Alpha and Omega Fishing Charters

Fishing Charters Charlotte Harbor Florida

August Fishing Report

We always watch the 4th of July fireworks from the boat on the Peace River with guests and this year Mark and Lorie Dahlkemper joined us – it was an awesome and safe trip. The following week I went to Lake Aurora Christian Camp in Lake Wales, FL to teach fishing to K- 3rd grade students. We had a great time as they caught bass, blue gill, and turtles. Some of our other trips during the month we were blessed with, there were lots of reds and snapper caught. We also caught snook, jacks and catfish. My niece, Shelby and her boyfriend came to town from Tennessee and I took them out for a fun day of fishing. We started at Port Charlotte Beach and traveled down Charlotte Harbor, around Cape Haze and ended up in Placida to catch bait. We started our journey back toward the dock and stopped in several different places but there we no hungry fish in the area. We did catch a catfish and a Redfish. I promised my sister that I would send fish back to Tennessee with Shelby, so being raised in Punta Gorda and Charlotte Harbor, I was brought up on fried mullet and mullet gizzards. So I threw the cast net to harvest some nice mullet. We spent one and a half hours doing this we ended up with a dozen mullet and a dozen salt water sand bream. This was enough to send to my sister Gwen. Later that month, I needed to get focused on my next trip which was to Homestead, FL for the two day sportsman season for lobster. I switched the boat over from fishing to lobstering, taking all the fishing tackle out and putting dive stuff in bags with masks, snorkels and fins. We loaded the boat with stuff, ice, drinks, lunch – the important things. We had bags with dry clothes and over night bags. We pulled out of the driveway at 6 AM for a 200 mile ride to the ramp in Homestead. We arrived and backed the boat into the ramp at 10 AM and were on the water of Biscayne Bay crossing to the Atlantic Ocean side of Elliott Key where we prepared to do the lobster thing, using a Brownie air compressor. Two of the guests were able to go under for a time. When it was time to move and try a new spot, I pulled the rope out of the Honda, so that was the end of that for that day. We just snorkeled for the rest of the day. After that we had a great meal at Mario’s Cuban Restaurant in Homestead and relaxed for the night. We fixed the pull role that evening and the next day we went to some other areas searching for lobster. We had a great time, and no, we did not get our limit of lobster but we found some of the nicest coral heads and soft corals I have seen any where in the Caribbean and Florida. It is awesome to be able to go and enjoy creation at its finest. There are lots of people that have never seen these underwater habitats that are just across the state. If any one reading this would like to go fishing or siteseeing with Capt. Bart Marx, give me a call 941-979-6517 or e-mail me at captbart@alphaomegacharters.com  Always remember singing drags and tight lines make me smile. <*(((((>{