Capt Wes’ Fishing Archives: Jan 06 - July 07

I had the pleasure of fishing with my good friend Bill today. We were expecting some stiff winds but never got them. We captured this beautiful sunrise as we turned in the narrows.

We had a dozen shrimp and took the first out of the bag and cut it into 4 pieces. Bill dropped down using a #2 circle hook with a 20-inch flora carbon leader and a ¼ oz egg weight. He was quickly on.

After several runs to the pier Bill bags a nice frying size redfish.

Bill grabbed the second piece of shrimp and wow two for two on the same shrimp.

Bill with a nice black drum.

Ok so what would the third piece of shrimp produce? Another nice black drum. Then Bill grabbed the last piece of the first shrimp and yes you guessed it on again!

Bill has a sheephead

Well we catch a couple of more sheephead and Spanish and end up with a nice stringer of fish for the frying pan.

Until our next fishing adventure…tight lines!

God Bless
Capt Wes

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The wind howled all morning and finally started to slow some when Mike called and asked if I had the afternoon available for fishing. I told him I had canceled both of my trips for the day but the wind did look like it was calming some…lol. Mike said let’s go!

We went to the pass and started trolling speck rigs for Spanish. We had several hours of fishing and no strikes. The wind switched from the north to the northwest. It pick up to about 20 mph. We changed tactics and started trolling S25’s. On our first pass Mike is hooked up with what we hope is a BIG redfish.

Five minutes later I am netting a stud gag grouper at 11lbs.

Our next pass resulted in Russell bowed up with our second grouper.

We make three more passes and break off two more grouper.

Then the Spanish bite picks up and Mike is hooked up with a nice fish.

Now Jerald is the only angler without a fish but that ends pretty quickly once the Spanish bite started.

Not a big afternoon bite but we certainly did not get skunked!

Until our next fishing adventure…tight lines!

God Bless
Capt Wes

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I fished today with my new anglers Morgan (dad), son Greg and his friend Preston.

We started the day fishing the flats in hope of a nice gator trout on topwater. Here Greg and dad are working topwater chugbugs looking for their first explosion.

Greg has a nice explosion! After a good battle he boats this nice speck.

We started trolling speck rigs and dad quickly got hooked up with the first spanish of the day.

We spot some fish striking on top and Greg quickly gets bowed up with a very nice fish. It turns out to be a sailcat.

Greg and Preston are both bowed up with spanish.

We caught all the spanish we needed so we started sight fishing for schools of BIG BLUES. Here is a school in formation.

After sight fishing for BIG BLUES we decided to yet change gears again. I re-rigged the poles with #1/0 circle hooks, 17lb fluorocarbon leader 20 inches long with a one-ounce egg weight. We used cut shrimp as bait. We found our spot and began drifting. On our first drop we had a triple hook up on sheephead

We caught a dozen sheephead and decided to change gears one more time. I had dad rig up his fly rod with a white/green clouser minnow. We were headed back to the flats. A few casts later and dad had his first saltwater fish bowing his rod. A really nice Spanish!

Back at the dock we have a nice stinger of fish for a good ole fish fry.

Wow…one great day on the water!

Until our next fishing adventure…tight lines!

God Bless
Capt Wes

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Here is Bruce and Sandy. They are down for some relaxation and some fishing memories.

We start out cast topwater lures for some female specks early in the morning.

After a few casts and a couple of hook ups Sandy is showing off the first fish of the morning.

As quick as the speck bite turned on it turned off.

We picked up and headed to the pass. Set out a couple of speck rigs and started trolling. Here Sandy is ready for a strike.

It did not take long and Sandy was hooked up with this nice spanish.

We we ended the day with a stringer of 15 spanish kepted and 1 nice female speck. As we were coming trhought the north cut captain spotted a family of dolphins. We stopped and Sandy could not get to the gunnel fast enough to see these beautiful animals. Of course these animals could not get to the boat quick enough to see Sandy too!

Captain talks to an old friend.

See you later old friend!!

Wow what away to end a great fishing adventure…tight lines!

God Bless
Capt Wes

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We did an afternoon trip for spanish. My anglers were Tristan who says he never catches any fish. Trevor who is just glad to be on the boat. Sand bagger Mason and of course dad who made the trip possible.

We start real quick with Tristan hooking up before he could flip is bail.

Tristan put up a great battle and landed this spanish and removed a black cloud that had been following him for a while.

Mason and Trevor both ready to set the “HOOK”!

The sun is shining on Tristan today. Here he is with another spanish.

Trevor gets into the action as well.

Mason is fighting a spanish of his own and lands the fish.

Trevor catches this little squirrel fish while I was untangling some lines.

now a couple of Kodak moments to end the day.

Well these anglers kept 6 fish to have a taste of these great fighters they did battle with and to see what culinary delight they would bring to the table.

Until our next fishing adventure…tight lines!

God Bless
Capt Wes

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Mark and son Nick brought their friend Tom and off we went in search of a good spanish bite. Well we arrived to find the Ospreys out looking for spanish too.

As we watched the ospreys searching for their food Nick did not take long and was fighting the first of many spanish.

Nick holding a nice 18″ spanish caught on a speck rig.

Tom struggled for awhile but finally got into the game with this nice spanish.

Mark spent alot of time taking pictures of both the fishing and the blue angles. Here he is fighting a nice spanish.

We had a fine stringer of fish for the fry daddy tonight.

Until our next fishing adventure…tight lines!

God Bless
Capt Wes

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Well I had my redneck yankee family from Wasaw Wisconsin dig themselves out of 6 feet of snow just to come down and fish with me today. On the boat was Brad (dad) and his son Trevor. I started fishing with these two anglers 7 years ago. Trevor was only 7 and about half the size he is now. We got an early start and caught this sunrise as we rounded the narrows.

Out first stop was the FP pier. We saw plenty of fish but no takers. We then moved to the rocks and got a few hits and hung a couple but lost them. Then Brad caught this nice sheephead.

Trevor hooked up several fish but had the hook pull in everyone. Our bait was low and I told Trevor we had to change the size of his hook. I went from a #2 hook to a #1/0 hook. Yes you hear me correctly. Abigger hook. First drop down and Trevor caught this nice sheephead.

Well after Trevor caught this sheephead we did not get another bite. Hey Trevor could it have been like 7 years ago. Fish Finder showed two fish and after you and your cousin caught a fish each…no more fish on the screen….hmmmm?

Ok we rerigged tackle and placed speck rigs on and started trolling for spanish.

Trevor quickly got hooked up.

Trevor with a nice spanish for the fry daddy!

Ok Brad was getting alittle impaticent. Trevor was catching them pretty quick and pulling them over the gunnel. When BAM dad on!

Dad with his first of many this day.

Dad and Trevor with many doubles during the day.

Well it was a wonderful day. Good family on boat and plenty of fish. We released about 25 and kept enough for a good ole fish fry.

I sure hate momma Lisa and Molly were not on the boat to enjoy. Maybe next year.

Until our next fishing adventures…tight lines!

God Bless
Capt Wes

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Don, John and the captain watching a beautiful sunrise as we dream of pulling redfish, sheephead and black drum until our arms fall off.

Don starts the day off with his second drop down. A nice sheephead taken on a shrimp.

Don catches a nice black drum a on shrimp. Two up on John.

Well after many bait stealers John bags a nice black drum.

Then he comes aboard with a really nice redfish. The smile tells it all!

Here we are after a very successful day. Ready for cleaning.

Well Rocky (mom)…money well spent. I hope you got what you needed done today cause the boys sure did.

Until our next fishing adventure…tight lines!

God Bless
Capt Wes
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Well we started out with red skies in the morning sailors take warning. Ok what could happen? Well as we were tying off at Ft Pickens the captain runs over the anchor rope. Ok 20 minutes and i get it cleared from the prop.

So we start fishing for sheephead using a #2 circle hook, 15″ 17lb floracarbon leader, swivel and a 1/8 oz egg weight.

Brett started the morning with a nice sheephead.

Chris followed with one of his own.

Lost and caught a few more and got a nice show from the blues!

Then the red skies appeared again. Bow rope broke and we were adrift. Dang! So the fishing went down hill from there. We fished the pass and jetties…NO FISH!

So we ended up in a small bayou and picked up a couple of undersized redfish. Here is Chris with his first.

Well we made it back to the dock with out anymore red sky problems!!!

UNtil our next fishing adventure…tight lines!

God Bless
Capt Wes

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Well it did not take long to catch a sheephead once we were anchored up! Here is Steven with the first of several nice sheephead.

Alex who put the trip together with a nice sheepie.

Of course the trip would not be complete without Bill catching one too!

Alex with a nice black drum.

Now this critter you do not want to mess with. Alex called this a fire worm.

Steven finished out the day with this nice black drum.

Until our next fishing adventure…tight lines!

God Bless
Capt Wes