It wasn’t the most beautiful day but today’s outing with some young men from Tennessee was a “catching” trip. The catch of the day included speckled trout and bluefish.
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…
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…
The weather has been in the mid to upper 90’s here in Port St. Joe, FL. The heat isn’t hurting the fishing in St. Joe Bay. Yesterday, Aug. 6 we caught more than our limit and put a lot back in the water. It was great fun! Scallop season is right now, so if you’ve…
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,…
Spring is around the corner and the fishing season will soon be in full swing! Don’t miss the BOAT and let the best get away, book your charter now! We are in the process of merging Flatbottomfishing.com and Stjoebaycharters.com. Both domains should land here in the near future.
Lots of rain today along with thunderstorms. March has certainly added some much needed rain with more to come the middle of next week. Temps in the 60’s probably won’t last for long but we’ll enjoy them while we can. We were planning to get some current pictures to post here but it looks like…