Drop Down Sport Fish Charters Fishing Report for St. Augustine Florida - 1/04/2020

Bait: Ballyhoos and sardines

temp: 64 degrees

Water depth: 120-500ft

What's biting: Mahi Mahi, wahoo, tuna fish, sailfish, barracuda, snapper, trigger fish, amberjack, Cobia

Good afternoon from Drop Down Sport Fish Charters located here in the beautiful town of Saint Augustine Florida. It’s that time of year to get offshore with some big jet head lures, big reels and let’s do some high speed trolling for wahoo!! January and February months are a known time of year to troll offshore for dinosaur wahoo in St. Augustine Florida. Fish upward of 70lbs are common and a few monsters over 100lbs are caught every year offshore fishing northeast Florida. Drop Down Sport Fish Charters trolls both ways offshore when bait fishing and high speed trolling. I’ve caught wahoo both ways, but the differences between trolling baits and high speed lures are the bites. When trolling offshore with ballyhoos at 7 knots you are in the trolling speed for most pelagics to strike. Such as mahi, tuna fish, sailfish, marlin, amberjack, Cobia, barracuda and yes wahoo. So as you can see you can get a lot of bites and a variety of deepsea pelagics. As when you high speed troll big giant lures at 12-15 knots, the only fish that are gonna track it down and eat is a big wahoo, possibly a monster mahi-mahi. That’s it. So when you high speed offshore it limits you to not nearly as many bites but the ones that you do get are usually the right ones. It can be productive or very boring. If you are in St. Augustine Florida and want to offshore fish January or February give us a call on Drop Down Sport Fish Charters and let’s go fishing!!!

Big wahoo Offshore fishing on Drop Down Sport Fish Charters in St.Augustine Florida

Drop Down Sport Fish Charters Fishing Report for St. Augustine Florida - 11/18/2020

Bait: Ballyhoos and sardines

Water temp: 74 degrees

Water depth: 140-500ft

What's biting: Mahi Mahi, wahoo, tuna fish, sailfish, barracuda, snapper

Good evening from Drop Down Sport Fish Charters here in beautiful St. Augustine, Florida the nations oldest city. The weather here in St.Augustine, Florida has been mild temperatures and steadily windy. The deepsea and offshore fishing charters have been slim with very few days fish able with the continued storms and winds. But if and when we can get out, usually this time of year on the longer offshore fishing charters to the gulfstream you can expect a variety of pelagics starting to trickle down. Some big wahoo can be caught in northeast Florida in the winter months along with sail fish, few mahi-mahi, and butter ball tuna fish. Drop Down Sport Fish Charters will put you on the meat any time of the year. Deepsea fishing charters bottom fishing can also be productive as grouper move closer to the inshore wrecks and reefs. Drop down a nice live bait on a inshore wreck in December and expect some big bites. On the Drop Down we use penn 6/0 with 50-100lb star rods for grouper. As for the inshore fishing charters, St. Augustine Florida is a great place to fish November and December for inshore species like redfish, trout and sheepshead. I’ve been doing a lot of back country flats fishing lately due to the windy ocean conditions. The redfish bite has been solid along w the trout biting artificial. The sheepshead one of my favorite fish to catch and eat, are plenty full when you have some chum and crabs. Knowing the right spots and rig is key when looking for big numbers of sheepshead. St Augustine is a growing vacation destination that has great fishing and water activities. If you are coming to St. Augustine Florida in the future for some fun and memorable memories come check out Drop Down Sport Fish Charters and let’s go fishing!!!

Nice catch offshore fishing on Drop Down Sport Fish Charters St. Augustine Florida

Drop Down Sport Fish Charters Fishing Report for St. Augustine Florida - 10/19/2020

Bait: Ballyhoos

Water temp: 78 degrees

Water depth: 140-250 feet

What's biting: Mahi Mahi, wahoo, tuna fish, sailfish, barracuda

Good evening from Drop Down Sport Fish Charters located in the beautiful city St. Augustine Florida. Fall is here and even tho the water is cooling down, the offshore fishing is heating up. The longer 8-10-12 hr offshore fishing charters out of st. Augustine Florida this time of year is usually pretty solid fishing.

I like to troll in the deep for mahi-mahi,wahoo, tuna fish and sailfish in the morning on the break or wherever a good color or temperature change is present. Deep sea fishing for pelagics we use ballyhoo and lures, and even deep diving plugs.

If we are not getting any bites trolling offshore we can always switch over and bottom fish. The usual suspects like vermilion snapper, trigger fish, pink porgies, mutton snapper, red snapper, grouper, Cobia and amberjack are all deepsea fish that we will be targeting. A Fish finder rig with 80lb leader decent size circle hook and enough weight to hold the bottom is a sure way for big bottom fish. Remember big baits catch big fish!

If you are coming to town and want to go on a offshore fishing trip of a lifetime give us a call at Drop Down Sport Fish Charters here in St. Augustine Florida we will put you on the fish! Let’s go fishing!!

Nice catch offshore fishing charter on Drop Down Sport Fish Charters in St.Augustine Florida

Drop Down Sport Fish Charters Fishing Report for St. Augustine Florida - 08/15/2020

Bait: Sardines and live bait

Water temp: 84 degrees

Water depth: 60-80ft

What's biting: Mangrove snapper, amberjack, Cobia, kingfish, barracuda, snapper

Good afternoon from Drop Down Sport Fish Charters located here in the beautiful lil town St. Augustine Florida where we strive to be the best offshore fishing charter in st. Augustine. August offshore and deepsea fishing charters can be really good this time of year. The longer 8-10hr charters are what is needed to targeted be mangrove snappers and other offshore reef fish. Here at Drop Down Charters we specialize in bottom fishing for big reef fish as well as smaller table fare fish like vermilion snapper trigger fish and porgies. There are certain ways up here in St. Augustine Florida that we like to catch these fish. Though there are many techniques to catch fish, here at Drop Down Sport Fish Charters we have dialed in the most accurate and successful ways to offshore fish and maximum the fish box at the end of the day. From pelagics like Mahi wahoo tuna fish and sails fishing or bottom fishing on reefs for grouper and snapper, St. Augustine Florida is known to have great deepsea and offshore fishing all year long and we encourage you to give us a call if you are coming to visit. Let’s go fishing!!

Nice catch of mangrove snapper offshore fishing on Drop Down Sport Fish Charters in St. Augustine Florida

Drop Down Sport Fish Charters Fishing Report for St. Augustine Florida - 06/15/2020

Bait: Sardines and live bait

Water temp: 78 degrees

Water depth: 85-130ft

What's biting: Red snapper, Cobia, Amberjack, triggerfish

Good morning here from Drop Down Sport Fish Charters located in the oldest city St. Augustine Florida. The offshore fishing charters have been really good this month of June so far. Lots of kingfish and a few Cobia on the shorter offshore charters. The longer deepsea fishing charters have been productive with limits of vermillion snapper, mangrove snapper, triggerfish and many other bottom species. This time of year the 8-10hr offshore bottom fishing trips provide lots of time to Drop Down and catch meat for the cleaning table. Fish are biting so give us a call at Drop Down Sport Fish Charters here in st. Augustine Florida and let’s go fishing!!

Nice sail offshore fishing on Drop Down Sport Fish Charters in St. Augustine Florida