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Mike Such

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I am from Indiana, and I met Captain Greg in 2004. Since then I fly down and fish with him almost every month. He has fished with over 20 of my friends and family. He has watched my youngest grow up to be a nurse, while first fishing with her at the age of 14. I strongly encourage you to go fishing with him once and you will get hooked. He is very patient and will put you on fish every time. I have never been skunked. But more importantly he knows this area very well and will show you a great time. Some times the bite will start late and he keeps going through-out the bite. He loves what he does. When I retire I have Captain Greg in my monthly budget.
Mike from Indy
Feb 21
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Steve Kovack

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I have been booking fishing and hunting trips with Captain Greg for years, and I have to say he is the best prepared most knowledgeable, and best pure sportsman guide I have experienced.  I have fished and hunted all over the world, and I have been with some of the most famous guides you see on TV, and they just don’t hold up the standard that Greg delivers.  I now just take Greg with me on trips instead of hiring local guides.  Plus, he is so much more than a guide, he is a friend, great conversationalist, and, when needed, a nurse.  I have a chronic health condition, Greg on his own, learned about my condition and makes a point of checking up on me on our trips.  I have brought my 75 year old father on trips.  He has a new knee and hip, and Greg always finds an easy spot to board and unboard him from the boat.  Beyond the fact that he is a truly the best professional guide, it is this little extra things that makes Greg a worlds above the rest!  Book him and enjoy!
Stephen R. Kovac

St. Pete Beach, FL

Feb 20
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Fishing Report – Tampa Bay – Boca Grande – New Port Richey

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February has come and with it what seems to be the start of a very fishy springtime. While I have been out almost everyday the past couple months, it has been the past few weeks that I have been seeing more and more fish on the flats. And the Sardines that all the fish are looking for are here to.

The redfish are in big schools already, i have been fishing 4 schools for about two weeks now that all have around 100 to 200 fish in them. And the best part is they are eating very good, we have been able to catch them on both live bait and artificial s. The Speckled Trout have not been quite as good as I expected them to be by now, but they are here and they are big! If you find some fish away from the community holes you will catch plenty, but if you are sharing fish with others, be prepared to catch a few and look at ALOT.

Our Snook are starting to show up but mother nature keeps sending fronts our way to keep them in check for now. I think by the end of this month we will have a very good snook bite going and by mid March it will be full on. The other good thing I have been seeing while moving spot to spot on the flats are COBIA. Yes they have started to arrive and the ones I have seen are big boys to. While it is a little early for them to show up, they are here and I’m sure they will be hungry.

I know it is not warm everywhere but that is why everyone comes to Florida for vacation. The weather is great and the fish are hungry. If you are looking to get out on a Florida Fishing Charter make sure you are getting a full time guide that knows the area and has the right tools to get you on the fish at anytime. I pride myself on making sure my clients have a great trip and catch the fish they are after. Spring is our busiest time and days are filling up fast so if your looking to get out on a Tampa Bay Fishing Charter contact me as soon as you can.

Good fishing,

Capt. Greg DeVault

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Feb 13
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And the Tail begins!!

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A very funny thing starts to happen this time of year. Well it happens throughout the year but there are more of them this time of year. TAILS…all the full time guides or I should say the “busier” ones seem to grow tail this time of year, and although we try to lose them or shake them, they are very persistent. By now I’m sure you have figured out that I am talking about the people that follow guides around to figure out where they are catching fish. Your right I don’t own the water nor do I even pay rent on any one spot, but the people that come here and pay me to take them out, and catch the fish, that I have put many hours of work into, to figure there patterns out, in a way do. So when I see my tail starting to grow it tends to get (sorry for this one) under my skin. I am however one of the fortunate ones that have grown up in this area and have may spots to fall back on, and I have the luxury of a vessel that only a very select few can follow anyway.

But for those that cant “shake” there tail I feel bad, they have to endure the constant shadow of…we’ll call them Lee for lack of a name.   Lee is always getting to the boat ramp just in time to see where you are catching bait, and then cautiously follow you around, never getting to close but keeping an eye on where you are and where you have been. So when it is all said and done all of your hard work and knowledge has gone into his little GPS so the next time you are out he will be sitting right on the spot YOU showed him, And he didn’t have to pay you a dime. Now there is nothing wrong with this by law, but it just goes to show you what a lazy, good for nothing, and overall poor fisherman Lee really is. And the silver-lining to it all is Lee will fish the spot until the fish move on because they are tired of seeing his ugly mug Day in and day out and Lee will have to resort back to being a tail once again.

Now there is nothing wrong with being a tail, lots of animals have them and they do serve a purpose. Squirrels use them for balance, birds use them for direction, and most dogs show there emotions with them. But the most important use of a tail is where our Lee falls in to. On most animals the tail is very close to there butt actually a specific part of there butt. and our boy Lee fits his purpose in life perfectly…he spend all his time just covering his ass!

Well hopefully I don’t offend any of the Lee’s out there, if you fall in to this category do yourself a favor and spend some time trying to find things on your own. Fly out from under mommy and daddy’s wings and you’ll see there is a whole new world out there….Ive heard that somewhere before… You might even gain a little respect and not be the BUTT of everyone’s jokes!!

Till next week,

Lets go fishing Capt. Greg

 

Feb 04
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This Week on the Water

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This week we had another cold front come through our area and cool down what was a spectacular bite! Well what it did was force us to fish like it was winter again and not Spring. One good thing about the cooler weather is that it will give us a chance for a normal Spring bite by keeping the Bait away from the predators for a while. It wont be long before we are slinging the nets foe all the crickets we can carry, but for now it is PLASTIC, PLASTIC, PLASTIC!

I was on the water most of the week with some great clients and we were able to catch many slams, This is a great time of year to take a Florida Fishing Charter. The weather is awesome and the fish will always be ready to eat something. Here are a few pictures from this weeks charters.

See you next week,

Capt.Greg DeVault

Jan 30
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Fishing Report – Tampa Bay – Tarpon Springs – Boca Grande

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What a winter it has been! The past month has been absolutely beautiful as far as the weather has been concerned, mid 60’s at night and low 80’s in the day. And along with all this great weather has come some of the best fishing I have seen in years! Normally we are chasing Redfish and Trout this time of year as they are the only species that really tolerate the colder months, but with the warm weather this year the Snook have been very active and very hungry.

 We have been fishing mostly on the low tides that we get all winter, this forces the fish into the holes and troughs on the flats making the fish easy targets. and easy they have been. Redfish have been in very large numbers and aggressively feeding, the trout have been going crazy also, 50 to 100 a day have been the norm. And last but not least the Snook, they have been on the flats looking for anything moving so they can fill there belly.

This warm winter we have had is going to make for an early spring, with lots of fish and plenty of beautiful days to catch them on. Our spring usually begins in February here in Florida, and it is starting already. The bait that all our inshore fish feed on have started to show up, and with a few more weeks of warm weather we will be fully into our Springtime!

Here are a few pictures of the great fish we have been catching, hope you enjoy them and I look forward to getting out and catching them with you!

 

Capt. Greg DeVault

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Oct 22
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Fishing Report – Tampa Bay – Tarpon Springs – New Port Richey

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Mother nature has blessed us with one of the prettiest starts to Fall that I can remember. We have had absolutely gorgeous weather, and the fishing has been nothing short of spectacular. We had alot of rain this summer causing the water temperatures to stay a little cooler than they normally do. This helped out when we started to get a few cool fronts through the area, the water temps got down into the magical comfort zone for all our inshore fish a little earlier than it normally dose.  So for those of you that are waiting to get out now is the time, the Redfish, Snook, Trout, Cobia, Kingfish, Grouper, and anything else that is in our waters is eating like there is no tomorrow.

 The Redfish have begun to school up and are moving in to all the areas that have some Spratina grass mixed with any kind of hard bottom. If you locate a good bunch of Mullet in these same areas it is a guarantee that there will be Reds there with them. I have had several trips in October  that we were able to sit in one spot and keep the reds interested in our baits as long as we kept feeding them. By that I mean chumming them, it was like they didn’t care about us being there as long as we were feeding them!

 The Snook fishing has been very good compared to the last few years, I am seeing more Snook than I have seen in a few years and they are very active and hungry. I have been locating most of them on areas that have exposed points to the open gulf, and as always good current flow. They have been eating on every good tide we have had for the past month now, and the number only seem to grow as the cooler water and shorter days pull the fish in from there summer spawning grounds out on the beaches. I have been able to get them to eat a variety of baits from Sardines to pinfinsh and even cut bait when the tide in a little sluggish. The one good thing about this time of year is the Reds and Snook both are taking artificial baits just fine.

  If Catching all these Snook and Redfish aren’t your thing, or you happen to find them in the rare non feeding mood, You can rest assured that there are plenty of Trout and Spanish Mackerel to be had. With the amount of bait we have had this year there are plenty of Mackerel and Trout on the deeper grass flats to catch. When we have actually fished for them we were catching 100 to 150 fish per day and never moving the boat. While they are not the glamor species that we all want to catch, there is nothing wrong with catching a fish on every cast. And along with all of the Trout and Mackerel you will probably get a few Cobia to find your offerings also.

   As I said in the beginning this has been a great start to our Fall fishing and from the looks of things it is only going to get better as we move into November and December. It will be time to start looking for the negative low tides that dry out the flats and push all of the fish into the holes and troughs on our flats. This is exactly the reason and the time of year that I run boats that can access these areas and the fish!! My big bay boat stays on the trailer and I use the tools that get the job done, My Airboat and my Shallow Sport, Both of these boats allow me to take fishermen where the fish are. These fish will eat the best on the very lowest of the tide and if you are stuck looking at the holes from afar it is tough to catch them.

We have waited all summer for the fishing to break loose and it has…if you have not been out or plan on getting out you are missing some of the best fishing of the year.

Good luck and Fish on,

Capt. Greg DeVault

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Jul 28
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Fishing Report – Tampa – New Port Richey – Tarpon Springs

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WOW is all I can say to the fishing I have experienced over the past 3 months! It has been that long since my last report and for that I apologize, but I have literally been on the water everyday since March 20 until about a week ago. Needless I was whooped, especially with most of those 3 months spent doing battle with the mighty Tarpon down in Boca Grande! photo(4)

What a year it was in Boca Grande, there were more fish in the pass and surrounding areas than I have ever seen, and there were very few days that the Tarpon did not want to play. Along with the Tarpon we saw the rejuvenation of the snook population on the beaches and passes of south west Florida. They are not back completely but with the state keeping them closed for one more year at least, we are going to have a great year next year with them.

The season went by very fast as things tend to do when your busy. It seems as just yesterday I was fishing with Chris Pile and his family ( one of my first tarpon trips this year) and next thing I knew I was dropping my boat back in the Cottee river looking for reds and snook back home. Alot happened in between those two bookends but the one I am very proud of is what we were able to accomplish as  team Millers Ale House in the 2012 PTTS. For the 4th year in a row we were crowned Team of the Year, meaning week in and week out for the 5 week season we were the best out there! We have a great team and plan on at least 4 more!

Now on to the important stuff…..Whats going on out here in the water. Well one thing is for sure…it’s HOT but that doesn’t mean you cant catch fish. Actually the opposite is true, you just have to fish when the fish are feeding, and unlike the spring the feeding times are much shorter. You will want to get an early start, be on the water and ready either before or right at daybreak. Once the sun gets up the water gets hot and the fish will shut down. You will also want to fish on the best tides, in the summer high tide is king and if you can get an incoming in the early morning you are golden!

If your looking for redfish don’t expect to find big bunches of them around, concentrate on finding areas that have shade and deeper water and you will find some. The deep docks around Gulf Harbors are a good senerio to duplicate this time of year. If you are fortunate enough to have a high incoming tide first thing in the morning, look along the flats that have some hard bottom. The reds will use this time to get out in the cooler water and feed.20120714_141617

If you are looking for Trout your best bet will to get off the shoreline a good bit. The deep grass flats in 7 to 10 feet of water is where you want to be, you can drift and trow jigs with Mirro Lures Lil Johns and the DOA shrimp work great for this. Where you catch a few throw a marker buoy over and drift that area again. The Flats about 2 miles off of Hudson and Gulf Harbors are great areas for this.20120324_134421

The Final third of the trio is what most people are looking for in the summer. The Snook….they make it very convenient for the family this time of year. The biggest population of Snook will still be out on the beaches, you can bring the family out and beach the boat then start walking down the beach casting into the surf and catching snook. The one think you will want to key in on is the size of the bait that is on the beach, match the hatch and you should have no problem get your rod bent.photo(1)

This is the hottest time of the year to be out in the sun so make sure you have plenty of water and sun protection on board when you go out for a day of fishing.

Her are a few photos of what we have been catching the past few months, hope you enjoy them and if your ready to go fishing or scalloping give me a callphoto(7)

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