Thank YOU!!

I just wanted to thank those of you who follow the site, fish with me, or booked with me for 2015.  This site has grown to well over 100 hits a day and my pre-season charter bookings are the highest they’ve ever been.  I am so pumped to get back on the water and gets some lines stretched out for you guys!  If you have any questions about a charter please give me a call – I can tell you everything to expect on a trip with Salt Minded Charters!  We all had a long winter so give me a call and treat yourself to a day on the water! Summer dates are filling up.

Oh Crappie!

The weather has been so nice lately! Loving it!!!! The saltwater species should be showing up real soon as the water temps continue to climb.  I imagine there is a drum to be caught for those looking to do a recon mission.  In the mean time I get my fix in the sweetwater.  Here is a nice crappie I caught yesterday while I was bass fishing.  Thanks for checking and it’s time to book your trip!  I have 10 days booked in May and another 11 days booked in June, and 5 days booked in July.  Don’t wait til you get here to book or you will probably end up fishing from the pier. Call me !

New boat!!! Snook & Tripletail too

I drove to FL again on Monday night / Tuesday  to go check out a boat.  It was love at first sight!  After an hour and a half with her, I decided it was time to tie the knot.   I am so stoked to bring to you guys the Action Craft Coastal Bay 2310TE. This boat is hands down the PERFECT boat for inshore / nearshore fishing on the Outer Banks. It has tons of room at 24′ long with higher then average gunnels for a bay boat.  It has front and rear casting decks, plenty of comfortable cushioned seating, a bathroom for my family trips, super shallow draft, power pole, trolling motor, the list goes on and on, but the bottom line is you just have to book with me and experience this thing for yourself!

While I was down in SW Florida I decided to bring my kayak.  After the boat thing I launched and caught my very first (and second) snook! WOW! I wish we had these fish here.  They run, jump, flip, twist, and everything you want in a game fish.  Good times!

Next, I met up with my buddy Alex at Local Lines Charters in Merritt Island FL and we did some triple tail fishing.  Another first for me and I got to check it off the list!  I had a blast with Alex, and I highly recommend him if  you are down that way.

PS: Look for some much better photos of the boat as well as a video feature.  First things first, shes getting wrapped! We may not catch the most fish, but we will look the best doing it, HA!!!!

Bound for the Lagoon

My brother Matt and I did a week long road trip down to the Mosquito Lagoon in sunny Florida.  We left the house and it was 19 degrees out, and we arrived in mid 70s sunshine.  We had a blast fishing from sun up to sun down every day, with some great surfing thrown in the mix.  Very enjoyable trip.  Not to mention, the fishing was awesome! Here are a couple teaser photos, we have tons of video footage, and I’ll put it link up when it’s done. Thanks for checking!

Update: here is the video link, ENJOY!

“Off-season”

Alot of times people ask me what this place looks like in the off season.  Most of the people that fish with me only see this place as a mad house during the summer.  Well I grabbed my drone and flew over the sound to capture some shots of the sound that is FROZEN OVER!  Here you go. . . . Outer Banks in the winter.