July 16, 2009 Offshore Three Day Fishing Charter

We departed the Naples city dock before sunset on Thursday July 16th. Our voyage to the outer depths of our fishing grounds in 200 foot of water was in search of American Red Snapper, Grouper and Cobia. The charter group and I fished aboard the Captain Marvel with Captain Mike. Here are some of the pictures that were taken during the offshore trip showing some of the excitement that was endured during the trip. Everyone had a great time and the weather was flat calm and a mild breeze kept us cool during the second night.



(top Picture): Captain Zeke (bottom Picture): Greg and a 36" Gag Grouper



(Left Picture): Captain Mike and Larry (Right Picture): American Red Snapper

July 12, 2009 Marco Island Fishing

Captain Chad and I fished the morning bite on Marco. The bait was tough to find at the head pin. Fished for tarpon in twenty foot of water for a 1 1/2 hours with no hook ups. Found bait and traveled inland to fish the deeper cuts and docks with small results. I found this jack (pictured) on the backside of Marco on a high outgoing tide. It was a great fight with a very powerful fish! The jack was revived and released. We traveled to the Marco bridge (pictured) for some well deserved shade which was 20 degrees cooler that being out in the sun! The fishing under the bridge was exciting with two hugh hook ups .... nothing boated.

Sir Buck Work In Progress

Southern Viking Charters newest addition to the fleet ... Sir Buck .... a 33 foot Chris Craft House Boat will be utilized as a camping mother ship vessel to our fishing skifs. She is a work in progress and will be available hopefully by the end of 2009. Make your reservations for 2010 now!!

July 4, 2009 Sunset and Fireworks Cruise

The manatees that swam under the boat at sun down were just a bonus for an extremely fun and eventful night on the Barabara Jane. This 1 minute video highlights us leaving the Cove Yacht Club Chickee. Overall the night was a great success and the boat's head received a 4 star rating from the girls! Visit a short video by clicking here.

June 27, 2009 Fishing and Diving Trip

We went fishing and diving in seventy foot of water on Saturday the 27th day of June. During the dive trip we were searching for a lost anchor. There were alot of Goliath grouper up to 250 punds on the wreck along with a Cobia around 40 pounds and many many Mangrove snapper. After the dive we fished and caught 12 nice Mangrove snapper, 4 King fish and a few Jack. The seas were choppy two to three foot with scattered white caps. The water is warming up and the bait was abundant. It was a great day fishing with George, Jason and Captain Jordon on an eventful Southwest Florida fishing/diving expedition!

Boca Grande Tarpon Fishing June 13, 2009

I finshed Boca Grande with a buddy Captain Haley and Joe Fallucca on Sat the 13th of June. We left Naples at 3:30am and arrived in Boca Grande about 5:30am. We watched the sun rise as we cruised into Boca Pass for some serious tarpon fishing. Joe hooked a fish at 10:30am and handed the rod to me at 10:35am. I proceeded to fight the fish for another 45 minutes before we got broke off in a classic Boca Grande traffic jam! That was our best shot of landing a fish for today. We had other hookups but no fish to the boat. Dan's brother Captain Phil Haley landed a 190 pounder and I saw two tarpon get eaten by hammer head and bull sharks. One lady in the bow of another boat in a fighting chair almost got knocked out of the boat when a tarpon leaping out of water to escape a hugh hammer head shark hit her in the shoulder and landing on the other side of the boat. It was a crazy, exciting, and beautiful and well worth the effort! The below pictures show some of the action:


Captain Zeke "Tarpon On"


Captain Phil Haley and Excited Young Angler

June 6, 2009 Tri County Fishing Tournament

I fished the Tri-County snook red trout tournament on Sat the 6th of June. At 5:30am it was already raining with a thunder head crashing and booming one mile to the south. It stayed like that on and off all day accross Estero Bay. The fishing was tough and everything was small. We had a shot at a 35 - 40 inch snook which promptly shot at the boat and spit the hook. That was our best opportunity on a brutally tough fishing day!