The Indian River Lagoon does it again! 4/13/11

Had Mike, Kathy and Nathan on the bow of the boat today in search of redfish and trout.  We fished the Indian River Lagoon and the bite was on.  Mike and Kathy both caught a nice slot sized redfish with there son Nathan who caught a nice 25inch trout.  In the last ten minutes of our trip Mike made a cast and hooked this nice 45inch red that took him on a hour and forty minute fight.  If your interested in booking a trip you can reach me at finandflycharters@gmail.com, www.finandflycharters.com or call (321) 652-5903.

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Capt. Jamie Glasner
Fin & Fly Charters

The Atlantic does it again!!! 4/9/11

Ran two trips today, the first one was with Gene and Dick for snook and redfish at the jetties.  I met Gene and Dick at Sunrise Marina this morning and headed out south to catch are bait for the day.  After we caught our bait we headed straight back to the jetties.  Today was a little crowded on the jetties, but that didn't bother us at all, we had the secret bait...pogies!  We didn't even have our bait in for five minutes when Gene hooked a nice 34inch redfish followed by Dick hooking and landing his first snook.  By the end of our trip Gene had landed four nice over slot redfish and Dick landed two upper slot redfish along with one snook.  My second trip was with Doug and Andria Childs from Apopka.  Doug was referred to me by a good friend of mine Capt. Scott Lum.  Doug and Andria had never caught a cobia before so that's what are main targeted specie was for the day.  I had my other good friend Chesnee mate for me today to help keep and eye out for the cobia.  We headed south and cast netted our bait and kept heading south fishing the bait pods on our way down.  The first fish of the day was a six foot black tip shark, that took Doug for a good run.  two hours went by and still no cobia.  I started heading back north when Chesnee saw something strange out in the distance about a mile away.  It looked like white caps from a boat wake, but there was no boats around us at the time so we started heading towards it when what we thought was a wave from a boat was actually a pod of two hundred tarpon rolling and blasting on pod of minnows.  Everyone was super excited.  We baited all the hooks with live pogies and threw out the lines.  It wasn't long till Doug hooked into about a 100 pounder that took him for an hour fight.  Once we landed Doug's fish I noticed something strange looking trailing behind the tarpon, it was cobia! Doug, Andria and myself casted at them hooking into two of them.  Doug had about a 30 pounder on and Andria had on a 15 pounder.  Doug tired his fish out first but the hook pulled when we were about to gaff it.  Andria fought her's for another ten minutes when I was able to gaff her's into the boat, she was really excited.  We started heading back north to port when we came across another cobia that was stubborn as all get and wouldn't bite.  At the end of our trip Doug and Andria went home with some nice cobia for the dinner table.  If you are interested in booking a trip with me you can reach me at finandflycharters@gmail.com, www.finandflycharters.com or call (321) 652-5903.

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Capt. Jamie Glasner
Fin & Fly Charters

Snook fishing with the Slow N Low Girls 4/3/11

Had a call from a friend of mine asking me if I could take some girls that work at slow n low out fishing, I said sure.  So the next morning I met up with Annette, Lauren, and Mary at Port Canaveral for some snook fishing.  We headed south out of the port looking for bait and let me tell you there was bait pods everywhere!  I had Annette drive the boat for me while I threw the cast net.  There was so much bait that when I threw the net the bait fish were swimming the net up to the surface.  Once we got the bait into the live well we headed back to the mouth of the port to start fishing.  The bite at first was a little slow but gradually pick up.  Lauren was the first one that hooked up, this snook was a slob but after fighting it for ten minutes the hook pulled.  Lauren then hooked into two more snook landing one nice one that was in the upper to over slot range.  About twenty minutes later Annette hooked up with a nice snook and landed it.  Mary on the other hand just layed around trying to get a nice tan.  The following day I took Chessnee and his girl friend Tina out for some snook.  We landed two nice snook and also caught a nice 12pound tripletail. Both days were excellent fishing so if your interested in booking a trip with me for snook you can reach me at finandflycharters@gmail.com, www.finandflycharters.com or call (321) 652-5903. Here is a little video along with some photo's.

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Capt. Jamie Glasner
Fin & Fly Charters

Indian River Black Drum and Trout 3/30/11

Had Greg and Ron on the bow of my boat today celebrating Ron's birthday.  The two brothers are local Florida boy's that love throwing artificial's.  We started out our day searching for tailing redfish.  We found ton's of tailing fish but they were be very stubborn today. Greg was able to hook into a nice slot fish but after fighting the fish for a couple minutes the hook pulled.  As I poled us along the shoreline I noticed out in the deeper water little tails were popping up.  Greg casted in the general area where I saw them hooking into his first black drum on artificial.  Towards the end of our trip we headed out to deeper water to catch some trout.  The trout bite was awesome and both Greg and Ron caught a handful to themselves.  If your interested in booking me for a fishing trip you can reach me at finandflycharters@gmail.com, www.finandflycharters.com or call (321) 652-5903.  Enjoy the photo's.

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Capt. Jamie Glasner
Fin & Fly Charters

Turkey, Snook, Redfish, and Cobia Madness 3/19/11

Well to start it all out, today was opening day of turkey season.  I took a good friend of mine Matt Badolato to my secret spot at Bull Creek Wildlife Management Area.  We got set up in the blind around 6:15a.m. and waited for sunrise. When the sun came out I started making hen yelps, clucks, and purrs on my primos jackpot slate call.  Around 8:20a.m. we had two turkeys come into the decoys, both were males, so Matt and I both raised our 12 gauge shotguns, counted down from three and fired at the two turkeys.  Both turkeys went down.  We were so excited.  This was my 4th Osceola turkey and Matt's 1st.  About a minute later we heard our buddy Charlie Broughton shoot a turkey just a little further down from us.  When we left Bull Creek I noticed the conditions were ideal for cobia so I called my dad and my friend Chesnee Cogswell to see if they wanted to go out in search of cobia.  We launched out of Port Canaveral around 2p.m. and headed 20 miles south.  A hour into the fishing we came across a ray that had 4 cobia on it.  My dad casted the live croaker at the ray hooking into his first cobia that weighed around 30 pounds.  We came across 3 other rays and Chesnee and I were able to fill our limit of cobia on the boat.  As we got back into the mouth of the port, I stopped at the jetties to see if there were any snook or redfish biting.  Are baits weren't in the water more than 5 minutes and my dad hooked into a nice slot snook.  Then Chesnee caught a snook.  15 minutes later Chesnee and I doubled up on redfish.  We fished for another 10 minutes and then headed back to the ramp.  Today was a awesome day to spend outdoors and if your interested in booking a fishing trip with me you can reach me at finandflycharters@gmail.com, www.finandflycharters.com or call (321) 652-5903.  Here is also a article about our turkey hunt, just click on the Florida Today.  Enjoy the photo's!!!

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Capt. Jamie Glasner
Fin & Fly Charters

The Publix Crew 3/18/11

Took a couple local Publix grocery bagger's out today.  Had Zach Bowser and his good friend Dylan Durkin on the bow of the boat in search of cobia.  Zach and Dylan had never caught a cobia before so I knew if we got one they wouldn't care how big it was.  We headed 20 miles south of Port Canaverl looking for rays and free swimmers. About an hour into our trip we came across a giant ray that had a 12ft wing span with 3 cobia on top of him.  We casted a croaker at the ray hooking into a nice 30lb cobia but after fighting the fish for about 15min the hook pulled.  As we hurried to get another bait on the hook, we caught back up to the ray hooking into a 15 pounder.  This one stayed hooked up and met Zach and Dylan's dinner table.  We drove around some more spotting a sea turtle with 2 cobia on it.  They wanted nothing to do with our jigs and our bait so we decided to work our way back to port.  At the end of our trip we only ended up with one cobia but both were able to fight a fish of there own.  If your interested in booking a trip you can reach me at finandflycharters@gmail.com, www.finandflycharters.com or call (321) 652-5903.  Here is a photo of Zach and Dylan with there cobia.

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Capt. Jamie Glasner
Fin & Fly Charters

Cobia Mayhem off Port Canaveral 3/14/11

Had one of my repeat clients on board today in search of some cobia.  I called chesnee a close friend of mine to see if he could mate for me to help spot the cobia.  We set out of port canaveral around 10a.m. and headed 20 miles south of the port to start looking for free swimmers and rays.  It hadn't of been 30 minutes till we found a ray that had four cobia on it.  Gene, my client, casted a troy perez cobia jig at the ray hooking into about a 40 pound cobia.  Fighting the fish for only 5 minutes the cobia swam in front of the ray's path and one of the ray's wing cut through the line like it was butter.  We were all bummed but the trip wasn't over yet. 3hrs later we moved in closer to the beach to find cobia swimming on top of bait pods.  Gene casted the jig at the cobia hooking a 51 pounder that took him in a fight that lasted about 45 minutes.  As Gene was fighting his fish another cobia popped up next to the boat and my mate Chesnee casted at the fish hooking a 63 pounder. They landed both fish and both were exhausted after fighting them.  We started to head back to port and we came across another cobia on a bait pod, this one was only about 20lbs but he to went home for dinner.  At the end of our trip came picture time, here is a few photo's of our catch, I hope you enjoy them and if you would like to go catch these monstrous fish you can reach me at finandflycharters@gmail.com, www.finandflycharters.com or call (321) 652-5903.

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Capt. Jamie Glasner
Fin & Fly Charters

March Madness 2011

Fishing in March last month was incredible, the redfish and trout bite was insane.  In early March the water temp was still a little cool which kept hundreds of redfish and trout in deep troughs and in some residential canals.  All my clients that fish with me last month had a blast.  As the water temp starts to warm up the trout will start spawning, moving out of the creeks and deep troughs.  The lure that was on fire during March was the Berkley Gulp 3inch Natural Shrimp on a 1/8-1/4oz jig head.  If you would like to come and catch redfish and trout with me you can reach me at finandflycharters@gmail.com, www.finandflycharters.com or call (321) 652-5903. I hope you all enjoy the photo's!

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Capt. Jamie Glasner
Fin & Fly Charters

Indian River Lagoon Redfish 3/5/11

Had a call from Capt. Willy Le for a multi boat trip on the Indian River Lagoon.  We all met at Parrish Park and I had Andy and Neil on my boat for a day of redfishing.  We started out our day catching small redfish and keeper sea trout.  Neil was a experienced angler from Jacksonville with his biggest redfish at 30inches, so I wanted to try and get him a bigger fish.  Earlier that morning Willy and I found a school of black drum mixed with some 20-30lb redfish.  I decided for the last hour of our trip we would go back to that spot and chunk out some cut ladyfish.  It wasn't even 15min and one of the rods doubled over.  Neil fought the redfish for an hour and fifteen minutes before it finally gave up.  The fish was 46inches and weighed 32lbs, it was Neils biggest redfish and everyone was super excited when he landed it.  If your interested in booking a trip you can reach me at finandflycharters@gmail.com, www.finandflycharters.com or call (321) 652-5903.  Enjoy the photo's!

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Capt. Jamie Glasner
Fin & Fly Charters

Cobia Mayhem off Port Canaveral 2/26-27/11

Was invited to go offshore this weekend to fish for Cobia on my friends 34ft Pursuit called Dr. Hook with twin yamaha 250 4-strokes.  It was Bernie, Jeff and myself in search of rays and the brown turds aka Cobia.  On Day 1 we saw 3 Cobia and Caught 2 of them but they were to short to keep.  We also caught some sea bass along with some mutton snapper.  On day 2 we found the Cobia we needed.  We pulled up on one ray that had some gangster's on it.  We caught our limit today but lost 2 of the biggest Cobia I had ever seen, they were about 65-75pounds.  The fish were down south in 50ft of water and the water temp was 69.  All the fish were caught on jigs tipped with pinfish and let me tell you the Cobia couldn't resist them.  I was also able to take a quick picture of a mega yacht which is also the owner of the Saints football team.  If you are interested in catching some of these Cobia the next two months is the time to go after them and you can reach me at finandflycharters@gmail.com, www.finandflycharters.com or call (321) 652-5903.  I hope you enjoy the photo's.

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Capt. Jamie Glasner
Fin & Fly Charters

Banana River Lagoon Trout and Redfish 2/25/11

Kenny and John booked me for a trip today for redfish and trout.  We found some tailing redfish in about a foot of water but had no takers.  The wind started to pick up so we decided to head to the flats in the thousand islands to look for some nice trout.  The lure of choice was the Mirrodine made by MirrOlure.  After poling on the flats for a half hour Kenny was able to pick off a nice trout.  John had a couple of hits but no hook ups.  If you interested in a trip you can reach me at finandflycharters@gmail.com, www.finandflycharters.com or call (321) 652-5903.

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Capt. Jamie Glasner
Fin & Fly Charters

Indian River Lagoon Redfish 2/23/11

Had a Charter with Russ today from Minnesota in search of schooling redfish.  The weather conditions were very tough with gusting wind of 20mph.  We found a school of redfish in the north end of the Indian River but the fish were being to stubborn and wouldn't eat.  After being frustrated with the redfish we decided to go catch some trout.  The trout were running a little on the small side but we got into them pretty thick.  If your interested in booking a trip you can reach me at finandflycharters@gmail.com, www.finandflycharters.com or call (321) 652-5903.

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Capt. Jamie Glasner
Fin & Fly Charters

Indian River Trout and Redfish 2/21/11

Had Sean and his two boys Mathew and Conner from New York today on the boat.  The 2 boys had never caught a redfish or trout so it was going to be a whole new experience for them.  The 2 were competing against each other to see who could catch the most fish but both tied toward the end of the day.  Here's a photo of our trip.  If your interested in a trip you can contact me at finandflycharters@gmail.com, www.finandflycharters.com or call (321) 652-5903.

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Capt. Jamie Glasner
Fin & Fly Charters

Indian River Trout and Redfish 2/19/11

Had a 3 boat charter today with Capt. Richard and Capt. Willy.  We met with our clients at Kennedy Point Park in Titusville to set out our journey on the beautiful Indian River Lagoon.  I had Troy on the bow of my boat and we caught some nice trout and a bunch of small redfish all on artificial.  Between all 3 of us we caught around 200 fish.  It was a very productive day out on the water.  If your interested in a trip you can reach me at finandflycharters@gmail.com, www.finandflycharters.com or call (321) 652-5903.

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Capt. Jamie Glasner
Fin & Fly Charters

Redfish Bonanza on the Indian River Lagoon 2/18/11

Had Ken Barbour on the bow of my boat today for sight fishing schools of redfish.  The fishing conditions couldn't get any better than what they were today, dead slick calm waters with bright blue sky along with perfect water temps.  We started out are day sight fishing tailing redfish with top water lures which was a lot of fun, we were only able to get one redfish on top water but had plenty of misses.  After fishing with top water we switched to one of my favorites the Berkley Gulp Jerk Shad.  I'll tell you what, that jerk bait did the job today.  The school we found had prolly 100-200 fish in it with upper slot and over slot fish.  At the end of our trip we ended up with a total of 5 redfish 2 of which were in the upper 30's.  If your interested in catching some of these slobs I am available and you can reach me at finandflycharters@gmail.com, www.finandflycharters.com or call (321) 652-5903.

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Capt. Jamie Glasner
Fin & Fly Charters