Orange Beach Fishing Charters

08/02/2024

Another awesome trip with capt Jay.

07/29/2024

Another illegal charter caught by the US Coast Guard.

❗️ILLEGAL CHARTER❗️

Coast Guard Sector Mobile Investigators and Station Destin conducted a joint boarding and investigation of an illegal charter operation Thursday in Destin, Florida.

Coast Guard Marine Investigators investigated the 25-foot vessel FL 5086 SY for violations of the Passenger Vessel Safety Act. The vessel is suspected of operating without a valid Merchant Mariner Credential and without enrollment in a drug and alcohol testing program. The subject vessel owner was issued a Captain of the Port Order restricting future operations and faces potential civil action.

Owners and operators of illegal passenger vessels can face maximum civil penalties of $60,000 or over for illegal passenger-for-hire-operations. Charters that violate a Captain of the Port Order can face over $100,000.

To verify if your charter is in compliance with the relevant rules and regulations, please visit:

https://wow.uscgaux.info/content.php?unit=081-03&category=safe-boating

07/25/2024

Catching a big blackfin tuna a few miles south of Orange Beach.

07/25/2024

Check out this beautiful wahoo.

07/23/2024

Wahoo. One of the fastest fish in the gulf.

07/16/2024

2 fish fill the entire 5 gallon bucket. Imagine that.

07/15/2024

When you catch a red snapper this big, you get a picture of it for sure. This is a brood fish and are valuable to maintaining sustainable snapper populations. This fish produces 200 times more eggs than a 16” red snapper.

You can keep it if you like. It’s a beautiful catch and it’s your fish. We are guides and it is our responsibility to educate you, and let you make the decision to harvest or release what you catch. If it matters, smaller fish taste better anyway.

07/06/2024

This is a mess for a ship. Just think, we freak out when we get a little 40 lb braid in our our props.

07/03/2024

Are sharks really the problem?

Shark depredation, defined as a shark striking and eating part or all of a fish that has been hooked by a commercial or recreational fishe...

07/01/2024

Recreational Red grouper is now closed (July 1) to harvest in the Gulf of Mexico through December 31, 2024.

06/30/2024

There is an advantage to being in a charter boat that has a cabin on a day like this.

We don’t intentionally take you out in thunderstorms, but when they pop up in the summer heat, it’s better to be on a big, air conditioned boat

06/29/2024

What a meal!

06/28/2024

Sometimes cobia bite and when they do, it’s a fight to remember.

06/27/2024

Full day trips can produce some really nice catches. Red grouper and red snapper. Charter Boat Distraction

06/25/2024

Why the gag season has to be reduced for 2024

06/25/2024

Gulf of Mexico Gag grouper recreational fishery season announcement 2024.

06/23/2024

It's hot outside this summer and I Had to share this recipe - Captain JayHook's Homemade Peach Ice Cream Recipe:

What you need:
Quart of half and half or whole milk.
1 Can sweetened condensed milk.
1 Large can of peaches run through blender or chopper.
2 eggs beaten.

Make it:
Add all ingredients and fill to line of ice cream maker with cheap Peach soda.
Churn with ice and rock salt for about 45 minutes until hard and paddle quits turning.

Serve accordingly.

06/18/2024

Alabama has some of the best speckled trout fishing on the entire gulf coast. If you are a trout fishing enthusiast, you need to know how to avoid the “BAIT N SWITCH” that some guides do after you show up for your trip.

Your more seasoned or experienced inshore trout fishing guides will tell you how the trout fishing is expected to be on the date you are wanting to go fishing.

If you are serious about wanting to target and catch trout, you need to communicate that with the guide your fishing with beforehand or when booking your trip.

If you do not let your guide know you want to only target speckled trout, you will likely get the ole (bait and switch) offered to you on the day of your trip.

Guides that don’t fish for trout, will tell you “the trout are not biting good so let’s go out in the gulf and target Spanish mackerel or red snapper.” That’s because Spanish and snapper are easier to catch sometimes than trout.

If you don’t care what you catch, then no problem. However, if speckled trout fishing is what you want to do, be sure to book direct with a guide who will communicate with you. Reputable guides will tell you the truth about what to expect on your inshore bay trip.

Using an online superfishing charter broker / directory service, does not allow you to get the answers you deserve about what’s biting or not.

06/16/2024

Big Boats, Big Waves coming inbound at Perdido Pass. The Charter Boat Intimidator (100,000 lbs) pushing through the big waves like a champ. This afternoon was not a small boat kind of day.

06/16/2024

The white waves breaking on outer sandbar at Perdido Pass really show you how rough the pass can be when winds are 30 knots and 6 ft seas. The white crashing waves show you where it is about 6-10 feet deep.

06/16/2024

We are catching some really big Spanish mackerel while trolling this week.

06/09/2024

Great inshore fishing here.

06/07/2024

Good job everyone for properly discarding your fish carcasses.

06/04/2024

A 6 hour trip is a very popular trip with families. There are a lot of small fish to bend your pole in that terrritory. There are also some really big fish in the same area. It’s fishing. Sometimes we catch a really good mixture on these shorter trips.

However, if you are wanting a limit of red snapper or bigger fish, you need to budget for a full day trip.

05/29/2024

Big snappers are fun to catch. You need to book a full day trip to increase your chances of catching one.

05/27/2024

The Secret You Need To Know When Making Charter Fishing Reservations In Order To Get A Better Trip:

When you use a fishing booking brokers website (a website that has a lot of charter boats), the charter boat you are choosing assumes you are a person who is only choosing them because of a deal, a discount or out of convenience, instead of for the quality they offer.

Since fishing booking website guests will not likely be a repeat customer again, unless they are offered a discount or deal, many charter boats booked through that super website service believes it makes sense to save their best fishing trips and best effort for the guests who are willing to pay the total price for the trip.

Fishing broker trips are ALL DISCOUNTED TRIPS because the broker takes 20%, 30% or more off the top as a deposit that is actually disguised as a high priced commission.

Since charter customers who pay a hidden commission have chosen discounted trips, the charter boat doesn’t have the desire or the revenue to give YOU the consumer their best.

The secret is to Book Direct with the charter boat you want to fish with. This way you have a captain who will give you their best! Best of all, it won’t cost you one extra dime. That’s because no broker is involved.

05/25/2024

A lot of fish got released today. Many of them survived. However, a fish descender will certainly help release fish survive. You must have one on board if fishing for reef fish in the GOM.

When done properly, both descending and venting can increase survival upon release; however, descending is preferred because it is less invasive and promotes longterm survival of released fish. 💡

05/24/2024

From time to time, even fish have abnormalities.