Native Sons Adds Admin Assistant
Miss Kara Van Hoose has joined the Native Sons Fishing team as an administrative assistant. Kara, a sophomore honors student at the University of Florida and majoring in telecommunications, is the youngest daughter of Capt. Rocky and, as such, no stranger to the fishing charter and professional tournament businesses. She will handle a variety of […]
Fly Fishing Champ
Competing against many of the local guides from Mosquito Lagoon, Capt. Peter Deeks, Jr. of the Native Sons Pro Fishing Team took top honors in the fly fishing trout division of the prestigous FishStock Redfish and Trout Challenge this past weekend. Beyond the challenge of a highly competitive field was the challenge presented by some […]
What a Boat!
Flat Broke aint flat broke no mo … Our Key West Stealth flats style boat, dubbed the Flat Broke, has gone through extensive repowering and refitting. Once noted for being the minimalist ideal for shallow-flats fishing, the Flat Broke is now outfitted with the very best in technology and equipment. The two month refitting process […]
Creek Fishing Exclusive
It is unusual that we’d devote an entire weekly fishing report to a single charter trip but we had one of those very rare days among our charters this past week where one paragraph and two pictures simply would not suffice. Go to our ‘Reports’ section of the website and read the account entitle ‘Creek […]
Personal Record for Roland
Capt. Roland ‘Grizz’ Jones caught a personal best snook yesterday by landing a 44 inch, 30 plus pound monster. The fish bottomed-out a certified Boca grip which maxs at 30 lbs meaning the fish exceeded the weight. Grizz caught the fish in two feet of water using one of his smaller rods spooled with 10 […]
As Seen On TV
While doing his very best impersonation of the maniac pitch-man from the Family Auto Mart commercials, Capt. Rocky and the Native Sons Crew are blitzing the television airwaves during the month of May. Scattered around the ESPN2 and Sun Sports fishing shows on Thursday evenings and Saturday and Sunday mornings, viewers in the Orlando and […]
Native Sons Tournament Updates
We are approaching the heart of tournament season as guides of Native Sons Fishing. Thus far we’ve participated in three tournaments and are finding the awards platform familiar territory. Yesterday Jessica Jones, along with her dad, Capt. Roland ‘Grizzly’ Jones, and I fished the fourth leg of the Florida Flatsfishing Association circuit. Jessica caught an […]
Challenge of the Snook
Known for their aerial displays, sneaky tactics and powerful runs, snook are a favorite target among the elite four game fish in our shallow water flats (redfish, snook, tarpon and trout). A warm water resident, much like our tarpon, snook have begun to move into their familiar late spring haunts over the past several weeks […]
Grizz’s Gone Hog Wild
Capt. Grizz (Roland Jones) and his friend Perry of Melbourne went hog wild on Tuesday evening by bagging six large wild boars in one afternoon. The largest hog weighed near 200 pounds while the smallest tipped the scales near 80 pounds. By the way, according to the latest Poor Farmer’s Almanac, there is more wild […]
Wildlife Oddity
On our fishing trips we are used to being entertained by a wide variety of wildlife such as manatees, alligators, dolphins and, occasionally, otters, raccoons, armadillos or wild hogs roaming along the shorelines. On Tuesday, however, Capt. Roland spotted and photographed the rare spectacle of a deer swimming across the Indian River towards one of […]