Wakes and Tales...

Spearing & Kayaking

Capt. Steve Broad — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:47:46 +0000

Something off the beaten path from flats fishing is my buddy Matty out on the local reefs freediving solo and spearing up some good eats. He’s getting some Hog Snapper, lobster and if you look at one if the pics closely you’ll see a Lionfish. Matty is out helping clear the reefs of those invasive POS’s. Nice job on that Cero from the kayak.

World Angling’s ‘Satori’ Preview….

Scott Baker — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:19:09 +0000

This was from last year, and its good…

A little tarpon controversy…

Scott Baker — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:42:13 +0000

Rollin’…

Scott Baker — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:20:50 +0000

Finally getting back in the groove. Doug came down a few weeks back and we scoured the ICW for Snook and tarpon. It was slow with tarpon, as we only saw one. Doug hammered the diamond trevally while we waited on the tide. The Snook never really came alive, but Doug did have a few eats but never came tight.
Everett and I caught a few Snook a few nights earlier, there were a lot of fish around. Also my action craft is up at air tight trailers getting a trailer overhaul. I’ll put a few pics up in a cpl days. Tampa tourney at the end of the month and keys trip in April.

No mas Lame’Os

Capt. Steve Broad — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:38:54 +0000

Well what can I say except its been a crazy 8 months for me. Going from a potential job opportunity in June that would’ve kept me in SoFla to my current job leaving SoFla for Ormond Beach. So after living in Ormond by the Sea a half mile north of Doug’s beach condo which that in itself is so ironic considering this area is awesome, I have settled in and finally gotten on the fish and wrote a report. Here in Ormond by the Sea we have the surf out front with whiting, blues, reds and pompano not to mention rideable waves at least 2-3 days a week. Out back we have the Halifax River with reds, flounder, seatrout, blues and sheepshead. So since things have finally settled down I’ve been able to get out fishing and here is a collection of what we have been catching lately. We mostly just fish a few hours before dark since the spot is just minutes from my house. . So now we’re just waiting for Baker and Dupe and Doug and anyone to come up and visit. What the hell are you guys waiting for, the room is ready anytime you are.

Capt. Steve

Lame-O’s

Scott Baker — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:59:32 +0000

Yes, we have been busy not fishing the last few months. Looking forward to dragging the boat somewhere this Sunday. Maybe Biscayne, Flamingo, or Stuart….We shall see…

Summer Rolls On…

Scott Baker — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:30:45 +0000

Been a long hot summer. Afternoon storms finally fired up over the last couple of months. We’ve fished the dock lights quite a few times and had some good fun on the fly rods on tarpon and snook.

Have had more battles with homeowners over the water under their dock being private property this year than ever. There are some real pricks out there. Even had one call the police, give them false info, and ended up with a helicopter running me down. That was a fun night! Haven’t had the camera out much at night, its been raining a lot in the evenings. Fished Biscayne Bay in the morning a little while back. It was pretty slow, but we did run into a school of good sized redfish. They were laying up in a series of potholes, impossible to see, and when the fly line landed, they all spooked. Had a couple big tailing bonefish pop up, but they weren’t quite in range, and they were digging hard.

Lucas turned one year old August 30, and there was a nice party for him a couple days before.

A week later we spent the long Labor Day Weekend in Ormond Beach, with the Dorr’s. We had a great dinner at the Fish House, where we tore up some oysters, tuna, cobia, crab and more. We had fun waves every day, and two nice redfish were caught to feed us the next two evenings.

The kids were surfing their brains out during the day, and we caught some fun waves too.

On the right tide there were some good shoulder high lines coming through. Next week Im heading down to Islamorada for a few days to fish in a fun tournament with Dave and Joe. I’ll get some photos from down there, and look forward to getting back out in Biscayne very soon. Peace!

Beach Fly Fishing

Scott Baker — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:58:24 +0000

Everett and I did a couple hours on the reef Saturday night with not much luck, got a few hours sleep and met up with Dave to drive a little north for some fly fishing on the beach. The surf was pumping, so was the current. There wasn’t much activity, but we did catch one snook, and got broke off on another. The snook had line wrapped around its head, and through its gills and out its belly, was amazing how strong it still was. We pulled the line through its stomach, and hopefully it will grow strong! Stopped and picked up some McCray’s for lunch on the way home.

Night-Time Tarpon

Scott Baker — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:56:36 +0000

Capt. Dave Saddler and I went out for a couple hours Saturday night. We had a bunch of fun sized tarpon and some pretty big snook hanging around the lights. We managed 4 eats on fly, and Dave landed one, which tried its best to jump in the boat on several occasions. We dodged the storms all day and had some fun when a late night break in the clouds allowed us to get out for a bit. We’ll probably be doing more of this kind of fishing, during the week. Its also a lot more pleasant out at night, it has been hotter than hell lately.

Alex’s new East Cape ‘Fury’

Scott Baker — Tue, 24 May 2011 02:27:33 +0000

My friend Alex just bought a new flats skiff, an East Cape ‘Fury’. I believe they are based out of Orlando. It’s got me kinda wanting to do the same!!! Congrats Al!!