Posted on May 16th, 2025
Man, it just got done pouring at my house! We also had some crazy thunder, some wicked lightning and some very strong winds. All is well, but we’ve certainly had some active weather this evening with severe thunderstorms that rolled through the area. Thankfully most of the fish were caught before.
I had the pleasure of fishing on board the Captain Bob II out of Indian River Inlet today with my buddy Lloyd Whitehead from Harborside Bar & Grill for a new episode of Hooked on OC and it was a blast. We had good fishing with lots of keeper sea bass, some cod and even some pollock caught on board. I had 12 keeper sea bass and Lloyd had 8 and the first keeper flounder for the Captain Bob this season. It was also his Birthday. Happy Birthday Lloyd! Thanks for spending it with me.
The Miss Kathleen out of Bahia Marina had her first sea bass trip of the season today and it was good fishing with plenty of keepers around the rail.
Captain Chris Mizurak of the Angler reported a better sea bass bite today with a couple of flounder in the mix as well.
Anglers fishing on board Lucky Break Charters with Captain Jason Mumford enjoyed some great flounder fishing on this morning’s trip.
Captain Dave Caffrey of On the Run Charters had a nice mix of sea bass and flounder with a keeper tautog from yesterday’s trip.
Eamon Carey “Irish” caught and released his personal best tautog of 17.5 pounds while fishing with Captain Jon Azato on board No Limit out of Indian River.
Big Bird Cropper and Phil Heck had a great time catching a double limit of bluefish and releasing a bunch more while throwing surface poppers.
Captain Monty Hawkins of the Morning Star had a good day of sea bass fishing with beautiful weather……until the ride home.
