Capt Wes’ Fishing Archives: Jan 06 - July 07

My fishing crew today was Big Eddie his dad little Ed and his most favorite sister in the whole wide world Susie. Now Susie and myself have been fishing for over two years now. I remember when she could just get the line in the water. Since then she has worked herself in to an outstanding fisherman.

Susie bowed up with a really nice fish.

To our surprise a nice pompano taken on a gold 7m mirrolure, wow!

Here is Big Eddie with a nice speck.

Here is dad with a bluefish.

Eddie and his favorite sister with Ladyfish and Bluefish.

Of course he could not let his dad be left alone so they are pictured with a double on specks.

Our stringer:

12 bluefish

10 specks

1 pompano

1 ladyfish

Until our next fishing adventure tight lines!

God Bless
Capt Wes

My morning fishing crew was Todd, David and Pops. Now David was practicing for the 21 question show. He had alot of questions he needed answered before this fishing adventure would end. He also has every fishing magazine published.

David started the morning off with a couple of nice specks on pinfish under a popping cork.

We started working a stretch of beach and found a school of tailing redfish. Todd made an outstanding cast and was rewarded with this slot redfish.

We got back in front of the school of redfish and hooked up two more reds. Todd had one close to the boat and the hook pulled. Pops fish had worn down and Capt Wes went to net fish and got the chugbug caught in the net and the redfish came off. Sorry about that Pops!

Todd found a nice speck on a topwater 7m mirrolure.

Todd hooked up a 5 foot shark on topwater only to break off after 30 seconds of a fight. Then Pops hooked up a nice 18 inch speck only to have another shark grab it at the boat. We fought the fish for 5 minutes and finnally the shark released the speck. Pops with a badly scared speck.

Our stringer:

We ended up with:

1 redfish

5 specks

10 short specks

2 big sharks still swimming free!

After dropping off my morning crew I quickly picked up my afternoon fishing crew of Stuart and Jeff. We left for the bay for some sight fishing for bonito.

We found a big school busting blood minnows.

Stuart is quickly hooked up!

Stuart fights the fish to the boat.

And here is his prize. A nice 4lb Bo!

We caught one more Bo and had a couple of spools with break offs and the fish bite ended.

We then moved into Big Lagoon and found some male specks happy to please our anglers. Jeff is fighting a speck which was fooled into striking a 7m mirrolure in the middle of the day.

Jeff with his speck.

We ended the day with a stringer of:

2 Bonito

6 specks

and alot of laughs!

Until our next adventures tight lines

God Bless
Capt Wes

Joesph Sr. called to tell me he had a young fisherman who had started flyfishing and wanted to try his skills in the salt water. His name is Joesph Jr. and he ties his own flies.

Well I had Joesph check in with Maggie Gray at Gray’s Tackle to get some insight on flyfishing in our area as well as some of the flies he made need to have that he did not tie himself.

Oh boy did he talk Maggie’s ear off!

The next morning we met at the Big Lagoon Boat Launch and set off to bag a speck and redfish. Joesph started out with a fly he bought from Maggie. He had a few small hits and then decided to change to one of his flies.

Well it did not take long and he was bowed up with his first speck.

What a pose with his first speck! Addictive Fishing you better look out!

Here is Joesph’s mother Cathy with a nice speck of her own.

Of course we could not let dad go home skunked since he was the one who made this adventure possible.

Joesph ending a wonderful fishing adventure with another nice speck on fly. Joesph ended up catching 6 specks on fly!

Our total stringer was 15 specks.

Until our next fishing adventures tight lines!

God Bless
Capt Wes

The day was windy. As you can see Wade and Wilson are ready to catch a fish if the wind does not blow them away.

Here is dad getting some instructions from Capt Wes.

Kelly puts the first fish in the boat. A nice speck.

On the next drift she catches this very BIG sailcat!

Dad finishes the day with a Ladyfish.

The wind kept us to only one small location to fish and the pictures above were our only catches.

God Bless
Capt Wes

Here is Blenda who started the day with this huge red snapper.

Capt Myles wanted to drop down one more time before we ended the day. Sondra took advantage and brought this red snapper over the gunnel. 20lbs!

While all the high-fives were going on for Sondra’s snapper Blenda is all bowed up on a BIG fish of her own.

Now this is one huge Red Grouper!

What a great adventure for the Fishin’ Chix.

God Bless
Capt Wes

My fishing crew today is Joe. Joe is a charter bus driver who loves to fish.

Here is Joe fighting a BIG speck using a 7m mirrolure.

This speck tries hard to break free.

This speck weighed in at 4lbs!

Joe bowed up again.

Another nice speck for the fish fry.

That is a nice stringer of specks!

Total stringer:

20 specks

Until our next fishing adventure

God Bless
Capt Wes

My fishing crew Leo, Colby Kelsi and Justin.

Now the fisherman here was Kelsi. She caught more fish then any other angler on the boat! Here is Kelsi fighting a big fish.

Now here is her catch. Two nice specks using a pinfish under a cork.

Justin bowed up on a nice trout using a topwater plug.

Justin with his boated fish.

We could not end the adventure without another nice speck from Kelsi!

Until our next fishing adventure

God Bless
Capt Wes

My fishing crew today is my very very dear friend Martin, his father Allen and his very classy mother Sandy. What a lady! You see Martin, her son has cancer. He is a battler and doing very well. Sandy cares for him everyday and has to work a full time job to boot.

Martin is like any other teenager. He is a sophmore in high school. He likes to joke alot and sometimes can be alittle sassy!

I met Martin over a year ago by chance when I found a thread on a fishing forum that was asking about how to set up a fishing trip for this fine young man. He loves to fish! Well, this is our second fishing adventure. I hope you enjoy!

Here is Allen and Martin listening to Capt Wes for instructions.

Allen with his prize bluefish caught on topwater.

Martin never allows his dad to get to far ahead in the fish stringer tally.

Dad comes right back with another on one of my favorite lures a chartruce chugbug!

Here is my classy lady, Sandy.

A kodak moment with my dear friend Martin.

This was a wonderful day on the water with very good friends. I can’t wait for our next adventure!

If you would like to keep track of Martin you can by going to http://www.caringbridge.org/ga/martinblaisdell
If you have trouble trying to get to this site just give me a call.

God Bless
Capt Wes

Keep in mind that I was deckhanding most of the day and really missed a couple of outstanding shots including the 20lb snapper! Joe Z. if you got the shot of the snapper and huge grouper please let me know.

Enjoy!!

Our deckhand Brennan and Fishin’ Chix Barbara.

A few Fishin’ Chixs getting ready for the first drop down. Steph, Tracy Sarah and Claudia.

Claudia fighting a nice grouper.

Elese and Steph watching Fishin’ Chix catch fish!

Sondra (mermaid) with a really nice gag. She also boated the BIG RED SNAPPER at 20lb. I was so excited for her that I missed the shot, sorry Sondra.

Elese with a healthy red grouper!

Brennan carefully removes the hook from a mora eel. Hey Brennan are you missing any fingers?

Susan with her first red grouper of the day.

Susie resting after catching red snapper all morning.

Blenda, Elese and Susan catching a breeze as we move to our next spot.

Claudia knows how to bait her hook. She just graduated last week from hook baiting 101!

Sarah listening carefully to Brennans instruction on HOW TOO.

Here are all the FISHIN” CHIXS after a great adventure of fishing!

And the man who made all this possible Tim Falzone. Thank you Tim! You rock!

I hope you have enjoyed the adventure as much as I did and will keep you posted on the airing on the Today Show.

God Bless
Capt Wes

New Orleans comes into town for some sun, fun, cheers and yes some outstanding fishing cause they are going to do some serious eating of the fish they catch!

My anglers are Elizabeth, Urban (a legend in his own mind) and Terri.

We start out for some redfish for blackening and Elizabeth takes care of that in short order with this nice 5lb red. Urban is already talking about the spices he is putting on that redfish.

We are now working the grassbeds with topwater plugs and Terri is hooked up with her first fish of the day. She is too much for this fish…

as she boats this nice bluefish. Now Terri does not like to harm the living but as I start to release this fish to the water she quickly stops me. She wants Urban to work his magic on grilling this beauty!

Urban finnally gets a fish on the stringer with his first of many bluefish.

Elizabeth and Terri double up on a couple of nice bluefish.

Here is the stringer for tonights grilling. I wonder what Urban has in mind for the tasty delights.

Until our next fishing adventures!

God Bless
Capt Wes