Fort Pierce, Fl for a couple days. There were bunches of large schools of fish seemingly everywhere… The problem was the fact that the fish were…
The biggest problem with deep sea fishing is the decision making capabilities of the idiots at the National Marine Fisheries Service. It is more like a fisheries dis-service. They use extremely flawed data to falsely determine that a stock of fish is overfished. They then use this irrational determination to close healthy, viable fisheries while…
SEBASTIAN– When the bottom fishing got tough Saturday, Scott Bussen pulled a couple tricks from his fishing repertoire to give his Relentless II team a Bluewater Brawl tournament win Saturday. Fishing in their home waters out of Port Canaveral, the Merritt Island team of Bussen, Mike Nicholas and Corey Kramer weighed in catches totaling 98.50…
