Apalachicola / Port St Joe

[JP Flyslinger]

Any guide / shop recommendations on Florida's "lost coast"?? Headin down next week and want to hook up with a guide for a day.

Thanks in advance!

[esb's daddy]

Any guide / shop recommendations on Florida's "lost coast"?? Headin down next week and want to hook up with a guide for a day.

Thanks in advance!

Don't know about guides but I always go to Bluewater by the marina in Port St Joe when we go to our beach house on Cape San Blas. Here's there link:

http://www.bluewateroutriggers.com/

[F.A.R.R.]

I have never fished with them, but have heard many people speak highly of Robinson Brothers.

[mjw1990]

I have used Robinson Brothers. Used one of their Captains on St George Island. Good trips both times.

[JP Flyslinger]

Hopefully will get some good pics down there.

[Kingfish]

I've fished Port St. Joe (St. Joe Bay) quite a few times. It's a beautiful bay with amazing flats that hold thousands of reds, bull reds, trout, flounder, jacks, ladyfish, Spanish mackerel, albies, blues, tripletail, etc. There's a huge group of reds (1000+) that moves around the flats. A good guide can pole the boat into position for you to get a cast into them. A really good guide will keep you on the group all day.

Indian Pass (east side of Cape San Blas) has thousands of oyster beds and bars that hold reds and trout, too.

One of the best guides in St. Joe is Trey Landry. Tell him the Kingfish recommended him.

http://www.captaintrey.com/captaintrey.cfm

Good luck. Be sure to report your trip.

Tight Lines & Fish Tales,
Kingfish

[Mt4:19]

If you go with Robinson Brothers, Chris or Tommy Robinson would be good to fish with. I have fished with Chad and Nathan and both were good guys and guides.

[Taylure]

Ditto that on Chris Robinson. A friend of mine fished with him and had really great things to say about him. I fished with Chad. He's a real hard core tarpon guide and expects you to nail every shot. He spooked my 110+ into a blowdown by firing up the motor...saw Nathan that morning before we shoved off, didn't look like he made it to the bed the evening before.

Jumped two today down in 10,000 islands. One pushed 100 that I didn't stick hard enough and she spit it on the 3rd jump. The next was about 60 and I stuck her good, too good. She did a 180 as I was strip setting her and that 50 lb leader popped like 6x and she was gone.
Great day though. Probably saw 30 fish laying up and had 15 really good shots. I probably spooked half of them with off-target casts. I'll dream about those two until the next time.