Ye Ole Pirate Fishing Charters

Memories that will last a lifetime

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Ye Ole Pirate has been having an awesome spring/summer season. The fishing action is as hot as it gets and the action should continue well into fall. This week, one of our regular fishing families had their best trip ever with over 50 sea bass, trigger fish and a beautiful keeper grouper.

The picture on the left is from our home page and the picture on the right shows the boys comparing notes about their trip. They can't wait to come back and beat out their record.

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Cool breezes, sunny skies and plenty of fish

Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Well folks, the beautiful Florida weather is back! The coldest winter on record is long gone from our memories and we once again have those cool breezes and sunny skies making some great fishing opportunities.

The Cobia are inshore and the offshore (deep sea) action is great. For the latest information and for any special discounts, call us at (904) 277-2086 and ask for Wanda.

Late Summer / Early Fall

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Naturally, the weather here is still beautiful. Clear blue skies, warm ocean breezes and a perfect balance of temperature and (lack of) humidity. The fish are still hitting hard and as always, we are filling those coolers with a nice variety of fish. We think that a picture is worth a thousand words, so here's a few pics-

Those who can, do. Those who can't, blog

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Needless to say, my title says it all. Ye Ole Pirate has been out on the blue waters of NE Florida and SE Georgia slamming the heck out of the grouper, snapper, trigger fish, flounder and cobia and it has left very little time for writing in this blog. I missed the entire month of July. We have been so busy baiting, casting, reeling, gaffing and fileting the Mate hasn't even had time to snap decent pics or download what he has from his camera.

I did have Wanda (Mrs. Captain Steve) come down to the docks this past Thursday (9/06/09) to get a few pics of this smiling family showing off their 'best of' their catch. The coolers were full with keepers but the fish in the pics were their favorites.

Pretty good for a family of first timers!

Here's another respectable catch from last week.

It has been an excellent summer for fishing as the grouper and snapper have decided to stick around rather than head off for cooler water as they usually do come late summer. It has given Ye Ole Pirate the option to bottom fish and troll increasing the overall catch. It also gives plenty of opportunity to the different styles of fishing that different people enjoy.

I will leave you with a picture of our "Catch of the Week" & "Catch of the Month" so far. It's still early in the month so anything can still happen. A nice cobia-

I'll get back to blogging when I get a few minutes and the fish aren't keeping all of us here on Ye Ole Pirate quite so busy.

Hot Fun in the Summertime

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

June was an excellent month for migrating salt water species here on Amelia Island. Offshore, 'Ye Ole Pirate' spent the month trolling for cobia, barracuda, Spanish mackerel, kingfish and mahi-mahi. Inshore also yielded cobia, barracuda, Spanish mackerel, shark and whiting along with a number of very large rays that amazed the children.

Bottom fishing offshore produced nice catches of grouper, red snapper, sea bass and trigger fish to name just a few.

It's been reported that "summer tarpon weighing over 100 pounds and king mackerel up to 50 pounds have been numerous at both the St. Mary's Inlet and the Nassau Inlet". Ye Ole Pirate is getting ready for some of this action come July. We are running a few specials in July. Give us a call for the July specials.

If you're looking for some exciting shark action, you'll get plenty of attention from a variety of shark species this month. The big ones are in and they're hungry.

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Bragging Rights - Mahi-Mahi on June 17, 2009

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This nice mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) aka: dolphin-fish or dorado, calitos, maverikos, or lampuki was caught while bottom fishing for grouper and snapper in 65 feet of water. We were 10 miles offshore when a large group of kingfish appeared feeding off in the distance. We continued bottom fishing when one of the teens on the boat noticed a mahi-mahi swim directly into our path from under the boat. Captain Steve grabbed a handy pole with a flat line and gave it a cast. The mahi-mahi grabbed the jig with gusto and Steve handed the pole to one of the young men on the boat who successfully landed the 15 pound fish.

Week of June 1 - 8, 2009

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Things have been busy on Ye Ole Pirate since the fish are biting. We scored a 58 pound cobia and daily full coolers of fish. The grouper, snapper, trigger fish and sea bass are still running strong with plenty of excellent sized ones for the taking.

Click on the picture above for a larger view of the cobia.

May 17 - 31, 2009

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The offshore fishing has been great. Excellent weather and calm seas have produced full coolers of sea bass, grouper, snapper, trigger fish and shark. The inshore charters produced very nice catches of bull whiting even with the water still being muddy from days and days of rain from tropical storm Anna. The Spanish Mackerel have been abundant but very finicky and elusive.

Returning from Sunday's 3/4 day offshore trip, some nice sized cobia and barracuda were spotted hanging around the channel markers (inshore) between Cumberland Island and Amelia Island. Ye Ole Pirate will be back looking for them later this week with the inshore trips. We are also expecting to see some respectable kingfish soon.

Cut up pogie worked best with the grouper and snapper and the sea bass were hitting hard on the squid. My Mate had a good work out helping some first timers get their catches into the boat and not one keeper was lost.
The early morning action was fast, furious and non-stop with more keepers than throw backs. The early afternoon produced more action and less keepers but still provided a very respectable catch.

New Record for Drum?

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

An article from the "News-Leader"

http://www.fbnewsleader.com/articles/2009/02/20/sports/06terry.txt

A new way of reporting

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A new year on board 'Ye Ole Pirate' brings us a new way to give you our fishing reports. We hope you enjoy this blog as much as we enjoy boasting about our catches and charters. Our Mate, Joe will be bringing you the latest information direct from our dock.