Fishing Reports by Capt. James Howard

Taking What You Can Get! - I was able to slip in a gigging trip and a fishing trip before the blow started this past Saturday. We did actually have some low tides for a change. I think the full moon helped as far as the low tide… The water is still very dirty so the gigging more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Grinding Away! - There were plenty of Flounder to be caught last week. I know several people that had there limit including my self on one trip but not a lot of big fish like you would expect… On one trip we had 11 Flounder and I bet we didn't have a fish over 2.5 more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Great Time of Year!!! - The Flounder gigging has been very tough since Tropical Storm Fay came thru 6 weeks ago. The water is still not very clean and the tides are not getting low like they should… I have done a few trips and it has been hard to find clean enough water more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Fishing the Monster High Tides!!! - The big blow last week kept me from doing 2 of the 3 trips I had booked. That is the way it goes some times… It was bad enough that our tides had been running way above normal but the North Easter pilled it on even more. Tides 4 to 5 foot above no more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Fishing Hard!!! - The weather was decent last week until Friday. Now we are in what looks like a 5 or 6 day North Easter. Wind 15 to 25 and lot's of rain to go along with it. We really don't need more RAIN!!! I had several trips last week ending on Thursday Septemb more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

The Changes are on the Way!!! - We have had some very nice weather this past week and plenty of heat and humidity to go along with it… The water is still stained from the 28 inches of rain we got over a month ago due to Tropical storm Fay. Yes we are still dealing with the aft more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Getting Past the Storms!!! - Well it looks like Ike is going to leave North Florida alone. With all the storms the last several weeks possibly affecting the east coast of Florida not many people have been calling to book fishing trips… I had a trip with Phil Baker this past S more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

After the Storm - Storms, Storms and more Storms! Things are still out of whack in Jacksonville Florida due to Fay last week. The water is very dirty and the tides are way above normal. I did have 2 charters this week that were pretty tuff. We did catch quite a few fi more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Back to Normal!!! - Not any fishing this past week due to Tropical Storm Fay! That was one storm that just wouldn't go away. We got plenty of rain and wind in Jacksonville Florida that's for sure… Things are settled back down now and it looks like a great week ahea more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Feed Before the Front - Mike Schildgen his daughter Noel her friend Shannon and Mike's niece Abbie and myself took off early Tuesday morning August the 12th looking for a good morning of fishing… Well that's exactly what we got! The trip was originally set up for Wednesd more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville