Posts by Nicki

Scalloping is part snorkeling experience, part treasure dive and part saltwater fishing experience that can be enjoyed by family members of all ages. Spend quality time with your family or friends and create memories that will last a lifetime! We do two Scallop charters per day, the morning charter is from 7 to 11AM, and…

Homosassa Cobia Tournament – 2013 Wow, what a weekend! First let me start with talking about my Young Boat, “Red Eddie or Knot”, I’m more impressed with my new boat after the weekend than ever before. Not only can this 24 foot boat run at 30 MPH in a foot of water it handled the…

Exciting times in Homosassa June is always an exciting time of the year here in Old Homosassa. The inshore bite continues to be HOT as you never know what going to be screaming drag off your reel. On a recent charter with Tom Howard and his 14 year old son Brian from Longwood we caught…

After a relatively calm and mild winter the weather this spring has been anything but calm and very unusual. Is the wind ever going to stop blowing? Though, I’m sure in the very near future, we’re all going to be begging for just a little breeze. As I said in last month’s report as soon…

After a relatively mild winter, March was cold and windy and hopefully now that spring has arrived we’ll get back to our normal weather patterns and tides. As many of you have heard me say April has always been one of my favorite months to fish here in Old Homosassa. As the water temperatures continue…

Golfito, Costa Rica First, I’d like to thank The Reel Animals, Captain Billy Nobles and Captain Mike Anderson for putting together an awesome adventure. I’d also like to thank the staff at The Zancudo Lodge for their hospitality, making us feel at home and the outstanding multi-course meals every evening. Congratulations to Patrick Catone and…

Captain Bill Hope my friend, my mentor and my fishing buddy passed on Monday, February 4, 2013. The following is the eulogy that I gave at his funeral. Wow, I always believed that Bill was one of those guys I thought was going to be with us forever. Now I realize it’s that, he’s going…

Happy New Year from Old Homosassa! We hope everyone had an enjoyable and safe holiday season and that Santa delivered all the new fishing toys you asked for!! We’d also like to thank everyone that fished with us in 2012, our most successful year of charters, and hope to see you all again in 2013!!!…

Homosassa Thanksgiving Fishing Report Happy Thanksgiving to all, especially the folks that came to visit with us the season and enjoyed the beauty, the fishing and the scalloping here on Florida’s Nature Coast! You have made this our most successful season to date! We hope to see you all again next year! As I have…

“Red Eddie or Knot” “Red Eddie or Knot” – here I come! After five long months of waiting I finally took delivery of my new Young 24 a couple of weeks ago! If I’m dreaming don’t wake me up! The new Young 24 is everything I expected and more and no I haven’t slept on…