Alpha and Omega Fishing Charters

Fishing Charters Charlotte Harbor Florida

November Coastal Angler Fishing Report

Turkey month once again – can you believe it? It is the beginning of our tourist season and relatives that come to visit Florida. And this is the time of year that the weather is changing and the waters are getting cooler. This has triggered the migration from north to south in the fish community. This is good for the offshore anglers. The State of Florida has the Reds, Snook and Trout on catch and release till May of 2020. This means no harvesting of these species which are all great table fare. If you like fresh fish for a meal, it is slim pickings inshore. Offshore you can harvest several species that also are pretty tasty to eat. The two most popular are the snappers and grouper. And just to name a few of the snapper yellow tail, lane, and mangrove. Then you have your grouper gag, red, and scamp. Last year Alpha & Omega Fishing Charters purchased the proper permits and boat to venture out into the Federal waters of the Gulf. This is where we can target grouper and snapper, and as the migration gets into progress there will be possible catches of king mackerel, triple tail, and cobia. The boat is a thirty foot Wellcraft SCARAB that is powered with twin Yamaha four strokes. We are able to take up to six anglers for hire with a minimum of four anglers to do a trip. The trips to harvest snapper and grouper are eight hours and usually reach thirty miles depending on the weather. This is close to one hundred feet of water where most charter boats have to do an extended trip of ten hours or so to reach these depths. Capt. Bart has been fishing these waters for the last forty years. I have done a fair amount of SCUBA diving and hunting with a spear gun. This is an advantage as to understand what the structures are like down there which in turn helps as how to fish the structure. I have been down one hundred forty eight feet in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of S.W. Florida. Mostly to harvest grouper and snapper with a spear gun. Also our addition to the fleet has a porta-potty so female customers have a place to go on a eight hour trip. We have plenty of tackle for bottom fishing and artificial lures to troll for some of the migratory species too. With all the closures on the reds, snook, and trout, we can go into the Gulf and target other good eating fish. With this being the month of Thanksgiving some people have out of state guests that might enjoy a offshore fishing trip. If you contact Capt Bart he has gift certificates that would be a great gift for a family to enjoy a Florida fishing adventure. We have several anglers that use us to go offshore to harvest the snapper and grouper for a family outing and for a fresh fish cookout too. They wait till they have enough friends and family to have the boat for their guests, some once a year some two of three times a season. If you would like to have a gift certificate for a gift or a Christmas present, contact Capt. Bart Marx 941-979-6517 or e-mail me for pricing or availability, a phone call will be you quickest response. Or e-mail captbart@alphaomegacharters.com And always remember singing drags and tight lines make me smile. <*(((((>{