FANTASTIC SUMMER FISHING
The fishing this summer has been ‘off the charts’ good … and should continue in the weeks and months ahead. Capt. Peter has been sizzling in the southern waters of the Indian River Lagoon with monster redfish, snook, tarpon and trout (even guiding a client to a world record trout) while Capt. Rocky has been […]
Capt. Peter Deeks hosts TV Fishing Legend Bill Dance
Native Sons Fishing guide Peter Deeks, Jr. recently hosted TV fishing legend Bill Dance for an upcoming show featuring fishing for the awesome gator trout of the Banana River and Indian River Lagoon of east central Florida. The filmed episode is set to air in late January and early February of this year. Check your […]
Jan. 5, 2015 – Fantastic Fall and Winter Fishing
We have had a fantastic snook, redfish, trout and tarpon bite this fall. The snook, redfish, trout and black drum will continue to get better as the water cools in winter. The cooler water schools the fish up on the shallow flats. The cooler weather also turns visibility into gin clear waters making sight-fishing incredible! […]
Jan. 4, 2014 – Fantastic Fall and Winter Fishing
We have had a fantastic snook, redfish, trout, and tarpon bite this fall. The snook, redfish, trout, and black drum fishing will continue to get better as the water cools. The cooler water schools the fish up on the shallow flats. We are trying to book up as many dates as we can for the […]
May 16 – Everything, Everywhere
Spring and early summer is such a great time of year for fishermen along the central east coast of Florida as everything comes alive everywhere. There are schools of hungry redfish and gator trout in the shallows, snook collecting in the passes, tarpon and bull sharks marauding up the creeks and rivers, jacks, bluefish and […]
Mar. 24, 2013 – Spring Has Sprung, Great Fishing Ahead
Spring has finally sprung along the central east coast of Florida and it did not come easy or early this year. Successive cold fronts have battered our waters with frigid temperatures and high hammering winds over the past two months. A typical week would gives us several nasty, unfishable days of weather followed by several […]
Jan 15, 2013 – Winter Fishing Dominated by Weather
Fishing on the shallow saltwater grass flats along the central east coast of Florida during the winter months can be spectacular or challenging, it all depends upon the weather. Typically our winters are marked by the arrival of waves of cold fronts featuring strong winds and cooler temperatures, with the winds more troublesome than the […]
May 28, 2012 – Nearly Indescribable
The most difficult aspect of trying to describe fishing during this month is finding an adequate superlative; tremendous, stupendous, fabulous, marvelous, monstrous, humungous, incredible, remarkable, sensational, phenomenal, … how about we just say nearly indescribable and let the photos and individual charter summaries paint the portrait. A rare early season tropical system hovered over the Atlantic threatened […]
Apr. 28, 2012 – Fishing is Phenomenal!
There is an old saying, ‘April comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb,’ and this is typically an apt description of our weather conditions for early spring. However, since we had such a mild winter, spring actually roared into the area in early March rather than mid-April and the fishing has […]
Feb. 22, 2012 – Has Spring Sprung?
Has spring sprung or is it still winter? Over the past four weeks we have had, for the most part, temperatures soaring during the day into the 70s and low 80s – temperatures more common to April than February – with the lone exception occurring a week ago when a severe cold front pushed through […]