2023 Welcome to Summer!

8 lb., 26″ Redfish – Caught 6/25/2023
Summer started with rainy days but the past couple of days have been calm and pretty in St. Joe Bay.
Time to schedule your trip?
Summer started with rainy days but the past couple of days have been calm and pretty in St. Joe Bay.
Time to schedule your trip?
Spring is here and the fishing is good.  Red fish bite year round but go to deep holes when the weather cools. Trout and sheephead begin biting when the water begins warming. Mackerel move with the water temperature and flounder will move off shore. We went out yesterday and had a great day! Pictures coming…
Don’t forget that scallop season ends on 9/24/2013 so there isn’t much time to get yours. There is a slight chance of rain on Thursday and Friday increasing to 50% on Saturday so the season may end sooner than expected because of the weather. Give us a call to see if you can schedule a…
Recently, Captain Mark had the pleasure of taking Mark Olis, a writer for Grand View Outdoors, on a fishing trip. Mr. Olis called it “The Hunt for Speckled Trout” and the complete article can be read here: The Hunt for Speckled Trout An excerpt, A local fisherman was telling me about Lyle’s fishing expertise and…
It’s hard to believe we’re already almost through February 2019! On October 10, 2018, Hurricane Michael blew into the Florida Panhandle with landfall at Mexico Beach and Tyndall AFB. It’s the worst storm I’ve seen here and devastating doesn’t really describe what we lived through but we are safe and will rebuild. The good news…
Scallop season is July 1 to September 10 unless extended. It has been extended each of the past two years so we’ll have to wait to see. Scalloping is done in shallow water (less than 3 feet) and is a lot of fun, at least picking them from the water is fun. Shucking them, not…
This is an article I received in April after meeting Mike and Dana while fishing in the canal. Meet Captain Mark Lyle who fishes commercially and offers flat bottom fishing charters in St. Joe Bay. We were sight seeing on the ICW just before Lake Wimico, about 12 miles west of Appalachicola in our dinghy,…