May 24, 2011 – May Has Been a Monster Month
Fishing action has continued red hot this May as large redfish and tasty trout have been aggressively assaulting the shallows grassflats of the Indian River Lagoon system. Tarpon, snook and bull sharks have also begun to appear in recent weeks in our creeks and tributaries. Thus we’ve had a number of great charters over the […]
Deeks and Rohmann Strike Again
Capt. Peter Deeks, Jr. and Capt. Robert Rohmann continued their assault upon central Florida inshore tournaments last weekend with an impressive performance at the 2011 Strikezone Central Florida Shootout. The duo took 1st place overall, 1st place redfish and 3rd place trout.
River Tarpon Return
The tarpon have just shown up inside the Indian River Lagoon. Capt. Peter and Justin Stumpfhauser spent an afternoon sightfishing schools of them this past week. They were able to get five to eat, with Justin landing his first – Congrats Justin! The fish were not rolling much, but were holding near the surface in […]
Giant Reds Return
Several schools of the giant redfish, 45 to 52 inches and weighing 30 to 40 lbs, have returned to the shallow flats for the summer and fall. Thus far we’ve caught at least one of these monsters on each of our most recent fishing charters including the one pictured below and being held by Doug and […]
April 24, 2011 – Wow, just wow!
Wow! I have been writing and posting fishing reports on this website for better than a decade and have never been presented with so many compelling stories, outstanding angling and great fish as this submission. So many terrific accounts and photos in one month made editing and culling nearly impossible. I simply suggest read on […]
Native Sons Guides Dominating 2011 Flats Circuit
Native Sons Fishing Guide Peter Deeks, Jr. and Native Sons Outfitter Guide Robert Rohmann are tearing up the 2011 Florida Flatsfishing Association Tour. They currently have a commanding lead over the other 65 plus backwater teams for the overall (team of the year) and trout division titles. They are also currently running third in the […]
March 28, 2011 – March Madness in Merritt Island
The fishing along the central east coast of Florida does not take a back seat to the NCAA basketball tourney with our own version of March Madness. The fishing this time of year is awesome with outstanding balmy weather and aggressively hungry fish. We had a number of great charters over the past several weeks […]
Super Cool Shot
We have been after Capt. Peter for a while to provide the website with a good photo of his new Hewes flats-boat. Last week he had the rare privilege of guiding a professional photographer who took the following super cool shot.
Feb. 25, 2011 – February Fishing has been Fantastic!
It has been a couple of weeks since our last fishing report was posted and the guides of Native Sons Fishing Charters, LLC have been super busy. While we are trying to gather pictures and accounts of these charters, we thought it high time we post a few highlights in order to give our readers […]
Feb. 2, 2011 – Redfish Action Remains Red Hot
The monthly calendar may have changed but the red-hot redfish action has not. February started the same way January ended with a great day on the Indian River Lagoon chasing tailing redfish for the guests of Native Sons Fishing guides. The following are accounts of individual angling performances over the last week. February began with […]