Stuart Florida Deep Sea Fishing Charters For Wahoo:

Exhibiting warp speeds, crazy sharp teeth, and some of the most brilliant colors and camouflage of any game fish, the wahoo is one of south Florida’s prized catches. Yielding firm opaque meat that can be cut into steaks, loins, or thin slices for sashimi, wahoo is one of my favorite fish to target and eat. It is excellent grilled, seared, smoked, sautéed or raw. When the bite is on, our local Fl. Wahoo charters and two day Bahamas trips will have you hooked for life.

Wahoo average three to five feet and 25 to 60 pounds, but fish exceeding the 100 pound mark hit south Fl. docks every year. Targeting these fish in depths from 125 – 600 feet of water along, color changes, reefs, and ledges, using natural or artificial baits, trolled deep, at speeds from 6.5 to 15 kts. often produce double header strikes at break neck speeds from sushi grad torpedoes.

Depending on the method chosen while targeting wahoo on our Fl. offshore fishing charters, there are a number of different game fish we may encounter. Other species we commonly catch while fishing for wahoo out of Stuart consist of sailfish, marlin, dolphin, kingfish, barracuda, and tuna.

Check the Game Fish Calendar or call Capt. Scott to find out what time of year you should book your South Florida wahoo charters.

Stuart Florida Fishing Charters For Kingfish:

Lightning fast speeds, skyrocketing attacks with pin point accuracy, and razor sharp teeth are the basic characteristics of king mackerel. A dense, grayish, oily meet perfect to cut into steaks, loins, or cubes, kingfish gets rave reviews when prepared on the grill, fried, or smoked and used for fish dip. Kingfish school in large numbers and hang around bait schools, primarily near reefs, wrecks, and along beaches. With the right conditions, Stuart Fl. kingfish charters can offer lock and load action that will keep everyone one on their toes.

Averaging between 6 and 15 pounds, with 30 to 40 pound fish common, and boasting a Fl. state record of 90 lbs. Kingfish have earned their place as a highly sought after tournament fish. They can be found in all depths of water but are most commonly targeted along beaches shallow water reefs and ledges from 30 feet to 130 feet. Trolling subsurface baits or spoons off our Cannon TS10 down riggers or behind planners is an effective way to catch them, but live baiting and chumming while using the ultra lights can provide "four and five pole bendos" of quality drag screaming light tackle action.

While targeting kingfish during our Stuart Florida charters you are likely to encounter many other game fish. Everything likes the bait schools that the kings hang around and it's not uncommon to catch sailfish, cobia, bonita, dolphin, barracuda, and other bonus species while we target these awesome light tackle testers.

Stuart Fl. Reef And Wreck Fishing Charters for Amberjacks:

Excellent in smoked fish dip, good on the table and pound for pound one of the strongest fish we have, over the last 10 years Amberjacks have gained a lot of popularity with our South Florida fishing charters. AJ’s are the knights of the wrecks, and guard their residence with vengeance. Good luck dropping a big live bait to the bottom and getting it back up to the top when these brutes are on guard. Large schools of big, aggressive, great fighting, and good eating fish stage over Florida’s reefs and wrecks year round making Amberjacks a great “go to” fish.

First time anglers, birthday boys, bachelor parties, pro athletes and “Leroy Brown”… will be beggin’ for mercy as they battle these brutes, or as we call them “Reef Donkey’s” which are common in the 25 to 65 pound range with a 142 lb Fl. record caught just south of here. Fishing big live baits or vertical jigs are the preferred methods of targeting these studs and since your holding the rod, when you get a bite… YOU KNOW!

This might be one style of fishing where it’s more fun to not be the angler. You’ll be laughing so hard you’ll get cramps, as you watch your friend’s grunt, cry and shout profanities they fight these amazing fish. A tug o war with over 20 pounds of drag, on 50-150 lb. class bottom rods, spooled with 80-100 lb braid, bent in half like an Ugly Stick commercial. Keeping them out of the bottom or the wreck is the main mission, so the first 20 feet is the most important. After that a steady winching to the top will get them boat side for pictures and either a release or the smokehouse.

Stuart Fl. Permit Fishing Charters:

Permit fishing and light tackle charters have really taken off the last 15 years and Stuart has some of the best in the State. The Treasure Coast of Florida offers world class permit charters and just minutes from the Saint Lucie Inlet you can find multiple schools of fish. 40 and 50 pounders are common and anglers of all skill levels can be put to the ultimate light tackle challenge.

Experience some of the best sight fishing charters Stuart has to offer while we run the beaches and shallow water wrecks looking for schools of one of the most respected shallow water gamefish. Sight casting live crabs, shrimp, D.O.A's and even flys at big permit as they flash just feet from the boat provides an intimate relationship between the angler and quarry. A solid bite, followed by blistering runs, and a down and dirty slugfest to finish out the battle is par for the course with these highly aclaimed gamefish. Between the hunt, the fight and its beauty, it's no wonder why so many people hold permit at the top of their light tackle gamefish bucket list and come from all around to get a shot at these beautiful oversized brutes.

Other fish we often encounter on our south florida permit charters are cobia, tarpon, snook, jacks and sharks