About Captain "Red ED" Brennan
Captain "Red ED" Brennan has been living his dream and fishing the waters of the Homosassa and Chassahowitzka Rivers on Florida's Nature Coast since the early 1980's. While living in Orlando, he made many day and weekend trips to fish with the legendary Captain Bill Hope, his mentor, and fell in love with the area and learned to fish these tricky waterways.
Captain "Red ED", enjoys sharing his knowledge of the Chassahowitzka and Homosassa Rivers. These waterways are one of Florida's last best kept secrets and it's experiencing Florida like it was hundreds of years ago.
Captain "Red ED", fishes from a custom Custom 24 that is ideally designed for both inshore waterways and offshore rough seas. The Custom 24 has a smooth comfortable dry ride even in rough seas and can easily accommodate at least four anglers or six divers and is powered by the newest generation 250 HP Yamaha F250XB Engine. The Custom 24 will allow me to do offshore Grouper or Cobia charters, Tarpon charters, Fly-Fishing charters, and Spearfishing charters, see “Custom 24 Page” for more details.
Captain "Red ED" specializes in light tackle, offshore and nearshore fishing for Hogfish, Grouper, Cobia, Red Snapper, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout, Sheepshead, Mangrove Snapper, Spanish Mackerel, Flounder and Sharks.
During the months of July, August and September, he also books scallop trips to the pristine grass flats of Citrus County.
Captain "Red Ed's" Florida Adventures
Captain "Red ED" has experienced fishing adventures all around the Sunshine State, including: St. Augustine, Ponce Inlet, Mosquito Lagoon, Port Canaveral, Sebastian Inlet, Fort Pierce, Stuart, Jupiter, Palm Beach, Haulover Inlet, N. Miami Beach, Islamorada, Marathon, Everglades City, Marco Island, Naples, Sanibel, Captiva, Cabbage Key, Boca Grande Pass, Bokeelia Island, Useppa Island, Port Charlotte, New Port Richey, Crystal River, Ozello, Yankeetown, Steinhatchee and Cedar Key.
Pursuing his passion for fishing and his love to travel, Captain "Red ED" has been lucky enough to catch five "Grand Slams" so far in his career. The first "Slam" was caught in the Sanibel/Captiva area where he caught a Tarpon, Snook, Redfish and Speckled Sea Trout all in the same day! The second "Slam" was caught in 1993 in Venezuela, where he boated a Blue Marlin, White Marlin and four Sailfish all in one day! The third "Slam" was caught during January 2009, in Everglades City, where again, in the same day, he caught a Redfish, Trout and Snook! His fourth “Slam” consisted of a Redfish, Trout & Snook and was caught fishing the Charlotte Harbor area with Captain Chris Witman in March 2011. His fifth "Grand Slam" consisting of a Blue Marlin, Sailfish, Roosterfish and Dorado was caught at Crocodile Bay in Costa Rica in January 2023.
USCG licensed, Transportation Workers Identification Card, (TWIC), holder, insured and member of the Florida Guides Association.
Captain "Red ED" Brennan, is a "World Class Angler" who has hosted group adventures to extreme locations such as:
- Islamorada, Florida Keys
- Negril, Jamaica
- La Guaira, Venezuela
- Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
- Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- La Paz, Mexico
- Lopez Island, Washington
- Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, Canada
- Ambergris Caye, Belize
- Rio Colorado Lodge, Costa Rica
- Crocodile Bay Lodge, Costa Rica
- Pleasant Bay Bonefish Lodge, South Andros Island, Bahamas
- Sullivan's Island, Charlestown, South Carolina
- Glenmore Rivers Lodge, Ballybofey, Ireland
- Turneffe Flats Lodge, Belize
- Cajun Fishing Adventures Lodge, Buras, Louisiana
- Zancudo Lodge, Golfito, Costa Rica
- Waterfall Resort, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
- Casa Vieja Lodge, Puerto San Jose, Guatemala
- Nosara Paradise Rentals, Nosara, Costa Rica
- Hooked on Panama Lodge, Punta Burica, Panama
- Spanish Wells, Eleuthra, Bahamas
- Headwaters Lake, Fellsmere, Florida
- Bass fishing with the legend
- The G.O.A.T. Roland Martin
- Crocodile Bay Lodge, Costa Rica
- Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica
Come share a dream in a true fisherman's paradise!
The first known picture of Captain "Red ED", with his first boat.
Taken in 1955, at Roxbury Beach, NY
